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We typically construct optimal designs based on a single objective function. To better capture the breadth of an experiment's goals, we could instead construct a multiple objective optimal design based on multiple objective functions. While…

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In this paper, we present a novel control scheme for feedback optimization. That is, we propose a discrete-time controller that can steer the steady state of a physical plant to the solution of a constrained optimization problem without…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-09 Verena Häberle , Adrian Hauswirth , Lukas Ortmann , Saverio Bolognani , Florian Dörfler

When solving elliptic partial differential equations in a region containing immersed interfaces (possibly evolving in time), it is often desirable to approximate the problem using an independent background discretisation, not aligned with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-29 Luca Heltai , Nella Rotundo

In group testing, the goal is to identify a subset of defective items within a larger set of items based on tests whose outcomes indicate whether any defective item is present. This problem is relevant in areas such as medical testing, data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Nelvin Tan , Jonathan Scarlett

We investigate the application of a posteriori error estimates to a fractional optimal control problem with pointwise control constraints. Specifically, we address a problem in which the state equation is formulated as an integral form of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Fangyuan Wang , Qiming Wang , Zhaojie Zhou

A regularization algorithm using inexact function values and inexact derivatives is proposed and its evaluation complexity analyzed. This algorithm is applicable to unconstrained problems and to problems with inexpensive constraints (that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-22 S. Bellavia , G. Gurioli , B. Morini , Ph. L. Toint

Building on existing $hp$-adaptive algorithms driven by equilibrated-flux estimators from [ESAIM Math. Model. Numer. Anal. 57 (2023), 329--366] and the references therein, we propose a novel $h$-adaptive algorithm for a fixed polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Théophile Chaumont-Frelet , Zhaonan Dong , Gregor Gantner , Martin Vohralík

This paper is concerned with the finite element discretization of the data driven approach according to arXiv:1510.04232 for the solution of PDEs with a material law arising from measurement data. To simplify the setting, we focus on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Christian Meyer , Annika Müller

To optimize efficiently over discrete data and with only few available target observations is a challenge in Bayesian optimization. We propose a continuous relaxation of the objective function and show that inference and optimization can be…

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we introduce "resource constraints" as a general concept that covers many practical restrictions on experimental design. Second, for computing efficient exact designs of experiments under any…

Computation · Statistics 2014-08-08 Radoslav Harman , Alena Bachratá , Lenka Filová

In modern large-scale systems with sensor networks and IoT devices it is essential to collaboratively solve complex problems while utilizing network resources efficiently. In our paper we present three distributed optimization algorithms…

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This paper studies an optimal control problem for continuous-time stochastic systems subject to reachability objectives specified in a subclass of metric interval temporal logic specifications, a temporal logic with real-time constraints.…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-04-21 Jie Fu , Ufuk Topcu

We consider an elliptic partial differential equation with a random diffusion parameter discretized by a stochastic collocation method in the parameter domain and a finite element method in the spatial domain. We prove convergence of an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Michael Feischl , Andrea Scaglioni

The convergence of expectation-maximization (EM)-based algorithms typically requires continuity of the likelihood function with respect to all the unknown parameters (optimization variables). The requirement is not met when parameters…

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This chapter provides an overview of state-of-the-art adaptive finite element methods (AFEMs) for the numerical solution of second-order elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs), where the primary focus is on the optimal interplay of…

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In this paper, a class of optimization problems with nonlinear inequality constraints is discussed. Based on the ideas of sequential quadratic programming algorithm and the method of strongly sub-feasible directions, a new superlinearly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-06-28 Jin-Bao Jian , Chuan-Hao Guo , Chun-Ming Tang , Yan-Qin Bai

This paper explores a fully discrete approximation for a nonlinear hyperbolic PDE-constrained optimization problem (P) with applications in acoustic full waveform inversion. The optimization problem is primarily complicated by the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Luis Ammann , Irwin Yousept

In this paper we design efficient quadrature rules for finite element discretizations of nonlocal diffusion problems with compactly supported kernel functions. Two of the main challenges in nonlocal modeling and simulations are the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-23 Eugenio Aulisa , Giacomo Capodaglio , Andrea Chierici , Marta D'Elia

The (modern) arbitrary derivative (ADER) approach is a popular technique for the numerical solution of differential problems based on iteratively solving an implicit discretization of their weak formulation. In this work, focusing on an ODE…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Maria Han Veiga , Lorenzo Micalizzi , Davide Torlo