Proximal bundle methods for nonsmooth DC programming

W de Oliveira - Journal of Global Optimization, 2019 - Springer
We consider the problem of minimizing the difference of two nonsmooth convex functions
over a simple convex set. To deal with this class of nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization …

The ABC of DC programming

W de Oliveira - Set-Valued and Variational Analysis, 2020 - Springer
A function is called DC if it is expressible as the difference of two convex functions. In this
work, we present a short tutorial on difference-of-convex optimization surveying and …

Learnable descent algorithm for nonsmooth nonconvex image reconstruction

Y Chen, H Liu, X Ye, Q Zhang - SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 2021 - SIAM
We propose a general learning based framework for solving nonsmooth and nonconvex
image reconstruction problems. We model the regularization function as the composition of …

A boosted DC algorithm for non-differentiable DC components with non-monotone line search

OP Ferreira, EM Santos, JCO Souza - Computational Optimization and …, 2024 - Springer
We introduce a new approach to apply the boosted difference of convex functions algorithm
(BDCA) for solving non-convex and non-differentiable problems involving difference of two …

A modified proximal point method for DC functions on Hadamard manifolds

YT Almeida, JX da Cruz Neto, PR Oliveira… - Computational …, 2020 - Springer
We study the convergence of a modified proximal point method for DC functions in
Hadamard manifolds. We use the iteration computed by the proximal point method for DC …

A proximal point method for difference of convex functions in multi-objective optimization with application to group dynamic problems

G de Carvalho Bento, SDB Bitar… - Computational …, 2020 - Springer
We consider the constrained multi-objective optimization problem of finding Pareto critical
points of difference of convex functions. The new approach proposed by Bento et al.(SIAM J …

Entry trajectory optimization of lifting-body vehicle by successive difference-of-convex programming

Z Deng, L Liu, Y Wang - Advances in Space Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The complexity of the three-dimensional entry trajectory optimization problem has escalated
due to the need to liberalize the angle of attack and bank angle as control variables, thereby …

A new regularization of equilibrium problems on Hadamard manifolds: applications to theories of desires

GC Bento, JXC Neto, PA Soares Jr… - Annals of Operations …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, we introduce a new proximal algorithm for equilibrium problems on a genuine
Hadamard manifold, using a new regularization term. We first extend recent existence …

An inertial proximal point method for difference of maximal monotone vector fields in Hadamard manifolds

JS Andrade, JO Lopes, JCO Souza - Journal of Global Optimization, 2023 - Springer
We propose an inertial proximal point method for variational inclusion involving difference of
two maximal monotone vector fields in Hadamard manifolds. We prove that if the sequence …

Variational rationality, variational principles and the existence of traps in a changing environment

M Fakhar, M Khodakhah, A Mazyaki… - Journal of Global …, 2022 - Springer
This paper has two aspects. Mathematically, in the context of global optimization, it provides
the existence of an optimum of a perturbed optimization problem that generalizes the …