Global constraints and reranking have not been used in cognates detection research to date. We propose methods for using global constraints by performing rescoring of the score matrices produced by state of the art cognates detection systems. Using global constraints to perform rescoring is complementary to state of th…
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A Double Tracking Method for Optimization with Decentralized Generalized Orthogonality Constraintsmath.OC
New algorithm tackles optimization with distributed constraints.
problem Optimization problems with generalized orthogonality constraints in a decentralized setting.
method Introduced a novel algorithm that tracks gradients and Jacobians simultaneously.
result Global convergence with an iteration complexity established.
Proposes a wave-constrained matrix factorization for signal learning.
problem Learning signals constrained by the wave equation.
method Wave-informed matrix factorization with global optimality guarantees.
result Proves global optimality of the proposed model in polynomial time.
This work is a further study on the Generalized Constraint Neural Network (GCNN) model [1], [2]. Two challenges are encountered in the study, that is, to embed any type of prior information and to select its imposing schemes. The work focuses on the second challenge and studies a new constraint imposing scheme for equa…
Paper studies optimal federated learning for nonparametric regression with privacy constraints.
problem Federated learning for nonparametric regression with heterogeneous differential privacy constraints.
method Proposes distributed privacy-preserving estimators and investigates their risk properties.
result Establishes matching minimax lower bounds for global and pointwise estimation.
CRPO solves challenging SRL problems with convergence guarantee.
problem Safe reinforcement learning with nonconvex constraints.
method Primal approach using alternating policy updates and NPG.
result Achieves convergence rate and error bound.
A Support-Set Algorithm for Optimization Problems with Nonnegative and Orthogonal Constraintsmath.OC
An algorithm simplifies optimization with nonnegative and orthogonal constraints.
problem Optimization problems with nonnegative and orthogonal constraints.
method Support-set algorithm exploiting structural sparsity.
result Global convergence to first-order stationary point with iteration complexity .
This paper proposes a mechanism to produce equivalent Lipschitz surrogates for zero-norm and rank optimization problems by means of the global exact penalty for their equivalent mathematical programs with an equilibrium constraint (MPECs). Specifically, we reformulate these combinatorial problems as equivalent MPECs by…
Safe-M-UCRL learns safe policies for multi-agent systems with global constraints.
problem Global constraints in mean-field reinforcement learning for multi-agent systems.
method Safe-M-UCRL uses epistemic uncertainty and log-barrier approach to ensure constraints satisfaction.
result Safe-M-UCRL learns safe policies for multi-agent systems with global constraints.
Study Federated RL with diverse constraints, proposing new optimization methods.
problem Solving reinforcement learning with multiple constraints in federated learning.
method Federated primal-dual policy optimization methods based on policy gradient methods.
result FedNPG achieves global convergence with an rate.
Continuous-time model shows insider trading constraints impact market dynamics.
problem Trading constraints faced by insiders in continuous-time models.
method Proved global existence of equilibrium with terminal trading constraint.
result Equilibrium model aligns with empirical market behaviors.
New algorithm tackles stochastic optimization with inequality constraints.
problem Stochastic optimization with inequality constraints in various applications.
method Active-set stochastic sequential quadratic programming (StoSQP) with a differentiable exact augmented Lagrangian.
result Global convergence for any initialization, KKT residuals converge to zero almost surely.
Study of motion constraints and path-following on 3D space.
problem Path-following with non-holonomic constraints on .
method Exploration of geometric structure and construction of guiding vector fields.
result General principles for constructing guiding vector fields for path-following.
Proposes a method to generate text that adheres to logical constraints.
problem Generating text that respects logical constraints is hard for autoregressive models.
method Bayesian conditioning to draw samples subject to a constraint, considering the entire sequence and inducing a local, factorized distribution.
result Our approach generates samples that closely approximate the target distribution and are guaranteed to satisfy the constraints.
Survey of global geometry for double field theory.
problem Global description of double field theory geometry.
method Review of Courant algebroids, metric algebroids, AKSZ construction, para-Hermitian geometry.
result Global description of doubled geometry and topological models.
Derivative-Free Sequential Quadratic Programming for Equality-Constrained Stochastic Optimizationmath.OC
Derivative-free method solves stochastic optimization problems with noisy objectives and constraints.
problem Solving nonlinear optimization problems with stochastic objectives and deterministic constraints using only zero-order information.
method Derivative-Free Stochastic Sequential Quadratic Programming (DF-SSQP) method using simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) for gradient and Hessian estimation.
result Global almost-sure convergence of the DF-SSQP method under standard assumptions, with local asymptotic normality and statistical inference.
