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An algorithm which computes a solution of a set optimization problem is provided. The graph of the objective map is assumed to be given by finitely many linear inequalities. A solution is understood to be a set of points in the domain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-29 Andreas Löhne , Carola Schrage

In the optimization of convex domains under a PDE constraint numerical difficulties arise in the approximation of convex domains in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Previous research used a restriction to rotationally symmetric domains to reduce shape…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Sören Bartels , Hedwig Keller , Gerd Wachsmuth

In this paper, we propose a new Fully Composite Formulation of convex optimization problems. It includes, as a particular case, the problems with functional constraints, max-type minimization problems, and problems of Composite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-24 Nikita Doikov , Yurii Nesterov

Hidden convex optimization is such a class of nonconvex optimization problems that can be globally solved in polynomial time via equivalent convex programming reformulations. In this paper, we focus on checking local optimality in hidden…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-08 Mengmeng Song , Yong Xia , Hongying Liu

Given $n+1$ unit vectors in $\mathbf{R}^n$ or $\mathbf{C}^n,$ consider the absolute values of the determinants of the vectors taken $n$ at a time. By taking a geometric perspective, we show that the minimum of these determinants is…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-23 Mark Fincher

This work introduces a multidimensional generalization of the maximum bisection problem. A mixed integer linear programming formulation is proposed with the proof of its correctness. The numerical tests, made on the randomly generated…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-06-26 Zoran Maksimovic

We present an efficient framework for solving algebraically-constrained global non-convex polynomial optimization problems over subsets of the hypercube. We prove the existence of an equivalent nonlinear reformulation of such problems that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Mitchell Tong Harris , Pierre-David Letourneau , Dalton Jones , M. Harper Langston

In this paper we address the speed planning problem for a vehicle along a predefined path. A weighted average of two (conflicting) terms, energy consumption and travel time, is minimized. After deriving a non-convex mathematical model of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Stefano Ardizzoni , Luca Consolini , Mattia Laurini , Marco Locatelli

The 2-sets convex feasibility problem aims at finding a point in the intersection of two closed convex sets $A$ and $B$ in a normed space $X$. More generally, we can consider the problem of finding (if possible) two points in $A$ and $B$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Carlo Alberto De Bernardi , Enrico Miglierina , Elena Molho

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

In this paper, we propose two algorithms for solving convex optimization problems with linear ascending constraints. When the objective function is separable, we propose a dual method which terminates in a finite number of iterations. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Zizhuo Wang

We show that minimizing a convex function over the integer points of a bounded convex set is polynomial in fixed dimension.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-03-20 Timm Oertel , Christian Wagner , Robert Weismantel

We study the isoperimetric problem for Euclidean space endowed with a continuous density. In dimension one, we characterize isoperimetric regions for a unimodal density. In higher dimensions, we prove existence results and we derive…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 César Rosales , Antonio Cañete , Vincent Bayle , Frank Morgan

Several fundamental problems that arise in optimization and computer science can be cast as follows: Given vectors $v_1,\ldots,v_m \in \mathbb{R}^d$ and a constraint family ${\cal B}\subseteq 2^{[m]}$, find a set $S \in \cal{B}$ that…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Javad B. Ebrahimi , Damian Straszak , Nisheeth K. Vishnoi

Consider convex optimization problems subject to a large number of constraints. We focus on stochastic problems in which the objective takes the form of expected values and the feasible set is the intersection of a large number of convex…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-11-13 Mengdi Wang , Yichen Chen , Jialin Liu , Yuantao Gu

Based on a characterization of the optimality of a feasible solution of a convex entropy minimization problem, one shows that the feasible solutions obtained using formally the Lagrange multipliers method are optimal.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-29 Constantin Zalinescu

The problem of resolving the fine details of a signal from its coarse scale measurements or, as it is commonly referred to in the literature, the super-resolution problem arises naturally in engineering and physics in a variety of settings.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-14 Tamir Bendory , Shai Dekel , Arie Feuer

We obtain a good upper bound on the number of solutions of a diophantine equation arising from a strictly convex sequences of real numbers.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 A. Iosevich , M. Rudnev , V. Ten

The Convex Envelope of a given function was recently characterized as the solution of a fully nonlinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE). In this article we study a modified problem: the Dirichlet problem for the underlying PDE. The main…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-07 Luis Silvestre , Adam M. Oberman

Polyhedral convex set optimization problems are the simplest optimization problems with set-valued objective function. Their role in set optimization is comparable to the role of linear programs in scalar optimization. Vector linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Andreas Löhne