This study establishes the convergence of a cutting-plane algorithm tailored for a specific non-convex optimization problem. The presentation begins with the problem definition, accompanied by the necessary hypotheses that substantiate the application of a cutting plane. Following this, we develop an algorithm designed to tackle the problem. Lastly, we provide a demonstration that the sequence … Read more
Optimal stopping is the problem of determining when to stop a stochastic system in order to maximize reward, which is of practical importance in domains such as finance, operations management and healthcare. Existing methods for high-dimensional optimal stopping that are popular in practice produce deterministic linear policies — policies that deterministically stop based on the … Read more
Majorization-Minimization (MM) consists of a class of efficient and effective optimization algorithms that benefit from solid theoretical foundations. MM methods have shown their great ability to tackle efficiently challenging optimization problems from signal processing, image processing, inverse problems and machine learning. When processing large amount of data/variable, as it may happen in 3D image processing, … Read more