Deterministic and Stochastic Frank–Wolfe Recursion on Probability Spaces.

Authors: Yu, Di¹ (AUTHOR) yu1128@purdue.edu, Henderson, Shane G.² (AUTHOR) sgh9@cornell.edu, Pasupathy, Raghu¹ (AUTHOR) pasupath@purdue.edu

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Aug2026, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p2593-2618. 26p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, *Monte Carlo method, Probability measures, Optimization algorithms, Calculus of variations, Central limit theorem, Convex programming, Stochastic programming

On Averaging and Extrapolation for Gradient Descent.

Authors: Luner, Alan¹ (AUTHOR) aluner1@jhu.edu, Grimmer, Benjamin¹ (AUTHOR) grimmer@jhu.edu

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Aug2026, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p2158-2188. 31p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, Extrapolation, Optimization algorithms, Convex programming, Benchmark problems (Computer science)

Two-Stage Learning to Branch in Branch-Price-and-Cut Algorithms for Solving Vehicle Routing Problems Exactly.

Authors: You, Zhengzhong¹ (AUTHOR) you.z@ufl.edu, Yang, Yu¹ (AUTHOR) yu.yang@ise.ufl.edu, Wang, Xinshang² (AUTHOR) xinshang.w@alibaba-inc.com, Yin, Wotao² (AUTHOR) wotao.yin@alibaba-inc.com

Source: Operations Research. Jul/Aug2026, Vol. 74 Issue 4, p1811-1833. 23p.

Subject Terms: Vehicle routing problem, Optimization algorithms

A Low-Rank Augmented Lagrangian Method for Doubly Nonnegative Relaxations of Mixed-Binary Quadratic Programs.

Authors: Hou, Di¹ (AUTHOR) dihou@u.nus.edu, Tang, Tianyun² (AUTHOR) ttang@u.nus.edu, Toh, Kim-Chuan¹ (AUTHOR) mattohkc@nus.edu.sg

Source: Operations Research. May/Jun2026, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p1626-1647. 22p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, Optimization algorithms, Matrix decomposition, Semidefinite programming, Convex programming, Quadratic programming

Relating Electric Vehicle Charging to Speed Scaling with Job-Specific Speed Limits.

Authors: Winschermann, Leoni¹ (AUTHOR) l.winschermann@utwente.nl, Antoniadis, Antonios¹ (AUTHOR) a.antoniadis@utwente.nl, Gerards, Marco E. T.¹ (AUTHOR) m.e.t.gerards@utwente.nl, Hoogsteen, Gerwin¹ (AUTHOR) g.hoogsteen@utwente.nl, Hurink, Johann¹ (AUTHOR) j.l.hurink@utwente.nl

Source: Operations Research. May/Jun2026, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p1165-1186. 22p.

Subject Terms: *Scheduling, *Resource allocation, *Electric power distribution grids, Optimization algorithms, Electric vehicle charging stations, Predictive control systems, Energy demand management

Sinkhorn Distributionally Robust Optimization.

Authors: Wang, Jie¹ (AUTHOR) jwang@cuhk.edu.cn, Gao, Rui² (AUTHOR) rui.gao@mccombs.utexas.edu, Xie, Yao³ (AUTHOR) yao.xie@isye.gatech.edu

Source: Operations Research. May/Jun2026, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p1581-1603. 23p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, Robust optimization, Optimization algorithms, Convex programming

Fast Convergence of Frank-Wolfe Algorithms on Polytopes.

Authors: Wirth, Elias¹ (AUTHOR) wirth.elias.samuel@gmail.com, Peña, Javier² (AUTHOR) jfp@andrew.cmu.edu, Pokutta, Sebastian¹ (AUTHOR) pokutta@zib.de

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). May2026, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p1463-1485. 23p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical analysis, Polytopes, Optimization algorithms, Affine transformations, Curvature

Riemannian Anderson Mixing Methods for Minimizing C ² Functions on Riemannian Manifolds.

Authors: Li, Zanyu¹ (AUTHOR) lizy21@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn, Bao, Chenglong¹ (AUTHOR) clbao@tsinghua.edu.cn

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). May2026, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p905-937. 33p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, Riemannian manifolds, Optimization algorithms, Iterative methods (Mathematics), Quasi-Newton methods

Efficient and Near-Optimal Online Portfolio Selection.

Authors: Jézéquel, Rémi¹ (AUTHOR) remi.jezequel@inria.fr, Ostrovskii, Dmitrii² (AUTHOR) ostrov@gatech.edu, Gaillard, Pierre³ (AUTHOR) pierre.gaillard@inria.fr

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). May2026, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p1350-1384. 35p.

Subject Terms: *Electronic trading of securities, *Mathematical optimization, Optimization algorithms, Interior-point methods, Loss functions (Statistics), Time complexity

A Homogeneous Second-Order Descent Method for Nonconvex Optimization.

Authors: Zhang, Chuwen¹ (AUTHOR) chuwzhang@gmail.com, He, Chang¹ (AUTHOR) ischanghe@gmail.com, Jiang, Yuntian¹ (AUTHOR) yuntianjiang07@163.sufe.edu.cn, Xue, Chenyu¹ (AUTHOR) chenyu.xue@stu.sufe.edu.cn, Jiang, Bo¹ (AUTHOR) isyebojiang@gmail.com, Ge, Dongdong² (AUTHOR) ddge@sjtu.edu.cn, Ye, Yinyu³ (AUTHOR) yyye@stanford.edu

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). May2026, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p1253-1283. 31p.

