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Hauptverfasser: Gomez, Andres, Han, Shaoning
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author Gomez, Andres
Han, Shaoning
author_facet Gomez, Andres
Han, Shaoning
contents We study a general class of convex submodular optimization problems with indicator variables. Many applications such as the problem of inferring Markov random fields (MRFs) with a sparsity or robustness prior can be naturally modeled in this form. We show that these problems can be reduced to binary submodular minimization problems, possibly after a suitable reformulation, and thus are strongly polynomially solvable. %We also discuss the implication of our results in the case of quadratic objectives. Furthermore, we develop a parametric approach for computing the associated extreme bases under certain smoothness conditions. This leads to a fast solution method, whose efficiency is demonstrated through numerical experiments.
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spellingShingle Convex Submodular Minimization with Indicator Variables
Gomez, Andres
Han, Shaoning
Optimization and Control
We study a general class of convex submodular optimization problems with indicator variables. Many applications such as the problem of inferring Markov random fields (MRFs) with a sparsity or robustness prior can be naturally modeled in this form. We show that these problems can be reduced to binary submodular minimization problems, possibly after a suitable reformulation, and thus are strongly polynomially solvable. %We also discuss the implication of our results in the case of quadratic objectives. Furthermore, we develop a parametric approach for computing the associated extreme bases under certain smoothness conditions. This leads to a fast solution method, whose efficiency is demonstrated through numerical experiments.
title Convex Submodular Minimization with Indicator Variables
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00442