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most citedA Stochastic Gradient Method with Mesh Refinement for PDE Constrained Optimization under Uncertainty

27 citations · 49 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

math.OC2025

Sample-Based Consistency in Infinite-Dimensional Conic-Constrained Stochastic Optimization

Caroline Geiersbach, Johannes Milz

This paper is concerned with a class of stochastic optimization problems defined on a Banach space with almost sure conic-type constraints. For this class of problems, we investiga…

math.OC2024

A Cournot-Nash Model for a Coupled Hydrogen and Electricity Market

Pavel Dvurechensky, Caroline Geiersbach, Michael Hintermüller +3

We present a novel model of a coupled hydrogen and electricity market on the intraday time scale, where hydrogen gas is used as a storage device for the electric grid. Electricity…

math.OC2024

Two-norm discrepancy and convergence of the stochastic gradient method with application to shape optimization

Marc Dambrine, Caroline Geiersbach, Helmut Harbrecht

The present article is dedicated to proving convergence of the stochastic gradient method in case of random shape optimization problems. To that end, we consider Bernoulli's exteri…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Numerical solution of an optimal control problem with probabilistic and almost sure state constraints

Caroline Geiersbach, René Henrion, Pedro Pérez-Aros

We consider the optimal control of a PDE with random source term subject to probabilistic or almost sure state constraints. In the main theoretical result, we provide an exact form…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Optimization of piecewise smooth shapes under uncertainty using the example of Navier-Stokes flow

Caroline Geiersbach, Tim Suchan, Kathrin Welker

We investigate a complex system involving multiple shapes to be optimized in a domain, taking into account geometric constraints on the shapes and uncertainty appearing in the phys…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Optimality conditions in control problems with random state constraints in probabilistic or almost-sure form

Caroline Geiersbach, René Henrion

In this paper, we discuss optimality conditions for optimization problems involving random state constraints, which are modeled in probabilistic or almost sure form. While the latt…

math.OC2023

Stochastic Augmented Lagrangian Method in Riemannian Shape Manifolds

Caroline Geiersbach, Tim Suchan, Kathrin Welker

In this paper, we present a stochastic augmented Lagrangian approach on (possibly infinite-dimensional) Riemannian manifolds to solve stochastic optimization problems with a finite…

math.OC2022★ 1 cited

Risk-averse optimal control of random elliptic variational inequalities

Amal Alphonse, Caroline Geiersbach, Michael Hintermüller +1

We consider a risk-averse optimal control problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality (VI) subject to random inputs. By deriving KKT-type optimality conditions for a pen…

math.OC2021★ 1 cited

A stochastic gradient method for a class of nonlinear PDE-constrained optimal control problems under uncertainty

Caroline Geiersbach, Teresa Scarinci

The study of optimal control problems under uncertainty plays an important role in scientific numerical simulations. This class of optimization problems is strongly utilized in eng…

math.OC2021

Optimality Conditions and Moreau--Yosida Regularization for Almost Sure State Constraints

Caroline Geiersbach, Michael Hintermüller

We analyze a potentially risk-averse convex stochastic optimization problem, where the control is deterministic and the state is a Banach-valued essentially bounded random variable…

math.OC2021

PDE-constrained shape optimization: towards product shape spaces and stochastic models

Caroline Geiersbach, Estefania Loayza-Romero, Kathrin Welker

Shape optimization models with one or more shapes are considered in this chapter. Of particular interest for applications are problems in which where a so-called shape functional i…

math.OC2020★ 1 cited

Optimality Conditions for Convex Stochastic Optimization Problems in Banach Spaces with Almost Sure State Constraints

Caroline Geiersbach, Winnifried Wollner

We analyze a convex stochastic optimization problem where the state is assumed to belong to the Bochner space of essentially bounded random variables with images in a reflexive and…

math.OC2020

Stochastic approximation for optimization in shape spaces

Caroline Geiersbach, Estefania Loayza-Romero, Kathrin Welker

In this work, we present a novel approach for solving stochastic shape optimization problems. Our method is the extension of the classical stochastic gradient method to infinite-di…

math.OC2020★ 16 cited

Stochastic Proximal Gradient Methods for Nonconvex Problems in Hilbert Spaces

Caroline Geiersbach, Teresa Scarinci

For finite-dimensional problems, stochastic approximation methods have long been used to solve stochastic optimization problems. Their application to infinite-dimensional problems…

math.OC2019★ 27 cited

A Stochastic Gradient Method with Mesh Refinement for PDE Constrained Optimization under Uncertainty

Caroline Geiersbach, Winnifried Wollner

Models incorporating uncertain inputs, such as random forces or material parameters, have been of increasing interest in PDE-constrained optimization. In this paper, we focus on th…

math.OC2019

Computational Aspects for Interface Identification Problems with Stochastic Modelling

Caroline Geiersbach, Estefania Loayza, Kathrin Welker

In this paper, a shape optimization problem constrained by a random elliptic partial differential equation with a pure Neumann boundary is presented. The model is motivated by appl…

math.OC2018

Projected Stochastic Gradients for Convex Constrained Problems in Hilbert Spaces

Caroline Geiersbach, Georg Pflug

Convergence of a projected stochastic gradient algorithm is demonstrated for convex objective functionals with convex constraint sets in Hilbert spaces. In the convex case, the seq…