Optimization and Equilibrium

Existence results for equilibrium problem

Event Date: Nov 08, 2017 in Optimization and Equilibrium, Seminars

Abstract:   In this paper, we introduce certain regularizations for bifunctions, based on the corresponding regularization for functions, originally defined by J-P. Crouzeix. We show that the equilibrium problems associated to a bifunction and its regularizations are equivalent in the sense that they share the same solution set. Also, we introduce new existence results for the Equilibrium Problem, and we show some applications to minimization and Nash equilibrium problems.

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3 SESIONES SEMINARIO OPTIMIZACION Y EQUILIBRIO

Event Date: Nov 22, 2017 in Optimization and Equilibrium, Seminars

Expositores 16:00–16:30hrs  Prof. Boulmezaoud, Tahar Zamene, Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Versailles, Université de Versailles, France Title: On Fourier transform and weighted Sobolev spaces Astract: We prove that Fourier transform defines a simple correspondance between weighted Sobolev spaces. As a consequence, we display a chain of nested invariant spaces over which Fourier transform is an isometry. &&&&& 16:30–17:00 hrs Prof. Lev Birbrair, Federal Univerisity of Ceara, Brazil Title: Resonance sequences.  Differential equations meet Number Theory....

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Limits of sequences of maximal monotone operators.

Event Date: Nov 15, 2017 in Optimization and Equilibrium, Seminars

Abstract: We consider a sequence of maximal monotone operators on a reflexive Banach space. In general, the (Kuratowski) lower limit of such a sequence is not a maximal monotone operator. So, what can be said? In the first part of the talk, we show that such a limit is a representable monotone operator while its Mosco limit, when it exists, is a maximal monotone operator. As an application of the former result, we obtain that the variational sum of two maximal monotone operators is a representable monotone operator. In the second part of the talk, we consider a sequence  of representative...

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An adverse selection approach to power pricing

Event Date: Aug 02, 2017 in Optimization and Equilibrium, Seminars

Abstract: We study the optimal design of electricity contracts among a  population of consumers with different needs. This question is tackled within the framework of Principal-Agent  problem in presence of adverse selection. The particular features of electricity induce an unusual  structure on the production cost, with no decreasing return to scale. We are nevertheless able to provide an  explicit solution for the problem at hand.  The optimal contracts are either linear or polynomial with  respect to the consumption. Whenever the outside options offered by competitors are not uniform...

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Stability of Hamiltonian systems which are close to integrable : introduction to KAM and Nekhoroshev theory

Event Date: Mar 29, 2017 in Optimization and Equilibrium, Seminars

Abstract: We give a panorama of classical theories of stability of Hamiltonian systems close to integrable which are of two kind : – Stability in measure over infinite time (KAM theory). – Effective stability over finite but very long time (Nekhoroshev theory)

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Provably efficient high dimensional feature extraction

Event Date: Dec 28, 2016 in Optimization and Equilibrium, Seminars

Abstract: The goal of inference is to extract information from data. A basic building block in high dimensional inference is feature extraction, that is, to compute functionals of given data that represent it in a way that highlights some underlying structure. For example, Principal Component Analysis is an algorithm that finds a basis to represent data that highlights the property of data being close to a low-dimensional subspace. A fundamental challenge in high dimensional inference is the design of algorithms that are provably efficient and accurate as the dimension grows. In this...

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