We give a sufficient condition, with no restrictions on the mean curvature, under which the conformal method can be used to generate solutions of the vacuum Einstein constraint equations on compact manifolds. The condition requires a so-called global supersolution but does not require a global subsolution. As a consequ…
We develop randomized (block) coordinate descent (CD) methods for linearly constrained convex optimization. Unlike most CD methods, we do not assume the constraints to be separable, but let them be coupled linearly. To our knowledge, ours is the first CD method that allows linear coupling constraints, without making th…
FedCONST adapts update magnitudes to enhance feature generalization in FL.
problem Heterogeneous client data in FL leads to overfitting and distorted transferable features.
method FedCONST uses linear convex constraints to stabilize training and preserve generalization.
result FedCONST enhances feature transferability and robustness, achieving state-of-the-art performance.
Recent work on Bayesian optimization has shown its effectiveness in global optimization of difficult black-box objective functions. Many real-world optimization problems of interest also have constraints which are unknown a priori. In this paper, we study Bayesian optimization for constrained problems in the general ca…
We present a global optimization approach for solving the maximum a-posteriori (MAP) clustering problem under the Gaussian mixture model.Our approach can accommodate side constraints and it preserves the combinatorial structure of the MAP clustering problem by formulating it asa mixed-integer nonlinear optimization pro…
Estimation in generalized linear models (GLM) is complicated by the presence of constraints. One can handle constraints by maximizing a penalized log-likelihood. Penalties such as the lasso are effective in high dimensions, but often lead to unwanted shrinkage. This paper explores instead penalizing the squared distanc…
Novel evolutionary strategy solves stochastic constrained optimization problems.
problem Optimizing objective functions with stochastic constraints in reinforcement learning.
method Design of a novel optimization algorithm with a sufficient decrease mechanism for stochastic constrained problems.
result Demonstrated convergence of the algorithm on control tasks and constrained optimization problems.
Conformal Surface Splinesmath.DG
New boundary and point constraints for controlling conformal surfaces.
problem Controlling the geometry of surfaces defined by minimizers of conformal variational problems.
method Introducing new boundary conditions, point constraints, and flux constraints to control the metric and conformal scale factor.
result Introduces intuitive controls for exploring a subspace of conformal immersions.
Sub-twistor metricsmath.DG
The paper studies metrics on hyperkähler manifolds using sub-twistor constraints.
problem Understanding metrics on hyperkähler manifolds with non-holonomic constraints.
method Introducing and analyzing sub-conic metrics, showing they are sub-Finsler.
result Explicit description of Finsler norms for sub-twistor metrics.
Study uses RL to optimize global equity portfolios, finds mixed results.
problem Optimizing dynamic portfolio weights across diverse global markets.
method Deep reinforcement learning with Soft Actor-Critic, incorporating various constraints and reward formulations.
result RL strategies achieve competitive performance, but no strategy consistently outperforms Buy and Hold.
Paper solves optimal portfolio deleveraging with cross asset impacts.
problem Maximize equity while meeting debt/equity requirement with cross asset price impacts.
method Developed successive convex optimization (SCO) and an effective global algorithm integrating SCO, convex relaxation, and branch-and-bound.
result Proposed algorithms find global optimal solutions efficiently.
A new framework for knowledge graph embedding using sheaves.
problem Learning representations for entities and relations in knowledge graphs.
method Using cellular sheaves to describe knowledge graph embeddings with consistency constraints.
result A generalized framework for reasoning about knowledge graph embedding models.
We discuss multi-task online learning when a decision maker has to deal simultaneously with M tasks. The tasks are related, which is modeled by imposing that the M-tuple of actions taken by the decision maker needs to satisfy certain constraints. We give natural examples of such restrictions and then discuss a general …
We calculate relations on characteristic classes which are obstructions preventing closed Kähler manifolds from carrying holomorphic Cartan geometries. We apply these relations to give global constraints on the phase spaces of complex analytic determined and underdetermined systems of differential equations.
In this work, we use the global analysis and degree-theoretic methods introduced by Smale to study the existence and multiplicity of solutions of the vacuum Einstein constraint equations given by the conformal method of Lichnerowicz-Choquet-Bruhat-York. In particular this approach gives a new proof of the existence res…
Complex textual information extraction tasks are often posed as sequence labeling or \emph{shallow parsing}, where fields are extracted using local labels made consistent through probabilistic inference in a graphical model with constrained transitions. Recently, it has become common to locally parametrize these models…
An efficient algorithm for contextual bandits with knapsacks, and an extension to concave objectivescs.LG
We consider a contextual version of multi-armed bandit problem with global knapsack constraints. In each round, the outcome of pulling an arm is a scalar reward and a resource consumption vector, both dependent on the context, and the global knapsack constraints require the total consumption for each resource to be bel…
Study shows global invertibility in nonlinear elasticity with vanishing self-repulsion term.
problem Global invertibility in nonlinear elasticity with a vanishing nonlocal self-repulsion term.
method Proves global invertibility in the -limit of elastic energy with a vanishing nonlocal self-repulsion term.
result Global invertibility can be obtained in the -limit of the elastic energy with a vanishing nonlocal self-repulsion term.
