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The paper concerns the study of new classes of nonlinear and nonconvex optimization problems of the so-called infinite programming that are generally defined on infinite-dimensional spaces of decision variables and contain infinitely many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-03-24 B. S. Mordukhovich , T. T. A. Nghia

In this paper, based on basic constraint qualification (BCQ) and strong BCQ for convex generalized equation, we are inspired to further discuss constraint qualifications of BCQ and strong BCQ for nonconvex generalized equation and then…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-25 Liyun Huang , Qinghai He , Zhou Wei

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is often tuned by trial and error. When a baseline linear controller exists that is already well tuned in the absence of constraints and MPC is introduced to enforce them, one would like to avoid altering the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-01 Mario Zanon , Alberto Bemporad

Constraint qualifications (CQs) are central to the local analysis of constrained optimization. In this paper, we completely determine the validity of the four classical CQs -- LICQ, MFCQ, ACQ, and GCQ -- for constraint map-germs that arise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Naoki Hamada , Kenta Hayano , Hiroshi Teramoto

A supervised learning framework is proposed to approximate a model predictive controller (MPC) with reduced computational complexity and guarantees on stability and constraint satisfaction. The framework can be used for a wide class of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Michael Hertneck , Johannes Köhler , Sebastian Trimpe , Frank Allgöwer

This work continues an ongoing effort to compare non-smooth optimization problems in abs-normal form to Mathematical Programs with Complementarity Constraints (MPCCs). We study general Nonlinear Programs with equality and inequality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Lisa C. Hegerhorst-Schultchen , Christian Kirches , Marc C. Steinbach

In this work, we propose a Model Predictive Control (MPC) formulation incorporating two distinct horizons: a prediction horizon and a constraint horizon. This approach enables a deeper understanding of how constraints influence key system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-25 Allan Andre Do Nascimento , Han Wang , Antonis Papachristodoulou , Kostas Margellos

This paper provides second-order optimality conditions for optimization problems with generalized equation constraints (GEPs), a framework that encompasses several important and challenging models in mathematical programming, including…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-29 M. Benko , H. Gfrerer , J. J. Ye , J. Zhang , J. Zhou

A typical bottleneck of model predictive control algorithms is the computational burden in order to compute the receding horizon feedback law which is predominantly determined by the length of the prediction horizon. Based on a relaxed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-16 Jürgen Pannek , Karl Worthmann

Most machine learning algorithms are configured by one or several hyperparameters that must be carefully chosen and often considerably impact performance. To avoid a time consuming and unreproducible manual trial-and-error process to find…

In this paper, the mathematical programs with vanishing constraints or MPVC are considered. We prove that an MPVC-tailored penalty function, introduced in [5], is still exact under a very weak and new constraint qualification. Most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Triloki Nath , Abeka Khare

For bilevel programs with a convex lower level program, the classical approach replaces the lower level program with its Karush-Kuhn-Tucker condition and solve the resulting mathematical program with complementarity constraint (MPCC). It is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Kuang Bai , Jane Ye , Shangzhi Zeng

Machine learning techniques are used to predict theoretical constraints such as unitarity and boundedness from below in extensions of the Standard Model. This approach has proven effective for models incorporating additional SU(2) scalar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-19 Darius Jurčiukonis

Bilevel hyperparameter optimization has received growing attention thanks to the fast development of machine learning. Due to the tremendous size of data sets, the scale of bilevel hyperparameter optimization problem could be extremely…

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Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MILPs) are rapidly gaining interest for molecular modeling, as they provide a balance between quantum-mechanical level descriptions of atomic interactions and reasonable computational efficiency.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-08-30 Gustavo R. Pérez-Lemus , Yinan Xu , Yezhi Jin , Pablo F. Zubieta Rico , Juan J. de Pablo

Recently, suboptimality estimates for model predictive controllers (MPC) have been derived for the case without additional stabilizing endpoint constraints or a Lyapunov function type endpoint weight. The proposed methods yield a posteriori…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Thomas Jahn , Jürgen Pannek

Model predictive control (MPC) has been widely used in many fields, often in hierarchical architectures that combine controllers and decision-making layers at different levels. However, when such architectures are cast as bilevel…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Ryuta Moriyasu , Carmen Amo Alonso , Marco Pavone

Mixture proportion estimation (MPE) aims to estimate class priors from unlabeled data. This task is a critical component in weakly supervised learning, such as PU learning, learning with label noise, and domain adaptation. Existing MPE…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Yushi Hirose , Akito Narahara , Takafumi Kanamori

Our recent study (Lin and Ohtsuka, 2024) proposed a new penalty method for solving mathematical programming with complementarity constraints (MPCC). This method first reformulates MPCC as a parameterized nonlinear programming called gap…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-16 Kangyu Lin , Toshiyuki Ohtsuka

Mathematical programs with complementarity constraints (MPCCs) are a challenging class of nonlinear optimization problems, because their nonlinear programming reformulations violate standard constraint qualifications at every feasible…

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