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This paper considers decentralized optimization of convex functions with mixed affine equality constraints involving both local and global variables. Constraints on global variables may vary across different nodes in the network, while…

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Convergence of a projected stochastic gradient algorithm is demonstrated for convex objective functionals with convex constraint sets in Hilbert spaces. In the convex case, the sequence of iterates ${u_n}$ converges weakly to a point in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-01 Caroline Geiersbach , Georg Pflug

This paper is devoted to the study of approximate solutions for a multiobjective interval-valued optimization problem based on an interval order. We establish new existence theorems of approximate solutions for such a problem under some…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Chuang-liang Zhang , Yun-cheng Liu , Nan-jing Huang

In multi-objective optimization, a single decision vector must balance the trade-offs between many objectives. Solutions achieving an optimal trade-off are said to be Pareto optimal: these are decision vectors for which improving any one…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-07 Abhishek Roy , Geelon So , Yi-An Ma

Maximizing the precision in estimating parameters in a quantum system subject to instrumentation constraints is cast as a convex optimization problem. We account for prior knowledge about the parameter range by developing a worst-case and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-04-01 Robert L. Kosut

We investigate a data-driven quasiconcave maximization problem where information about the objective function is limited to a finite sample of data points. We begin by defining an ambiguity set for admissible objective functions based on…

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A class of real functions, which is the generalization of a family of convex functions, is introduced; in this connection, we have defined $X$-convex, strictly $X$-convex, quasi-$X$-convex, strictly quasi-$X$-convex, and semi-strictly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-16 Musavvir Ali , Ehtesham Akhter

This document introduces a strategy to solve linear optimization problems. The strategy is based on the bounding condition each constraint produces on each one of the problem's dimension. The solution of a linear optimization problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-24 Gerardo L. Febres

We consider the sparse optimization problem with nonlinear constraints and an objective function, which is given by the sum of a general smooth mapping and an additional term defined by the $ \ell_0 $-quasi-norm. This term is used to obtain…

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This work investigates the convergence behavior of augmented Lagrangian methods (ALMs) when applied to convex optimization problems that may be infeasible. ALMs are a popular class of algorithms for solving constrained optimization…

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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

Random projection techniques based on Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma are used for randomly aggregating the constraints or variables of optimization problems while approximately preserving their optimal values, that leads to smaller-scale…

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This paper identifies necessary and sufficient conditions for the exactness of penalty functions in optimization problems whose constraint sets are not necessarily bounded. The case where the data of problems is locally Lipschitz,…

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We consider the Chance Constrained Model Predictive Control problem for polynomial systems subject to disturbances. In this problem, we aim at finding optimal control input for given disturbed dynamical system to minimize a given cost…

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Various control schemes rely on a solution of a convex optimization problem involving a particular robust quadratic constraint, which can be reformulated as a linear matrix inequality using the well-known $\mathcal{S}$-lemma. However, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-10 Goran Banjac , Jianzhe Zhen , Dick den Hertog , John Lygeros

We present a unified study of first and second order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for minimax and Chebyshev optimisation problems with cone constraints. First order optimality conditions for such problems can be formulated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-03 M. V. Dolgopolik

Constrained optimization with multiple functional inequality constraints has significant applications in machine learning. This paper examines a crucial subset of such problems where both the objective and constraint functions are weakly…

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Optimality conditions in the form of a variational inequality are proved for a class of constrained optimal control problems of stochastic differential equations. The cost function and the inequality constraints are functions of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Laurent Pfeiffer

In this paper, we discuss scalar Lagrangian multipliers and vector Lagrangian multipliers for constrained set-valued optimization problems. We obtain some necessary conditions, sufficient conditions, as well as necessary and sufficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-13 Renying Zeng

In this note, we prove that minimizers of convex functionals with a convexity constraint and a general class of Lagrangians can be approximated by solutions to fourth-order equations of Abreu type. Our result generalizes that of Le (Twisted…

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