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Topology optimization problems often support multiple local minima due to a lack of convexity. Typically, gradient-based techniques combined with continuation in model parameters are used to promote convergence to more optimal solutions;…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-13 Ioannis P. A. Papadopoulos , Patrick E. Farrell , Thomas M. Surowiec

We investigate how to solve smooth matrix optimization problems with general linear inequality constraints on the eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix. We present solution methods to obtain exact global minima for linear objective functions,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Casey Garner , Gilad Lerman , Shuzhong Zhang

This paper deals with Pareto solutions of a nonsmooth fractional interval-valued multiobjective optimization. We first introduce four types of Pareto solutions of the considered problem by considering the lower-upper interval order relation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-26 Nguyen Huy Hung , Nguyen Van Tuyen

This paper considers the stochastic convex composite optimization problem and presents multi-cut stochastic approximation (SA) methods for solving it, whose models in expectation overestimate its objective function. The multi-cut model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Jiaming Liang , Renato D. C. Monteiro , Honghao Zhang

We consider the optimization of pairwise objective functions, i.e., objective functions of the form $H(\mathbf{x}) = H(x_1,\ldots,x_N) = \sum_{1\leq i<j \leq N} H_{ij}(x_i,x_j)$ for $x_i$ in some continuous state spaces $\mathcal{X}_i$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-21 Yian Chen , Yuehaw Khoo , Michael Lindsey

In engineering optimization problems, multiple objectives with a large number of variables under highly nonlinear constraints are usually required to be simultaneously optimized. Significant computing effort are required to find the Pareto…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-06 Junfei Zhang , Yimiao Huang , Guowei Ma , Brett Nener

This paper studies a class of simple bilevel optimization problems where we minimize a composite convex function at the upper-level subject to a composite convex lower-level problem. Existing methods either provide asymptotic guarantees for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Jiulin Wang , Xu Shi , Rujun Jiang

Bilevel optimization has been successfully applied to many important machine learning problems. Algorithms for solving bilevel optimization have been studied under various settings. In this paper, we study the nonconvex-strongly-convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-14 Xuxing Chen , Minhui Huang , Shiqian Ma

Bilevel optimization (BLO) problem, where two optimization problems (referred to as upper- and lower-level problems) are coupled hierarchically, has wide applications in areas such as machine learning and operations research. Recently, many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-19 Xiaotian Jiang , Ioannis Tsaknakis , Prashant Khanduri , Mingyi Hong

Sequential decision-making problems with multiple objectives arise naturally in practice and pose unique challenges for research in decision-theoretic planning and learning, which has largely focused on single-objective settings. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Diederik Marijn Roijers , Peter Vamplew , Shimon Whiteson , Richard Dazeley

This paper studies a multiobjective bilevel optimization problem where each objective is a fractional function. By reformulating the problem into a single-level one, we establish refined necessary and sufficient optimality conditions. These…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Felipe Lara , Rishabh Pandey , Vinay Singh

We present a novel, general, and unifying point of view on sparse approaches to polynomial optimization. Solving polynomial optimization problems to global optimality is a ubiquitous challenge in many areas of science and engineering.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Gennadiy Averkov , Benjamin Peters , Sebastian Sager

We consider simple bilevel optimization problems where the goal is to compute among the optimal solutions of a composite convex optimization problem, one that minimizes a secondary objective function. Our main contribution is threefold. (i)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Sepideh Samadi , Daniel Burbano , Farzad Yousefian

In this paper, we focus on the decentralized composite optimization for convex functions. Because of advantages such as robust to the network and no communication bottle-neck in the central server, the decentralized optimization has…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Haishan Ye , Xiangyu Chang

In multiobjective optimization, most branch and bound algorithms provide the decision maker with the whole Pareto front, and then decision maker could select a single solution finally. However, if the number of objectives is large, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Weitian Wu , Xinmin Yang

Submodular function minimization is a fundamental optimization problem that arises in several applications in machine learning and computer vision. The problem is known to be solvable in polynomial time, but general purpose algorithms have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-02-10 Alina Ene , Huy L. Nguyen

In this paper, a descent method for nonsmooth multiobjective optimization problems on complete Riemannian manifolds is proposed. The objective functions are only assumed to be locally Lipschitz continuous instead of convexity used in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Chunming Tang , Hao He , Jinbao Jian , Miantao Chao

We design and analyze a novel accelerated gradient-based algorithm for a class of bilevel optimization problems. These problems have various applications arising from machine learning and image processing, where optimal solutions of the two…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Sepideh Samadi , Daniel Burbano , Farzad Yousefian

This paper presents a piecewise convexification method for solving non-convex multi-objective optimization problems with box constraints. Based on the ideas of the $\alpha$-based Branch and Bound (${\rm \alpha BB}$) method of global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Q. Zhu , L. P. Tang , X. M. Yang

We consider joint optimization and learning problems arising in real-time decision systems. While most existing work focuses primarily on convex, revenue-based objectives, we extend this line of research to multi-objective formulations. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Zijun Li , Aswin Kannan