Search Results - DC (Difference of Convex functions) Programming

Learning Gaussian-Bernoulli RBMs Using Difference of Convex Functions Optimization by Upadhya, Vidyadhar, Sastry, P. S.

“… In this work, we alleviate such difficulties by showing that the negative log-likelihood for a GB-RBM can be expressed as a difference of convex functions if we keep the variance of the conditional…”
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Multi-target elliptic positioning via difference of convex functions programming by Dang, Xudong, Liu, Hongwei, Yan, Junkun

“… We first develop an equivalent Difference of Convex functions (DC) representation for the non-convex Boolean constraint imposed on the association variables, making the problem tractable…”
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On solving difference of convex functions programs with linear complementarity constraints by Le Thi, Hoai An, Nguyen, Thi Minh Tam, Dinh, Tao Pham

“… The difference of convex functions algorithm (DCA), an efficient approach in nonconvex programming framework, is then developed to solve the resulting problems…”
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An approach to supervised distance metric learning based on difference of convex functions programming by Nguyen, Bac, De Baets, Bernard

“…•DML-dc is based on difference of convex functions (DC) programming.•DML-dc uses the ramp loss function to avoid the influence of outliers…”
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Optimality conditions and DC-Dinkelbach-type algorithm for vector fractional programming problems with ratios of difference of convex functions by Ghazi, A., Roubi, A.

“…In this work, necessary optimality conditions of KKT type for (weak) Pareto optimality are derived and a DC-Dinkelbach-type algorithm is proposed for vector fractional mathematical programs with ratios of difference of convex (DC…”
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The DC (Difference of Convex Functions) Programming and DCA Revisited with DC Models of Real World Nonconvex Optimization Problems by An, Le Thi Hoai, Tao, Pham Dinh

“…The DC programming and its DC algorithm (DCA) address the problem of minimizing a function f=g-h…”
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Universum parametric-margin ν-support vector machine for classification using the difference of convex functions algorithm by Moosaei, Hossein, Bazikar, Fatemeh, Ketabchi, Saeed, Hladík, Milan

“… -SVM, which is a nonconvex optimization problem, is transformed into an unconstrained optimization problem so that the objective function can be treated as a difference of two convex functions (DC…”
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The Boosted DC Algorithm for Linearly Constrained DC Programming by Aragón-Artacho, F. J., Campoy, R., Vuong, P. T.

“…The Boosted Difference of Convex functions Algorithm (BDCA) has been recently introduced to accelerate the performance of the classical Difference of Convex functions Algorithm (DCA…”
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Proximal bundle methods for generalized fractional programs with ratios of difference of convex functions by Ghazi, Abdelouafi, Roubi, Ahmed

“…In this paper, we present an approximating scheme based on the proximal point algorithm for solving generalized fractional programs involving ratios of difference of convex (DC…”
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A Difference of Convex Functions Algorithm for Switched Linear Regression by Tao Pham Dinh, Hoai Minh Le, Hoai An Le Thi, Lauer, Fabien

“… minimized. The technical note proposes a new approach to the optimization of this nonsmooth and nonconvex objective function, which relies on Difference of Convex (DC…”
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Data fitting with signomial programming compatible difference of convex functions by Karcher, Cody J.

“… Here, a new Difference of Softmax Affine function is constructed by utilizing existing methods of GP compatible fitting in Difference of Convex (DC) functions…”
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Feature selection for linear SVMs under uncertain data: Robust optimization based on difference of convex functions algorithms by Le Thi, Hoai An, Vo, Xuan Thanh, Pham Dinh, Tao

“… The difficulty in treating ℓ0-norm in feature selection problem is overcome by using appropriate approximations and Difference of Convex functions (DC…”
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Optimality conditions and DC-Dinkelbach-type algorithm for generalized fractional programs with ratios of difference of convex functions by Ghazi, Abdelouafi, Roubi, Ahmed

“…In this paper, we develop optimality conditions and propose an algorithm for generalized fractional programming problems whose objective function is the maximum of finite ratios of difference of convex (dc…”
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A proximal point method for difference of convex functions in multi-objective optimization with application to group dynamic problems by de Carvalho Bento, Glaydston, Bitar, Sandro Dimy Barbosa, da Cruz Neto, João Xavier, Soubeyran, Antoine, de Oliveira Souza, João Carlos

“…We consider the constrained multi-objective optimization problem of finding Pareto critical points of difference of convex functions…”
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A difference-of-convex functions approach for sparse PDE optimal control problems with nonconvex costs by Merino, Pedro

“… (difference of convex functions) that is useful to obtain necessary optimality conditions and tackle its numerical solution by applying the well known DC algorithm used in nonconvex optimization problems…”
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Self-organizing maps by difference of convex functions optimization by Le Thi, Hoai An, Nguyen, Manh Cuong

“…We offer an efficient approach based on difference of convex functions (DC) optimization for self-organizing maps (SOM…”
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A sparse logistic regression framework by difference of convex functions programming by Yang, Liming, Qian, Yannan

“… We apply a proper nonconvex approximation of the zero-norm to derive a robust difference of convex functions (DC) program…”
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Block clustering based on difference of convex functions (DC) programming and DC algorithms by Le, Hoai Minh, Le Thi, Hoai An, Dinh, Tao Pham, Huynh, Van Ngai

“…We investigate difference of convex functions (DC) programming and the DC algorithm (DCA…”
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Long-Short Portfolio Optimization Under Cardinality Constraints by Difference of Convex Functions Algorithm by Le Thi, Hoai An, Moeini, Mahdi

“… Attempting to use DC (Difference of Convex functions) programming and DCA (DC Algorithms), an efficient approach in non-convex programming framework…”
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Federated Learning via Over-the-Air Computation by Yang, Kai, Jiang, Tao, Shi, Yuanming, Ding, Zhi

“…The stringent requirements for low-latency and privacy of the emerging high-stake applications with intelligent devices such as drones and smart vehicles make…”
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