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If $C_n(\mathbb{R}^d)$ denotes the configuration space of $n$ distinct points in $\mathbb{R}^d$, we construct a sequence of maps $(f_m),$ $m \geq 1$, where \[f_m: C_n(\mathbb{R}^d) \times \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}^d\] is real analytic,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2020-07-09 Joseph Malkoun

A new approach to the local and global explanation is proposed. It is based on selecting a convex hull constructed for the finite number of points around an explained instance. The convex hull allows us to consider a dual representation of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Andrei V. Konstantinov , Boris V. Kozlov , Stanislav R. Kirpichenko , Lev V. Utkin

Computationally efficient and automated generation of convex hulls is desirable for high throughput materials discovery of thermodynamically stable multi-species crystal structures. A convex hull genetic algorithm is proposed that uses…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-23 Scott Donaldson , Robert A. Lawrence , Matt I. J. Probert

We show that packing axis-aligned unit squares into a simple polygon $P$ is NP-hard, even when $P$ is an orthogonal and orthogonally convex polygon with half-integer coordinates. It has been known since the early 80s that packing unit…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Mikkel Abrahamsen , Jack Stade

A geometric nonconvex conic optimization problem (COP) was recently proposed by Kim, Kojima and Toh as a unified framework for convex conic reformulation of a class of quadratic optimization problems and polynomial optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Naohiko Arima , Sunyoung Kim , Masakazu Kojima

We study the problem of partitioning a polygon into the minimum number of subpolygons using cuts in predetermined directions such that each resulting subpolygon satisfies a given width constraint. A polygon satisfies the unit-width…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-15 Jaehoon Chung , Kazuo Iwama , Chung-Shou Liao , Hee-Kap Ahn

Optimization of frame structures is formulated as a~non-convex optimization problem, which is currently solved to local optimality. In this contribution, we investigate four optimization approaches: (i) general non-linear optimization, (ii)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Marek Tyburec , Jan Zeman , Martin Kružík , Didier Henrion

We study the convex-hull problem in a probabilistic setting, motivated by the need to handle data uncertainty inherent in many applications, including sensor databases, location-based services and computer vision. In our framework, the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-06-26 Pankaj K. Agarwal , Sariel Har-Peled , Subhash Suri , Hakan Yildiz , Wuzhou Zhang

In applications throughout science and engineering one is often faced with the challenge of solving an ill-posed inverse problem, where the number of available measurements is smaller than the dimension of the model to be estimated. However…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-30 Venkat Chandrasekaran , Benjamin Recht , Pablo A. Parrilo , Alan S. Willsky

Piecewise linear vector optimization problems in a locally convex Hausdorff topological vector spaces setting are considered in this paper. The efficient solution set of these problems are shown to be the unions of finitely many semi-closed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-27 Nguyen Ngoc Luan

We extend recent computer-assisted design and analysis techniques for first-order optimization over structured functions--known as performance estimation--to apply to structured sets. We prove "interpolation theorems" for smooth and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Alan Luner , Benjamin Grimmer

In this work we deal with the problem of support estimation under shape restrictions. The shape restriction we deal with is an extension of the notion of convexity named alpha-convexity. Instead of assuming, as in the convex case, the…

Methodology · Statistics 2011-05-31 Beatriz Pateiro-López , Alberto Rodríguez Casal

We consider the nonconvex set $\mathcal S_n = \{(x,X,z): X = x x^T, \; x (1-z) =0,\; x \geq 0,\; z \in \{0,1\}^n\}$, which is closely related to the feasible region of several difficult nonconvex optimization problems such as the best…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Antonio De Rosa , Aida Khajavirad

Efficient algorithms for convex optimization, such as the ellipsoid method, require an a priori bound on the radius of a ball around the origin guaranteed to contain an optimal solution if one exists. For linear and convex quadratic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Lucas Slot , David Steurer , Manuel Wiedmer

A programming tactic involving polyhedra is reported that has been widely applied in the polyhedral analysis of (constraint) logic programs. The method enables the computations of convex hulls that are required for polyhedral analysis to be…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Florence Benoy , Andy King , Fred Mesnard

This paper presents a new extension of the classical Heron problem, termed the generalized $(k,m)$-Heron problem, which seeks an optimal configuration among $k$ feasible and $m$ target non-empty closed convex sets in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Triloki Nath , Manohar Choudhary , Ram K. Pandey

In this paper, an effective method with time complexity of $\mathcal{O}(K^{3/2}N^2\log \frac{K}{\epsilon_0})$ is introduced to find an approximation of the convex hull for $N$ points in dimension $n$, where $K$ is close to the number of…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Hossein Sartipizadeh , Tyrone L. Vincent

In this article, a new solution for the convex hull problem has been presented. The convex hull is a widely known problem in computational geometry. As nature is a rich source of ideas in the field of algorithms, the solution has been…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Sina Saadati , Mohammadreza Razzazi

Sparse regression models are increasingly prevalent due to their ease of interpretability and superior out-of-sample performance. However, the exact model of sparse regression with an $\ell_0$ constraint restricting the support of the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-10-20 Alper Atamturk , Andres Gomez

This paper proposes a universal algorithm for convex minimization problems of the composite form $g_0(x)+h(g_1(x),\dots, g_m(x)) + u(x)$. We allow each $g_j$ to independently range from being nonsmooth Lipschitz to smooth, from convex to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Aaron Zoll , Benjamin Grimmer