English

Bilevel optimization in flow networks: A message-passing approach

Optimization and Control 2022-11-09 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Physics and Society

Abstract

Optimizing embedded systems, where the optimization of one depends on the state of another, is a formidable computational and algorithmic challenge, that is ubiquitous in real world systems. We study flow networks, where bilevel optimization is relevant to traffic planning, network control and design, and where flows are governed by an optimization requirement subject to the network parameters. We employ message-passing algorithms in flow networks with sparsely coupled structures to adapt network parameters that govern the network flows, in order to optimize a global objective. We demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the approach on randomly generated graphs.

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@article{arxiv.2108.00960,
  title  = {Bilevel optimization in flow networks: A message-passing approach},
  author = {Bo Li and David Saad and Chi Ho Yeung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.00960},
  year   = {2022}
}
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