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Convex optimization problems arise naturally in quantum information theory, often in terms of minimizing a convex function over a convex subset of the space of hermitian matrices. In most cases, finding exact solutions to these problems is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-26 Mark W. Girard , Gilad Gour , Shmuel Friedland

Nonconvex optimization refers to the process of solving problems whose objective or constraints are nonconvex. Historically, this type of problems have been very difficult to solve to global optimality, with traditional solvers often…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Dimitris Bertsimas , Danique de Moor , Thodoris Koukouvinos , Demetrios Kriezis

We use here a particle system to prove a convergence result as well as a deviation inequality for solutions of granular media equation when the confinement potential and the interaction potential are no more uniformly convex. Proof is…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Patrick Cattiaux , Guillin Arnaud , Malrieu Florent

Generalization error (also known as the out-of-sample error) measures how well the hypothesis learned from training data generalizes to previously unseen data. Proving tight generalization error bounds is a central question in statistical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Jian Li , Xuanyuan Luo , Mingda Qiao

Constrained quasiconvex optimization problems appear in many fields, such as economics, engineering, and management science. In particular, fractional programming, which models ratio indicators such as the profit/cost ratio as fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-02 Kazuhiro Hishinuma , Hideaki Iiduka

We consider the problem of sampling from a target distribution, which is \emph {not necessarily logconcave}, in the context of empirical risk minimization and stochastic optimization as presented in Raginsky et al. (2017). Non-asymptotic…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-03 Ngoc Huy Chau , Éric Moulines , Miklos Rásonyi , Sotirios Sabanis , Ying Zhang

We consider chance constrained optimization where it is sought to optimize a function while complying with constraints, both of which are affected by uncertainties. The high computational cost of realistic simulations strongly limits the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-18 Julien Pelamatti , Rodolphe Le Riche , Céline Helbert , Christophette Blanchet-Scalliet

We study one-dimensional nonlinear stochastic cable equations driven by a multiplicative space-time white noise. Using the Malliavin-Stein method, we prove a central limit theorem for the spatial average of the solution. The convergence is…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Soma Nishino

This work presents a novel version of recently developed Gauss-Newton method for solving systems of nonlinear equations, based on upper bound of solution residual and quadratic regularization ideas. We obtained for such method global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-04 Nikita Yudin , Alexander Gasnikov

A Newton--Kantorovich-type argument enables the a posteriori existence verification of a unique regular root near a computed approximation, purely from computable data. This framework allows for non-selfadjoint problems and extends the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Benedikt Gräßle

Consider the sequential optimization of an expensive to evaluate and possibly non-convex objective function $f$ from noisy feedback, that can be considered as a continuum-armed bandit problem. Upper bounds on the regret performance of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-03-11 Sattar Vakili , Kia Khezeli , Victor Picheny

We focus on the optimization problem with smooth, possibly nonconvex objectives and a convex constraint set for which the Euclidean projection operation is practically available. Focusing on this setting, we carry out a general convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Matteo Lapucci , Giampaolo Liuzzi , Stefano Lucidi , Marco Sciandrone , Diego Scuppa

Li, Chen, Tai & E. (J. Machine Learning Research, 2018) have proposed a regularization of the forward-backward sweep iteration for solving the Pontryagin maximum principle in optimal control problems. The authors prove the global…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Xin Liu , Jason Frank

We perform a posteriori error analysis in the supremum norm for the quadratic discontinuous Galerkin method for the elliptic obstacle problem. We define two discrete sets (motivated by Gaddam, Gudi and Kamana [1]), one set having integral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Rohit Khandelwal , Kamana Porwal , Ritesh Singla

We establish new explicit bounds on the Gaussian approximation of Poisson functionals based on novel estimates of moments of Skorohod integrals. Combining these with the Malliavin-Stein method, we derive bounds in the Wasserstein and…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-12-08 Tara Trauthwein

This work considers the quadratic Gaussian multiterminal (MT) source coding problem and provides a new sufficient condition for the Berger-Tung sum-rate bound to be tight. The converse proof utilizes a set of virtual remote sources given…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-09-13 Yang Yang , Yifu Zhang , Zixiang Xiong

In this paper, we focus on the problem of stochastic optimization where the objective function can be written as an expectation function over a closed convex set. We also consider multiple expectation constraints which restrict the domain…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Kinjal Basu , Preetam Nandy

We develop a central limit theorem (CLT) for a non-parametric estimator of the transition matrices in controlled Markov chains (CMCs) with finite state-action spaces. Our results establish precise conditions on the logging policy under…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Ziwei Su , Imon Banerjee , Diego Klabjan

A novel inner approximation algorithm is proposed for dynamic optimization problems to ensure strict satisfaction of path constraints. Distinct from traditional methods relying on interval analysis, the proposed algorithm leverages the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Yuan Chang , Lizhong Jiang , Tai-Fang Li , Jun Fu

Motivated by applications in clinical trials and finance, we study the problem of online convex optimization (with bandit feedback) where the decision maker is risk-averse. We provide two algorithms to solve this problem. The first one is a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Adrian Rivera Cardoso , Huan Xu