Distributionally Robust Convex Optimization
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1 Distributionally Robust Convex Optimization Wolfram Wiesemann 1, Daniel Kuhn 1, and Melvyn Sim 2 1 Department of Computing, Imperial College London, United Kingdom 2 Department of Decision Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
2 Expectation Constraints E Q [ (, )]
3 Stochastic Programs Expectation Constraints E Q [ (, )] inf E Q [ (, )] X inf X E Q [ (, [v(x, )] z) ] 0
4 Expectation Constraints Chance Constraints Stochastic Programs EQ [ (, )] inf EQ [ (, )] X Q [ (, ) ] inf X EEQQ [[v(x, ((,, )z ) )] ] 0
5 Expectation Constraints inf EQ [ (, )] X Q [ (, ) ] Q [ (, )] CVaR Constraints Chance Constraints Stochastic Programs EQ [ (, )] inf X EEQQ [[v(x, ((R,, )z ) )] ] + EQ [( (, ) 0 )+ ]
6 Expectation Constraints inf X Decision Criteria inf EQ [ (, )] X Q [ (, ) ] Q [ (, )] Utility Maximization CVaR Constraints Chance Constraints Stochastic Programs EQ [ (, )] Optimized Certainty Equivalents EEQQ [[v(x, ((R,, )z ) )] ] 0 Satisficing Measures + EQ [( (, ) )+ ] etc.
7 Distribtionally Robust E.C.s sup P P E P [ (, )]
8 Data Availability Distribtionally Robust E.C.s sup P P E P [ (, )] Exact distribution is unknown Information about support, symmetry properties, generalized moments etc. may be available
9 Data Availability Estimation Errors Distribtionally Robust E.C.s sup P P E P [ (, )] Exact distribution is unknown Information about Results overfitted to estimated nominal support, distribution symmetry properties, generalized Biased results with moments etc. may be poor out-of-sample available performance
10 Data Availability Estimation Errors Decision Theory Distribtionally Robust E.C.s sup P P E P [ (, )] Exact distribution is unknown Information about Results overfitted to estimated nominal Decision-makers are support, distribution symmetry ambiguity-averse properties, generalized Biased moments results with Worst-case etc. may be approach poor out-of-sample available has strong theoretical performance justification
11 Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I }
12 Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } u z
13 Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } u + = z (E P [ ], E P [ ])
14 Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } u + = z (E P [ ], E P [ ]) = { (, ) R R : + K }
15 Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } u + = z (E P [ ], E P [ ]) = { (, ) R R : + K }
16 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Mean Value Information: P = P P (R ): E P [ ] K
17 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Mean Value Information: P = P P (R ): E P [ ] K P = P P (R R ):E P [ ] =, P [ K ] =
18 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Mean Value Information: P = P P (R ): E P [ ] K P = P P (R R ):E P [ ] =, P [ K ] = µ K µ
19 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Mean Value Information: P = P P (R ): E P [ ] K P = P P (R R ):E P [ ] =, P [ K ] = µ Prop: P = P K µ
20 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Variance/Covariance Information: P = P (R ):E P [ µ][ µ]
21 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Variance/Covariance Information: P = P (R ):E P [ µ][ µ] P = P (R R ):E P =, P ( µ) ( µ) =
22 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Variance/Covariance Information: P = P (R ):E P [ µ][ µ] P = P (R R ):E P =, P ( µ) ( µ) = Prop: P = P
23 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Univariate Moments: P = P (R ) : EP ( [ µ]) Even Moments ( µ)
24 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Univariate Moments: P = P P= P where (R R++ = log = log + (R ) : EP ( ) : EP [ ] =,, M = {,..., }, + +, P = = log, [ µ]) log + + {,..., } M + + ( µ), + =
25 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Univariate Moments: P = P P= P where (R R++ = log = log + (R ) : EP ( ) : EP [ ] =,, M = {,..., }, + +, P = = log, Prop: P = [ µ]) log + + {,..., } M + + ( P µ), + =
26 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Univariate Partial Moments: P = P (R ) : EP ( [ µ])+ Even & Odd Moments ( µ)
27 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Univariate Partial Moments: P = P P= P where (R + + R+ = log = log (R ) : EP ( ) : EP [ ] =,, M = {,..., }, + +, P = = log, [ µ])+ log + + {,..., } M + + [ ( µ)]+, + =
28 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Univariate Partial Moments: P = P P= P where (R + + R+ = log = log (R ) : EP ( ) : EP [ ] =,, M = {,..., }, + +, P = = log, Prop: P = [ µ])+ log + + {,..., } M + + [ ( P µ)]+, + =
29 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Marginal Median: P = P (R ):P [ ], P [ ]
30 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Marginal Median: P = P (R ):P [ ], P [ ] Mean-Absolute Deviation: P = P (R ):E P [ ]
31 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Marginal Median: P = P (R ):P [ ], P [ ] Mean-Absolute Deviation: P = P (R ):E P [ ] P = P P (R R ):E P [ ] =, P [, ] =
32 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Marginal Median: P = P (R ):P [ ], P [ ] Mean-Absolute Deviation: P = P (R ):E P [ ] P = P P (R R ):E P [ ] =, P [, ] = Prop: P = P
33 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Huber Loss Function: P = P (R ):E P ( ) ( ) =,
34 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Huber Loss Function: P = P (R ):E P ( ) P = P P (R R +): E P + +, + P, P [ ]= =
35 Expressiveness of the Ambiguity Set Huber Loss Function: P = P (R ):E P ( ) P = P P (R R +): E P + +, + P, P [ ]= = Prop: P P
36 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I }
37 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : =
38 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : = u z
39 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : = u z
40 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : = u u z z
41 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : = u u z z
42 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : = u u z z
43 Tractability Ambiguity Set P = { P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } Nesting Condition, I, = : = u u z z