Subject Terms: Nonconvex programming, Optimization algorithms, Numerical solutions for linear algebra, Quasi-Newton methods, Numerical calculations

E-Commerce Middle-Mile Network Design with Delivery Speed Choices and Service Level Constraints.

Authors: Malik, Aditya¹ (AUTHOR) aditya9vt@gmail.com, Chakraborty, Shuvabrata² (AUTHOR) chakrabortys@iimraipur.ac.in, Jayaswal, Sachin³ (AUTHOR) sachin@iima.ac.in

Source: Transportation Science (INFORMS). May/Jun2026, Vol. 60 Issue 3, p405-423. 19p.

Subject Terms: *Warehouses, *Electronic commerce, Mixed integer linear programming, Optimization algorithms, Constraint satisfaction, Decomposition method

WSO–SVM-based optimization of low-carbon composite flocculant and its microstructural mechanism for engineering waste slurry dewatering.

Authors: Zhu, Jianfeng¹ (AUTHOR), Jin, Jiayu¹ (AUTHOR), Ju, Luying¹ (AUTHOR) juluying@zust.edu.cn, Xia, Yaning^1,2 (AUTHOR), Zou, Yucheng¹ (AUTHOR), Yang, Hao³ (AUTHOR), Xu, Riqing⁴ (AUTHOR)

Source: Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 8/27/2026, Vol. 63, p1-25. 25p.

Subject Terms: *Flocculants, *Optimization algorithms, *Support vector machines, *Microstructure, *Calcium carbide, *Polyacrylamide, *Sedimentation & deposition

A Primal-Dual Approach Toward Resource-Constrained Revenue Management with Demand Learning and Large Action Space.

Authors: Miao, Sentao¹ (AUTHOR) sentao.miao@colorado.edu, Wang, Yining² (AUTHOR) yining.wang@utdallas.edu, Zhang, Jiawei³ (AUTHOR) jz31@stern.nyu.edu

Source: Operations Research. Mar/Apr2026, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p825-839. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Revenue management, *Time-based pricing, Optimization algorithms, Machine learning, Demand forecasting

AdaBB: Adaptive Barzilai-Borwein Method for Convex Optimization.

Authors: Zhou, Danqing¹ (AUTHOR) zhoudanqing@smail.nju.edu.cn, Ma, Shiqian² (AUTHOR) sqma@rice.edu, Yang, Junfeng¹ (AUTHOR) jfyang@nju.edu.cn

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p715-745. 31p.

Subject Terms: Convex programming, Optimization algorithms, Numerical calculations, Nonsmooth optimization, Concave functions, Ergodic theory

Randomized Block-Coordinate Optimistic Gradient Algorithms for Root-Finding Problems.

Authors: Tran-Dinh, Quoc¹ (AUTHOR) quoctd@email.unc.edu, Luo, Yang¹ (AUTHOR) yangluo@unc.edu

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p746-782. 37p.

Subject Terms: *Algorithms, *Mathematical optimization, Optimization algorithms, Nonlinear equations, Federated learning

Inexact Bregman Proximal Gradient Method and Its Inertial Variant with Absolute and Partial Relative Stopping Criteria.

Authors: Yang, Lei¹ (AUTHOR) yanglei39@mail.sysu.edu.cn, Toh, Kim-Chuan² (AUTHOR) mattohkc@nus.edu.sg

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p686-714. 29p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, Optimization algorithms, Convex programming, Smoothness of functions, Iterative methods (Mathematics), Asymptotic analysis, Transportation problems (Programming)

Convergence of Augmented Lagrangian Methods for Composite Optimization Problems.

Authors: Van Hang, Nguyen Thi¹ (AUTHOR) ntvhang@math.ac.vn, Sarabi, Ebrahim² (AUTHOR) sarabim@miamioh.edu

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p591-620. 30p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical analysis, Nonsmooth optimization, Optimization algorithms, Calculus of variations, Directional derivatives

New Analysis of an Away-Step Frank–Wolfe Method for Minimizing Log-Homogeneous Barriers.

Authors: Zhao, Renbo¹ (AUTHOR) renbo-zhao@uiowa.edu

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p35-59. 25p.

Subject Terms: *Stochastic processes, Optimization algorithms, Optimal designs (Statistics), Numerical analysis, Convex programming, Mathematical regularization

Optimal Partition for a Multi-Type Queueing System.

Authors: Cao, Shengyu¹ (AUTHOR) shengyu.cao@rotman.utoronto.ca, He, Simai² (AUTHOR) simaihe@sjtu.edu.cn, Wang, Zizhuo³ (AUTHOR) wangzizhuo@cuhk.edu.cn, Feng, Yifan⁴ (AUTHOR) yifan.feng@nus.edu.sg

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p277-298. 22p.

Subject Terms: *Queuing theory, *Resource allocation, *Distribution (Probability theory), Optimization algorithms, Poisson processes

A Momentum-Based Linearized Augmented Lagrangian Method for Nonconvex Constrained Stochastic Optimization.

Authors: Shi, Qiankun¹ (AUTHOR) shiqk@mail2.sysu.edu.cn, Wang, Xiao² (AUTHOR) wxucas@outlook.com, Wang, Hao³ (AUTHOR) wanghao1@shanghaitech.edu.cn

Source: Mathematics of Operations Research (INFORMS). Feb2026, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p92-133. 42p.

Subject Terms: *Mathematical optimization, *Mathematical analysis, Optimization algorithms, Lagrange multiplier, Stochastic programming, Numerical analysis, Computational complexity