An augmented Lagrangian (AL) can convert a constrained optimization problem into a sequence of simpler (e.g., unconstrained) problems, which are then usually solved with local solvers. Recently, surrogate-based Bayesian optimization (BO) sub-solvers have been successfully deployed in the AL framework for a more global …
Constrained least squares regression is an essential tool for high-dimensional data analysis. Given a partition of input variables, this paper considers a particular class of nonconvex constraint functions that encourage the linear model to select a small number of variables from a small number of groups …
Adapts Bayesian optimization for mixed constraints in aircraft design.
problem Optimizing expensive black box functions with mixed constraints.
method Super efficient global optimization with upper trust bound for constraints, Gaussian process uncertainty, refinement procedure.
result Superior performance on aircraft design problem compared to state-of-the-art solvers.
New algorithm solves -norm constrained multilinear logistic regression for tensor data.
problem Non-convex and nonsmooth -norm constraints in multilinear logistic regression.
method APALM method for globally convergent optimization.
result APALM ensures convergence to a first-order critical point.
A new algorithm balances global reward and group constraints in federated multi-armed bandits.
problem Maximizing global reward while protecting client privacy in federated learning.
method Combinatorial contextual bandit with group constraints, using a two-output Gaussian process.
result TCGP-UCB incurs low regret, balancing super arm reward and group reward constraints.
We consider a class of discrete optimization problems that aim to maximize a submodular objective function subject to a distributed partition matroid constraint. More precisely, we consider a networked scenario in which multiple agents choose actions from local strategy sets with the goal of maximizing a submodular obj…
FOSC-X: An extended framework for extracting multiple optimal flat clusterings from hierarchical cluster trees
problem Extracting multiple optimal flat clusterings from hierarchical cluster trees
method Dynamic programming with lower and upper feasibility bounds
result Guaranteed optimal rankings of top-M solutions with linear-time complexity
Risk-Sensitive Deep RL: Variance-Constrained Actor-Critic Provably Finds Globally Optimal Policycs.LG
This work tackles risk-sensitive deep RL by optimizing policies with variance constraints.
problem Risk and aleatoric uncertainty in deep reinforcement learning.
method Lagrangian and Fenchel dualities to transform the problem into an unconstrained saddle-point policy optimization problem, and an actor-critic algorithm to iteratively update policy, Lagrange multiplier, and Fenchel dual variable.
result The proposed actor-critic algorithm finds a globally optimal policy at a sublinear rate.
Optimizes multi-period portfolios with tail-risk constraints using neural networks.
problem Maximizing expected return while managing tail-risk constraints over multiple periods.
method Recurrent neural network approach to approximate optimal policy.
result Validated in financial and insurance models, capturing long-term risk dynamics.
Global Optimization Networksstat.ML
GONs improve predictions of maximizers from noisy black-box functions.
problem Estimating maximizers of noisy black-box functions.
method Global Optimization Networks (GONs) composed of invertible and unimodal functions.
result GONs outperform convex fits, GPR, and DNNs in prediction accuracy.
Proposes a new algorithm for solving optimization problems with stochastic objectives and equality constraints.
problem Optimization problems with stochastic objectives and deterministic equality constraints.
method Trust-region stochastic sequential quadratic programming (TR-StoSQP) with adaptive relaxation techniques.
result Established a global almost sure convergence guarantee for TR-StoSQP.
This paper considers distributed online optimization with time-varying coupled inequality constraints. The global objective function is composed of local convex cost and regularization functions and the coupled constraint function is the sum of local convex functions. A distributed online primal-dual dynamic mirror des…
New algorithm solves large cardinality-constrained clustering problems.
problem Optimizing clustering with cardinality constraints.
method Branch-and-cut technique with SDP relaxation and polyhedral cuts.
result Solves real-world instances 10 times larger than previous methods.
GLSKF improves tensor completion by capturing both global and local variations.
problem Tensor completion with missing entries, especially in data with spatial or temporal side information.
method Integrates smoothness-constrained low-rank factorization with a locally correlated residual process.
result GLSKF achieves superior performance and scalability on real-world datasets.