Emilio Vilches

Universidad de O'Higgins, Rancagua, Chile · Engineering Sciences

In this paper, we develop an inexact version of the catching-up algorithm for sweeping processes. We define a new notion of approximate projection, which is compatible with any numerical method for approximating exact projections, as this new notion is not restricted to remain strictly within the set. We provide several properties of the new approx...

In this paper, we study the well-posedness of state-dependent and state-independent sweeping processes driven by prox-regular sets and perturbed by a history-dependent operator. Our approach, based on an enhanced version of Gronwall's lemma and fixed-point arguments, provides an efficient framework for analyzing sweeping processes. In particular, o...

This work investigates a dynamical system functioning as a nonsmooth adaptation of the continuous Newton method, aimed at minimizing the sum of a primal lower-regular and a locally Lipschitz function, both potentially nonsmooth. The classical Newton method's second-order information is extended by incorporating the graphical derivative of a locally...

In this work, we study probability functions associated with Gaussian mixture models. Our primary focus is on extending the use of spherical radial decomposition for multivariate Gaussian random vectors to the context of Gaussian mixture models, which are not inherently spherical but only conditionally so. Specifically, the conditional probability...

In this paper, we provide different splitting methods for solving distributionally robust optimization problems in cases where the uncertainties are described by discrete distributions. The first method involves computing the proximity operator of the supremum function that appears in the optimization problem. The second method solves an equivalent...

Microbial communities inhabiting mining environments harbor a diverse array of bacteria with specialized metabolic capacities adapted to extreme conditions. Here, we utilized comparative genome-resolved metagenomics of a high-quality Illumina-sequenced sample from the Cauquenes copper tailing in central Chile. We investigate the metabolic roles and...

This paper is concerned with a state constrained optimal control problem governed by a Moreau’s sweeping process with a controlled drift. The focus of this work is on the Bellman approach for an infinite horizon problem. In particular, we focus on the regularity of the value function and on the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation it satisfies. We disc...

In this paper, we develop an enhanced version of the catching-up algorithm for sweeping processes through an appropriate concept of approximate projection. We establish some properties of this notion of approximate projection. Then, under suitable assumptions, we show the convergence of the enhanced catching-up algorithm for prox-regular, subsmooth...

Optimization problems with uncertainty in the constraints occur in many applications. Particularly, probability functions present a natural form to deal with this situation. Nevertheless, in some cases, the resulting probability functions are nonsmooth, which motivates us to propose a regularization employing the Moreau envelope of a scalar represe...

In this paper, we develop an enhanced version of the catching-up algorithm for sweeping processes through an appropriate concept of approximate projections. We establish some properties of this notion of approximate projection. Then, under suitable assumptions, we show the convergence of the enhanced catching-up algorithm for prox-regular, subsmoot...

In this paper we study a nonstationary Oseen model for a generalized Newtonian incompressible fluid with a time periodic condition and a multivalued, nonmonotone friction law. First, a variational formulation of the model is obtained; that is a nonlinear boundary hemivariational inequality of parabolic type for the velocity field. Then, an abstract...

In this paper, we develop the Galerkin-like method to deal with first-order integro-differential inclusions. Under compactness or monotonicity conditions, we obtain new results for the existence of solutions for this class of problems, which generalize existing results in the literature and give new insights for differential inclusions with an unbo...

Under mild assumptions, we prove that any random multifunction can be represented as the set of minimizers of an infinitely many differentiable normal integrand, which preserves the convexity of the random multifunction. This result is an extended random version of work done by Azagra and Ferrera (Proc Am Math Soc 130(12):3687–3692, 2002). We provi...

In this paper, we study integral functionals defined on spaces of functions with values on general (non-separable) Banach spaces. We introduce a new class of integrands and multifunctions for which we obtain measurable selection results. Then, we provide an interchange formula between integration and infimum, which enables us to get explicit formul...

Optimization problems with uncertainty in the constraints occur in many applications. Particularly, probability functions present a natural form to deal with this situation. Nevertheless, in some cases, the resulting probability functions are nonsmooth. This motivates us to propose a regularization employing the Moreau envelope of a scalar represen...

This paper is concerned with a state constrained optimal control problem governed by a Moreau’s sweeping process with a controlled drift. The focus of this work is on the Bellman approach for an infinite horizon problem. In particular, we focus on the regularity of the value function and on the HamiltonJacobi-Bellman equation it satisfies. We discu...

In this paper, we study integral functionals defined on spaces of functions with values on general (non-separable) Banach spaces. We introduce a new class of integrands and multifunctions for which we obtain measurable selection results. Then, we provide an interchange formula between integration and infimum, which enables us to get explicit formul...

In this paper, we consider a class of evolutionary quasi-variational inequalities arising in the study of contact problems for viscoelastic materials. Based on convex analysis methods and fixed point arguments, we prove the well-posedness and regularity of solutions in a general framework. Then, we establish the correspondence between evolutionary...

In this paper, we introduce and study degenerate state-dependent sweeping processes with nonregular moving sets (subsmooth and positively α\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}...

In this paper, we propose a new methodology to study evolutionary variational-hemivariational inequalities based on the theory of evolution equations governed by maximal monotone operators. More precisely, the proposed approach, based on a hidden maximal monotonicity, is used to explore the well-posedness for a class of evolutionary variational-hem...

In this paper we consider a class of feedback control systems described by an evolution hemivariational inequality involving history-dependent operators. Under the mild conditions, first, we prove a priori estimates of the solutions to the feedback control system. Then, an existence theorem for the feedback control system is obtained by using the w...

Under mild assumptions, we prove that any random multifunctioncan be represented as the set of minimizers of an infinitely many differentiable normal integrand, which preserves the convexity of the random multifunction. We provide several applications of this result to the approximation of random multifunctions and integrands. The paper ends with a...

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In this paper, we introduce and study degenerate state-dependent sweeping processes with nonregular moving sets (subsmooth and positively $\alpha$-far). Based on the Moreau-Yosida regularization, we prove the existence of solutions under the Lipschitzianity of the moving sets with respect to the truncated Hausdorff distance.

We study the asymptotic stability of periodic solutions for sweeping processes defined by a polyhedron with translationally moving faces. Previous results are improved by obtaining a stronger $W^{1,2}$ convergence. Then we present an application to a model of crawling locomotion. Our stronger convergence allows us to prove the stabilization of the...

We study the asymptotic stability of periodic solutions for sweeping processes defined by a polyhedron with translationally moving faces. Previous results are improved by obtaining a stronger \begin{document}$ W^{1,2} $\end{document} convergence. Then we present an application to a model of crawling locomotion. Our stronger convergence allows us to...

In this paper, we study the existence of solutions for evolution inclusions governed by time-dependent maximal monotone operators with a full domain. Without assumptions concerning time-regularity on the time-dependent maximal monotone operators, and by using the Moreau-Yosida regularization technique, we establish the existence of solutions in Hil...

This paper is devoted to the study of a new class of implicit state-dependent sweeping processes with history-dependent operators. Based on the methods of convex analysis, we prove the equivalence of the history/state dependent implicit sweeping process and a nonlinear differential equation, which, through a fixed point argument for history-depende...

We show, in Hilbert space setting, that any two convex proper lower semicontinuous functions bounded from below, for which the norm of their minimal subgradients coincide, they coincide up to a constant. Moreover, under classic boundary conditions, we provide the same results when the functions are continuous and defined over an open convex domain....

We provide comparison principles for convex functions through its proximal mappings. Consequently, we prove that the norm of the proximal operator determines a convex the function up to a constant.

The aim of this paper is to prove existence results for a class of sweeping processes in Hilbert spaces by using the catching-up algorithm. These processes are governed by ball-compact non autonomous sets. Moreover, a full characterization of nonsmooth Lyapunov pairs is obtained under very general hypotheses. We also provide a criterion for weak in...

In this paper, we propose a Tikhonov-like regularization for dynamical systems associated with non-expansive operators defined in closed and convex sets of a Hilbert space. We prove the well-posedness and the strong convergence of the proposed dynamical systems to a fixed point of the non-expansive operator. We apply the obtained result to dynamica...

In this paper, we prove the Baillon-Haddad theorem for G\^{a}teaux differentiable convex functions defined on open convex sets of arbitrary Hilbert spaces. Formally, this result establishes that the gradient of a convex function defined on an open convex set is $\beta$-Lipschitz if and only if it is $1/\beta$-cocoercive. An application to convex op...

Projected differential equations are known as fundamental mathematical models in economics, for electric circuits, etc. The present paper studies the (higher order) derivability as well as a generalized type of derivability of solutions of such equations when the set involved for projections is prox-regular with smooth boundary. © 2019 American Ins...

We give a full characterization of nonsmooth Lyapunov pairs for perturbed sweeping processes under very general hypotheses. As a consequence, we provide an existence result and a criterion for weak invariance for perturbed sweeping processes. Moreover, we characterize Lyapunov pairs for gradient complementarity dynamical systems.

In this paper, we study an implicit version of the sweeping process. Based on methods of convex analysis, we prove the equivalence of the implicit sweeping process with a differential equation, which enables us to show the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the implicit sweeping process in a very general framework. Moreover, this equivalen...

In this paper, we prove the convergence strongly pointwisely (up to a subsequence) of Moreau-Yosida regularization of perturbed state-dependent sweeping process with nonregular (subsmooth and positively a-far) sets in separable Hilbert spaces. Some relevant consequences are indicated.

This thesis is dedicated to the study of differential inclusions involving normal cones of nonregular sets in Hilbert spaces. In particular, we are interested in the sweeping process and its variants. The sweeping process is a constrained differential inclusion involving normal cones which appears naturally in several applications such as elastopla...

The existence and the convergence (up to a subsequence) of the Moreau-Yosida regularization for the state-dependent sweeping process with nonregular (subsmooth and positively alpha-far) sets are established. Then, by a reparametrization technique, the existence of solutions for bounded variation continuous state-dependent sweeping processes with no...

In this paper we present a new method to solve differential inclusions in Hilbert spaces. This method is a Galerkin-like method where we approach the original problem by project-ing the state into a n-dimensional Hilbert space but not the velocity. We prove that the approached problem always has a solution and that, under some compactness condition...

We show existence for the perturbed sweeping process with nonlocal initial conditions under very general hypotheses. Periodic, anti-periodic, mean value and multipoints conditions are included in this study. We give abstract results for differential inclusions with nonlocal initial conditions through bounding functions and tangential conditions. So...

We consider the general class of positively α-far sets, introduced in [29], which contains strictly the class of uniformly prox-regular sets and the class of uniformly subsmooth sets. We provide some conditions to assure the uniform subsmoothness, and thus the positive α-farness, of the inverse images under a differentiable mapping. Then, we take a...