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We present a quantum algorithmic routine that extends the realm of Grover-based heuristics for tackling combinatorial optimization problems with arbitrary efficiently computable objective and constraint functions. Building on previously…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 Sören Wilkening

Combinatorial optimization algorithms for graph problems are usually designed afresh for each new problem with careful attention by an expert to the problem structure. In this work, we develop a new framework to solve any combinatorial…

This work presents a unified framework that combines global approximations with locally built models to handle challenging nonconvex and nonsmooth composite optimization problems, including cases involving extended real-valued functions. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Welington de Oliveira , Johannes O. Royset

Extension problems for polynomial valuations on different cones of convex functions are investigated. It is shown that for the classes of functions under consideration, the extension problem reduces to a simple geometric obstruction on the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-14 Jonas Knoerr , Jacopo Ulivelli

We are interested in the fast computation of the exact value of integrals of polynomial functions over convex polyhedra. We present speed ups and extensions of the algorithms presented in previous work. We present the new software…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2013-12-30 Jesus De Loera , Brandon Dutra , Matthias Koeppe , Stanislav Moreinis , Gregory Pinto , Jianqiu Wu

We present a novel, general, and unifying point of view on sparse approaches to polynomial optimization. Solving polynomial optimization problems to global optimality is a ubiquitous challenge in many areas of science and engineering.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-07 Gennadiy Averkov , Benjamin Peters , Sebastian Sager

Mathematical Selection is a method in which we select a particular choice from a set of such. It have always been an interesting field of study for mathematicians. Accordingly, Combinatorial Optimization is a sub field of this domain of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Anurag Dutta , K. Lakshmanan , A. Ramamoorthy , Liton Chandra Voumik , John Harshith , John Pravin Motha

Inverse optimization, determining parameters of an optimization problem that render a given solution optimal, has received increasing attention in recent years. While significant inverse optimization literature exists for convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-02 Merve Bodur , Timothy C. Y. Chan , Ian Yihang Zhu

Most systems and learning algorithms optimize average performance or average loss -- one reason being computational complexity. However, many objectives of practical interest are more complex than simply average loss. This arises, for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Daniel Alabi , Nicole Immorlica , Adam Tauman Kalai

There are different solution concepts for convex vector optimization problems (CVOPs) and a recent one, which is motivated from a set optimization point of view, consists of finitely many efficient solutions that generate polyhedral inner…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-28 Firdevs Ulus

In this thesis we develop a novel framework to study smooth and strongly convex optimization algorithms, both deterministic and stochastic. Focusing on quadratic functions we are able to examine optimization algorithms as a recursive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-10-24 Yossi Arjevani

We study a class of combinatorial scheduling problems characterized by a particular type of constraint often associated with electrical power or gas energy. This constraint appears in several practical applications and is expressed as a sum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Trung Thanh Nguyen , Khaled Elbassioni , Areg Karapetyan , Majid Khonji

Constrained non-convex optimization problems frequently arise in control applications. Solving such problems is inherently challenging, as existing methods often converge to suboptimal local minima or incur prohibitive computational costs.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Anran Li , John P. Swensen , Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

This work investigates the finite-horizon optimal covariance steering problem for discrete-time linear systems subject to both additive and multiplicative uncertainties as well as state and input chance constraints. In particular, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-19 Jacob Knaup , Panagiotis Tsiotras

Leveraging a recently proposed notion of relative entropy in general probabilistic theories (GPT), we prove a finite de Finetti representation theorem for general convex bodies. We apply this result to address a fundamental question in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Julius A. Zeiss , Gereon Koßmann , René Schwonnek , Martin Plávala

We reformulate the problem of modularity maximization over the set of partitions of a network as a conic optimization problem over the completely positive cone, converting it from a combinatorial optimization problem to a convex continuous…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2008-12-18 Roland Hildebrand

In this paper we consider a class of optimization problems with a strongly convex objective function and the feasible set given by an intersection of a simple convex set with a set given by a number of linear equality and inequality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-11 Alexey Chernov , Pavel Dvurechensky , Alexander Gasnikov

In this paper we present an algorithmic framework for solving a class of combinatorial optimization problems on graphs with bounded pathwidth. The problems are NP-hard in general, but solvable in linear time on this type of graphs. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-12-18 Mugurel Ionut Andreica

In this paper we study the convex problem of optimizing the sum of a smooth function and a compactly supported non-smooth term with a specific separable form. We analyze the block version of the generalized conditional gradient method when…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-28 Amir Beck , Edouard Pauwels , Shoham Sabach

In this paper we consider a distributed optimization scenario in which a set of agents has to solve a convex optimization problem with separable cost function, local constraint sets and a coupling inequality constraint. We propose a novel…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano