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Mikhail Klibanov
University of North Carolina—Charlotte
Convexification of Coefficient Inverse Problems
April 5, 2019
2-3 PM, PGH 646
Abstract
Coefficient Inverse Problems are nonlinear. The conventional
method of solving them numerically is via the minimization of least squares
functionals.
However, these functionals are non convex. Therefore, they usually have
multiple local minima and ravines. This makes all conventional methods both
unreliable and unstable since any optimization algorithm stops at any point
of any local minimum. The speaker with his coauthors have developed a
radically new approach for a broad class of Coefficient Inverse Problems.
They construct a Tikhonov-like functional which is globally strictly convex.
The key element of this functional is the presence of the so-called Carleman
Weight Function. Global convergence of the gradient projection method is
proved. Numerical results, including ones with microwave experimental data,
demonstrate a good performance.
David H. Wagner University of Houston
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