44 Tractability sup P P E P [ (, )] (DRC) Theorem: If (N) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z, then (DRC) is equivalent to R,, R + : + I [ + ] + [ ] (, ) (, ), I. S( )
45 Proof of Tractability Theorem sup P P E P [ (, )]
46 Proof of Tractability Theorem sup P P E P [ (, )] sup (, )dµ(, ) µ M + (R R ) [ + ] dµ(, ) = [(, ) C ] dµ(, ) [(, ) C ] dµ(, ) I
47 Proof of Tractability Theorem sup P P E P [ (, )] inf + I R,, R + [ + ] + I [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, )
48 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + I [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, )
49 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + I [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, ) Discontinuous in (z,u)
50 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + I [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, ) Discontinuous in (z,u) u z
51 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + I [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, ) Discontinuous in (z,u) u z
52 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + I [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, ) Discontinuous in (z,u) u z
53 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, ) I Discontinuous in (z,u) u z
54 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [(, ) C ] [ ] (, ) (, ) I I u z
55 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [ ] (, ) (, ), I S( ) u z
56 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [ ] (, ) (, ), I S( ) u z
57 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [ ] (, ) (, ) ( ), I S( ) u z
58 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [ ] (, ) (, ), I S( ) u z
59 Proof of Tractability Theorem Semi-Infinite Constraint [ + ] + [ ] (, ) (, ), I S( ) q.e.d. u z
60 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )]
61 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )] Bi-Affine Functions (, ) = ( ) + ( ) ( ) ( ) z See A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski (MOR, 1998). x
62 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )] Quadratic-Affine Functions (, ) = ( ) + + ( ) + ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) z See A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski (MOR, 1998). x
63 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )] Affine-Quadratic Functions (, ) = ( ) + + ( ) + ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) z See A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski (MOR, 1998). x
64 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )] Bi-Quadratic Functions (, ) = ( ) ( ) + + ( ) + ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) z See A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski (MOR, 1998). x
65 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )] Conic-Quadratic Functions (, ) = ( ) + ( ) ( ) ( ) z See A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski (MOR, 1998). x
66 Constraint Functions sup P P E P [ (, )] Maxima of Tractable Functions (, ) = max L (, ) (, ) z See A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski (MOR, 1998). x
67 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I }
68 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, }
69 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, }
70 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, }
71 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, } 0 1 P(C 1 )=1 0 1
72 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, } P(C 2 )=0 0 1 P(C 1 )=1 0 1
73 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, } P(C 1 \C 2 )=1 P(C 2 )=0 0 1 P(C 1 )=1 0 1
74 Intractability Ambiguity Set that Violates Condition (N): { P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ] [, ] I } P = P P (R ) : P [ ]= {, } P(C 1 \C 2 )=1 P(C 2 )=0 0 1 P(C 1 )=1 0 1 Theorem: Verifying if P is empty is strongly NP-hard even if.
75 Generic Ambiguity Sets I J I {} I J
76 Generic Ambiguity Sets I J I {} I J P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ], I, J
77 Generic Ambiguity Sets I J I {} I J P = P P (R R ) : E P [ + ] = P [(, ) ], I, J I = {, } I = {, } u z
78 Conservative Approximations Distributionally Robust Constraint: sup P P E P [ (, )] (DRC)
79 Conservative Approximations Distributionally Robust Constraint: sup P P E P [ (, )] (DRC) Naive Bound: min J sup P P E P [ (, )] (NB)
80 Conservative Approximations Distributionally Robust Constraint: sup P P E P [ (, )] (DRC) Naive Bound: min J sup P P E P [ (, )] (NB) Infimal Convolution Bound: J inf (, ) ( ) sup P P E P ( /, ) (ICB) where ( ) = (, ): =, =, > J J
81 Conservative Approximations Theorem: If (N ) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z, then = =
82 Conservative Approximations Theorem: If (N ) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z, then = = Theorem: If (N ) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z, then (ICB) is computationally tractable.
83 Conservative Approximations Theorem: If (N ) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z, then = = Theorem: If (N ) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z, then (ICB) is computationally tractable. Theorem: (NB) is strongly NP-hard even if (N ) holds and v(x,z) is convex in z.
84 Extensions Utility Maximization Theorem: If X is polyhedral and U is concave piecewise affine, then can be solved efficiently. inf E P [ ( (, ))] P P,
85 Extensions Optimized Certainty Equivalents Theorem: If X is polyhedral and U is concave piecewise affine, then sup inf R P P, + E P [ ( (, ) )] can be solved efficiently.
86 Extensions Chance Constraints Theorem: If v(x,z) is bi-affine in x and z and confidence set, then P includes only one sup P P P [ (, ) ] has a tractable conic representation for any [, ).
87 Extensions Satisficing Measures Theorem: If X is polyhedral and { } piecewise affine functions nonincreasing in, then can be solved efficiently., R inf E P [ ( (, ))], P P R is a family of concave
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