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8 papers

math.OC2026

Automatic Model-Order Selection for Nonnegative Matrix Factorization via Column Regularization

Yulin He, Ran Gu

Nonnegative matrix factorization represents nonnegative signals as additive combinations of latent components, but its factorization rank, and hence the model order, must usually b…

math.OC2026

Structured Spectral Step-Sizes and a Hanoi Ordering Principle for Gradient Methods

Yijia Zhou, Ran Gu

Gradient methods are widely used for large-scale optimization, yet their practical convergence performance depends critically on step-size selection. However, a unified structural…

math.OC2026

Masked Symmetric Nonnegative Matrix Factorization for Community Detection in Incomplete Networks

Anqi Liu, Ran Gu, Rui-Jin Zhang

Community detection in complex networks is frequently challenged by incomplete or noisy adjacency matrices. Traditional symmetric nonnegative matrix factorization methods typically…

cs.AI2026

Large Language Model for Discrete Optimization Problems: Evaluation and Step-by-step Reasoning

Tianhao Qian, Guilin Qi, Z. Y. Wu +3

This work investigated the capabilities of different models, including the Llama-3 series of models and CHATGPT, with different forms of expression in solving discrete optimization…

cs.LG2026

CbLDM: A Diffusion Model for recovering nanostructure from atomic pair distribution function

Jiarui Cao, Zhiyang Zhang, Heming Wang +4

The nanostructure inverse problem is an attractive problem that helps researchers to understand the relationship between the properties and the structure of nanomaterials. This stu…

math.OC2025

Convergence-Guaranteed Algorithms for l1/2-Regularized Quadratic Programs with Assignment Constraints

Lijun Xie, Ran Gu, Xin Liu

This paper addresses a quadratic problem with assignment constraints, an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem arisen from facility location, multiple-input multiple-output de…