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This paper introduces a new robust interior point method analysis for semidefinite programming (SDP). This new robust analysis can be combined with either logarithmic barrier or hybrid barrier. Under this new framework, we can improve the…

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In this paper, we propose a low-rank coordinate descent approach to structured semidefinite programming with diagonal constraints. The approach, which we call the Mixing method, is extremely simple to implement, has no free parameters, and…

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We study optimization programs given by a bilinear form over non-commutative variables subject to linear inequalities. Problems of this form include the entangled value of two-prover games, entanglement-assisted coding for classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-15 Mario Berta , Omar Fawzi , Volkher B. Scholz

In this paper, a class of general nonlinear programming problems with inequality and equality constraints is discussed. Firstly, the original problem is transformed into an associated simpler equivalent problem with only inequality…

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This paper studies the problem of finding an $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate solution to positive semidefinite programs. These are semidefinite programs in which all matrices in the constraints and objective are positive semidefinite and all…

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This paper investigates the relation between sequential convex programming (SCP) as, e.g., defined in [24] and DC (difference of two convex functions) programming. We first present an SCP algorithm for solving nonlinear optimization…

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Quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) has long been recognized as a computationally challenging problem, particularly in large-scale or high-dimensional settings where solving it directly becomes intractable. The complexity…

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A matrix optimization problem over an uncertain linear system on finite horizon (abbreviated as MOPUL) is studied, in which the uncertain transition matrix is regarded as a decision variable. This problem is in general NP-hard. By using the…

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In 2020, Yamakawa and Okuno proposed a stabilized sequential quadratic semidefinite programming (SQSDP) method for solving, in particular, degenerate nonlinear semidefinite optimization problems. The algorithm is shown to converge globally…

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In computer vision, many problems such as image segmentation, pixel labelling, and scene parsing can be formulated as binary quadratic programs (BQPs). For submodular problems, cuts based methods can be employed to efficiently solve…

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We consider the NP-hard problem of minimizing a convex quadratic function over the integer lattice ${\bf Z}^n$. We present a simple semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation for obtaining a nontrivial lower bound on the optimal value of the…

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In this paper, we study a class of fractional semi-infinite polynomial programming problems involving s.o.s-convex polynomial functions. For such a problem, by a conic reformulation proposed in our previous work and the quadratic modules…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-29 Feng Guo , Meijun Zhang

In this paper, we present an efficient semismooth Newton method, named SSNCP, for solving a class of semidefinite programming problems. Our approach is rooted in an equivalent semismooth system derived from the saddle point problem induced…

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Semidefinite programming (SDP) is a fundamental class of convex optimization problems with diverse applications in mathematics, engineering, machine learning, and related disciplines. This paper investigates the application of the…

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We propose the algorithm that solves the symmetric cone programs (SCPs) by iteratively calling the projection and rescaling methods the algorithms for solving exceptional cases of SCP. Although our algorithm can solve SCPs by itself, we…

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Semidefinite programs (SDPs) are a fundamental class of optimization problems with important recent applications in approximation algorithms, quantum complexity, robust learning, algorithmic rounding, and adversarial deep learning. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-23 Haotian Jiang , Tarun Kathuria , Yin Tat Lee , Swati Padmanabhan , Zhao Song

A sequential piecewise linear programming method is presented where bounded domains of non-convex functions are successively contracted about the solution of a piecewise linear program at each iteration of the algorithm. Although…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-21 James P. L. Tan

This paper presents a comprehensive exploration of semi-definite programming (SDP) techniques within the context of quantum information. It examines the mathematical foundations of convex optimization, duality, and SDP formulations,…

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We introduce a new class of semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations for sparse box-constrained quadratic programs, obtained by a novel integration of the Reformulation Linearization Technique into standard SDP relaxations while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-13 Aida Khajavirad

The unconstrained binary quadratic programming (UBQP) problem is a class of problems of significant importance in many practical applications, such as in combinatorial optimization, circuit design, and other fields. The positive…

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