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We consider the problem of finding an optimal transport plan between an absolutely continuous measure $\mu$ on $\mathcal{X} \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ and a finitely supported measure $\nu$ on $\mathbb{R}^d$ when the transport cost is the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-08 Valentin Hartmann , Dominic Schuhmacher

We study a dynamic optimal transport type problem on a domain that consists of two parts: a compact set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ (bulk) and a non-intersecting and sufficiently regular curve $\Gamma \subset \Omega$. On each of them, a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Marcello Carioni , Juliane Krautz , Jan-F. Pietschmann

The quadratically regularized optimal transport problem has recently been considered in various applications where the coupling needs to be \emph{sparse}, i.e., the density of the coupling needs to be zero for a large subset of the product…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-01 Alejandro Garriz-Molina , Alberto González-Sanz , Gilles Mordant

Public transport is vital for meeting people's mobility needs. Providers need to plan their services well to offer high quality and low cost. Optimized planning can benefit providers, customers, and municipalities. The planning process for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-23 Lucas Mertens , Lena-Antonia Wolbeck , David Rößler , Lin Xie , Natalia Kliewer

We provide theoretical foundations and computational tools for the systematic design of optimization-based control laws with constraints that have different priorities. By introducing the concept of prioritized intersections, we extend and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Daniel Arnström , Gianluca Garofalo

This paper is concerned with an optimization problem that is constrained by the Kantorovich optimal transportation problem. This bilevel optimization problem can be reformulated as a mathematical problem with complementarity constraints in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Sebastian Hillbrecht , Paul Manns , Christian Meyer

Optimal transport is widely used in pure and applied mathematics to find probabilistic solutions to hard combinatorial matching problems. We extend the Wasserstein metric and other elements of optimal transport from the matching of sets to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-16 Evan Patterson

This paper presents a distributed, optimal, communication-aware trajectory planning algorithm for multi-robot systems. Building on prior work, it addresses the multi-robot communication-aware trajectory planning problem using a general…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Jeppe Heini Mikkelsen , Roberto Galeazzi , Matteo Fumagalli

A remarkable connection between optimal design and Monge transport was initiated in the years 1997 in the context of the minimal elastic compliance problem and where the euclidean metric cost was naturally involved. In this paper we present…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Karol Bołbotowski , Guy Bouchitté

This paper presents a multiscale approach to efficiently compute approximate optimal transport plans between point sets. It is particularly well-suited for point sets that are in high-dimensions, but are close to being intrinsically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Samuel Gerber , Mauro Maggioni

We present an iterative method to efficiently solve the optimal transportation problem for a class of strictly convex costs which includes quadratic and p-power costs. Given two probability measures supported on a discrete grid with n…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-06 Matt Jacobs , Flavien Léger

This paper deals with the long time behavior of the optimal solution of stochastic backward linear-quadratic optimal control problem over the finite time horizon. Both weak and strong turnpike properties are established under appropriate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-08 Yuyang Chen , Peng Luo

Capacity constrained optimal transport is a variant of optimal transport, which adds extra constraints on the set of feasible couplings in the original optimal transport problem to limit the mass transported between each pair of source and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Tianhao Wu , Qihao Cheng , Zihao Wang , Chaorui Zhang , Bo Bai , Zhongyi Huang , Hao Wu

The quadratic shortest path problem is the problem of finding a path in a directed graph such that the sum of interaction costs over all pairs of arcs on the path is minimized. We derive several semidefinite programming relaxations for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Hao Hu , Renata Sotirov

Platooning of vehicles is a promising approach for reducing fuel consumption, increasing vehicle safety, and using road space more efficiently. We consider the important but difficult problem of assigning optimal routes and departure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-19 Fengqiao Luo , Jeffrey Larson

Computing Wasserstein barycenters (a.k.a. Optimal Transport barycenters) is a fundamental problem in geometry which has recently attracted considerable attention due to many applications in data science. While there exist polynomial-time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-15 Jason M. Altschuler , Enric Boix-Adsera

The paper considers existence results of solution for a linear coupled system of Boltzmann transport equations and related inverse problem. The system models the evolution of three species of particles, photons, electrons and positrons.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Jouko Tervo

Intelligent transportation systems have recently emerged to address the growing interest for safer, more efficient, and sustainable transportation solutions. In this direction, this paper presents distributed algorithms for control and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-03 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Alireza Aghasi , Hamid R. Rabiee

Complexity of the Operations Research Theory tasks can be often diminished in cases that do not require finding the exact solution. For example, forecasting two-dimensional hierarchical time series leads us to the transportation problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-06 S. V. Rotin , I. V. Gusakov , V. Ya. Gusakov

This article generalizes the study of ramified optimal transport with capacity constraint in transport multi-paths by generalizing the $\mathbf{M}_{\alpha}$ cost to $\mathbf{M}_{\alpha,c}$, which incorporates capacity constraints into the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Qinglan Xia , Haotian Sun