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The problem of minimizing the difference of two lower semicontinuous, proper, convex functions (a DC function) on a nonempty closed convex set in a locally convex Hausdorff topological vector space is studied in this paper. The focus is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Vu Thi Huong , Duong Thi Kim Huyen , Nguyen Dong Yen

We propose an accelerated meta-algorithm, which allows to obtain accelerated methods for convex unconstrained minimization in different settings. As an application of the general scheme we propose nearly optimal methods for minimizing…

Bilevel optimization problems comprise an upper level optimization task that contains a lower level optimization task as a constraint. While there is a significant and growing literature devoted to solving bilevel problems with single…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Bing Wang , Hemant K. Singh , Tapabrata Ray

We consider a general multi-agent convex optimization problem where the agents are to collectively minimize a global objective function subject to a global inequality constraint, a global equality constraint, and a global constraint set.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-05-13 Minghui Zhu , Sonia Martinez

In this article we propose a method for solving unconstrained optimization problems with convex and Lipschitz continuous objective functions. By making use of the Moreau envelopes of the functions occurring in the objective, we smooth the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-07-16 Radu Ioan Bot , Christopher Hendrich

To date, the multi-objective optimization literature has mainly focused on conflicting objectives, studying the Pareto front, or requiring users to balance tradeoffs. Yet, in machine learning practice, there are many scenarios where such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Yonathan Efroni , Ben Kretzu , Daniel Jiang , Jalaj Bhandari , Zheqing , Zhu , Karen Ullrich

The stochastic gradient descent has been widely used for solving composite optimization problems in big data analyses. Many algorithms and convergence properties have been developed. The composite functions were convex primarily and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-03-03 Takayuki Kawashima , Hironori Fujisawa

Many optimization problems arising in high-dimensional statistics decompose naturally into a sum of several terms, where the individual terms are relatively simple but the composite objective function can only be optimized with iterative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-30 Rina Foygel Barber , Emil Y. Sidky

This note proposes an algorithm to generate the Pareto front of a mixed discrete multi-objective optimization problem based on the pruning of irrelevant subproblems. An existing pruning-based method for a mixed discrete bi-objective problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Juseong Lee , Sang-Il Lee , Jaemyung Ahn , Han-Lim Choi

An algorithm which computes a solution of a set optimization problem is provided. The graph of the objective map is assumed to be given by finitely many linear inequalities. A solution is understood to be a set of points in the domain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-29 Andreas Löhne , Carola Schrage

The minimization of a nonconvex composite function can model a variety of imaging tasks. A popular class of algorithms for solving such problems are majorization-minimization techniques which iteratively approximate the composite nonconvex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-05 Jonas Geiping , Michael Moeller

Finding multiple solutions of non-convex optimization problems is a ubiquitous yet challenging task. Most past algorithms either apply single-solution optimization methods from multiple random initial guesses or search in the vicinity of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Lingxiao Li , Noam Aigerman , Vladimir G. Kim , Jiajin Li , Kristjan Greenewald , Mikhail Yurochkin , Justin Solomon

Recently, the property of connectedness has been claimed to give a strong motivation on the design of local search techniques for multiobjective combinatorial optimization (MOCO). Indeed, when connectedness holds, a basic Pareto local…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2012-07-20 Sébastien Verel , Arnaud Liefooghe , Jérémie Humeau , Laetitia Jourdan , Clarisse Dhaenens

Minimax optimization has been central in addressing various applications in machine learning, game theory, and control theory. Prior literature has thus far mainly focused on studying such problems in the continuous domain, e.g.,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Arman Adibi , Aryan Mokhtari , Hamed Hassani

In this article, we propose a Newton-based method for solving multiobjective interval optimization problems (MIOPs). We first provide a connection between weakly Pareto optimal points and Pareto critical points in the context of MIOPs.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Tapas Mondal , Debdas Ghosh , Do Sang Kim

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) problems require balancing competing objectives, often under constraints. The Pareto optimal solution set defines all possible optimal trade-offs over such objectives. In this work, we present a novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Soumyajit Gupta , Gurpreet Singh , Raghu Bollapragada , Matthew Lease

This paper proposes a new algorithm for solving constrained global optimization problems where both the objective function and constraints are one-dimensional non-differentiable multiextremal Lipschitz functions. Multiextremal constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-07-27 Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

The proximal point method for a special class of nonconvex multiobjective functions is studied in this paper. We show that the method is well defined and that the accumulation points of any generated sequence, if any, are Pareto--Clarke…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-20 G. C. Bento , O. P. Ferreira , V. L. Sousa Junior

We consider a class of optimization problems that involve determining the maximum value that a function in a particular class can attain subject to a collection of difference constraints. We show that a particular linear programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Sungjin Im , Benjamin Moseley , Hung Q. Ngo , Kirk Pruhs , Alireza Samadian

Optimizing multiple competing objectives is a common problem across science and industry. The inherent inextricable trade-off between those objectives leads one to the task of exploring their Pareto front. A meaningful quantity for the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Jim Boelrijk , Bernd Ensing , Patrick Forré