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Non-local control in the conduction coefficients: well posedness and convergence to the local limit
We consider a problem of optimal distribution of conductivities in a system
governed by a non-local diffusion law. The problem stems from applications in
optimal design and more specifically topology optimization. We propose a novel
parametrization of non-local material properties. With this parametrization the
non-local diffusion law in the limit of vanishing non-local interaction
horizons converges to the famous and ubiquitously used generalized Laplacian
with SIMP (Solid Isotropic Material with Penalization) material model. The
optimal control problem for the limiting local model is typically ill-posed and
does not attain its infimum without additional regularization. Surprisingly,
its non-local counterpart attains its global minima in many practical
situations, as we demonstrate in this work. In spite of this qualitatively
different behaviour, we are able to partially characterize the relationship
between the non-local and the local optimal control problems. We also
complement our theoretical findings with numerical examples, which illustrate
the viability of our approach to optimal design practitioners
A Total Fractional-Order Variation Model for Image Restoration with Non-homogeneous Boundary Conditions and its Numerical Solution
To overcome the weakness of a total variation based model for image
restoration, various high order (typically second order) regularization models
have been proposed and studied recently. In this paper we analyze and test a
fractional-order derivative based total -order variation model, which
can outperform the currently popular high order regularization models. There
exist several previous works using total -order variations for image
restoration; however first no analysis is done yet and second all tested
formulations, differing from each other, utilize the zero Dirichlet boundary
conditions which are not realistic (while non-zero boundary conditions violate
definitions of fractional-order derivatives). This paper first reviews some
results of fractional-order derivatives and then analyzes the theoretical
properties of the proposed total -order variational model rigorously.
It then develops four algorithms for solving the variational problem, one based
on the variational Split-Bregman idea and three based on direct solution of the
discretise-optimization problem. Numerical experiments show that, in terms of
restoration quality and solution efficiency, the proposed model can produce
highly competitive results, for smooth images, to two established high order
models: the mean curvature and the total generalized variation.Comment: 26 page
On the Optimization of Deep Networks: Implicit Acceleration by Overparameterization
Conventional wisdom in deep learning states that increasing depth improves
expressiveness but complicates optimization. This paper suggests that,
sometimes, increasing depth can speed up optimization. The effect of depth on
optimization is decoupled from expressiveness by focusing on settings where
additional layers amount to overparameterization - linear neural networks, a
well-studied model. Theoretical analysis, as well as experiments, show that
here depth acts as a preconditioner which may accelerate convergence. Even on
simple convex problems such as linear regression with loss, ,
gradient descent can benefit from transitioning to a non-convex
overparameterized objective, more than it would from some common acceleration
schemes. We also prove that it is mathematically impossible to obtain the
acceleration effect of overparametrization via gradients of any regularizer.Comment: Published at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)
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A piecewise linear FEM for an optimal control problem of fractional operators: error analysis on curved domains
We propose and analyze a new discretization technique for a linear-quadratic
optimal control problem involving the fractional powers of a symmetric and
uniformly elliptic second oder operator; control constraints are considered.
Since these fractional operators can be realized as the Dirichlet-to-Neumann
map for a nonuniformly elliptic equation, we recast our problem as a
nonuniformly elliptic optimal control problem. The rapid decay of the solution
to this problem suggests a truncation that is suitable for numerical
approximation. We propose a fully discrete scheme that is based on piecewise
linear functions on quasi-uniform meshes to approximate the optimal control and
first-degree tensor product functions on anisotropic meshes for the optimal
state variable. We provide an a priori error analysis that relies on derived
Holder and Sobolev regularity estimates for the optimal variables and error
estimates for an scheme that approximates fractional diffusion on curved
domains; the latter being an extension of previous available results. The
analysis is valid in any dimension. We conclude by presenting some numerical
experiments that validate the derived error estimates
External optimal control of fractional parabolic PDEs
In this paper we introduce a new notion of optimal control, or source
identification in inverse, problems with fractional parabolic PDEs as
constraints. This new notion allows a source/control placement outside the
domain where the PDE is fulfilled. We tackle the Dirichlet, the Neumann and the
Robin cases. For the fractional elliptic PDEs this has been recently
investigated by the authors in \cite{HAntil_RKhatri_MWarma_2018a}. The need for
these novel optimal control concepts stems from the fact that the classical PDE
models only allow placing the source/control either on the boundary or in the
interior where the PDE is satisfied. However, the nonlocal behavior of the
fractional operator now allows placing the control in the exterior. We
introduce the notions of weak and very-weak solutions to the parabolic
Dirichlet problem. We present an approach on how to approximate the parabolic
Dirichlet solutions by the parabolic Robin solutions (with convergence rates).
A complete analysis for the Dirichlet and Robin optimal control problems has
been discussed. The numerical examples confirm our theoretical findings and
further illustrate the potential benefits of nonlocal models over the local
ones.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1811.0451
Design of generalized fractional order gradient descent method
This paper focuses on the convergence problem of the emerging fractional
order gradient descent method, and proposes three solutions to overcome the
problem. In fact, the general fractional gradient method cannot converge to the
real extreme point of the target function, which critically hampers the
application of this method. Because of the long memory characteristics of
fractional derivative, fixed memory principle is a prior choice. Apart from the
truncation of memory length, two new methods are developed to reach the
convergence. The one is the truncation of the infinite series, and the other is
the modification of the constant fractional order. Finally, six illustrative
examples are performed to illustrate the effectiveness and practicability of
proposed methods.Comment: 8 pages, 16 figure
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