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FedRSPO+: A Heterogeneity-aware Algorithm for Decision-focused Federated Learning
Oct 6, 2026Konstantinos Ziliaskopoulos, Alexander Vinel, Jiaqi WangDecision-Focused Learning Federated Learning
Auburn University
Decision-Focused Learning in MDPs: An Occupancy Measure Approach
Oct 6, 2026Zihao Zhao, Ashwath K. Karunakaram, Ali Eshragh +2Markov Decision Processes Decision-Focused Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA · Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Washington, DC · International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA
The Curvature of Regret in Contextual Linear Optimization
Oct 1, 2026Konstantinos Ziliaskopoulos, Alexander Vinel, Alice E. SmithDecision-Focused Learning Regret Minimization
Auburn University Auburn, AL, USA · University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Jacobian Rank Collapse in Decision-Focused Learning
Sep 30, 2026Aojie Yuan, Haiyue Zhang, Zijian SuDecision-Focused Learning
University of Southern California · University of Michigan
Geometric Identification in Predict-Then-Optimize Learning
Sep 27, 2026Jiaxiao Xu, Changhong Mou, Keji Liu +2Predict-Then-Optimize Decision-Focused Learning
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics · Utah State University
Optimizing for the decision not the prediction: an exploration of Smooth Net Benefit as a training objective
Sep 14, 2026Koen M. F. Gorgels, Lasai Barreñada, Maarten van Smeden +3Predict-Then-Optimize Decision-Focused Learning
Department of Data Science and Biostatistics, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands · Coo peratie VGZ, Arnhem, the Netherlands · Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Decision-Focused Learning in Network Interdiction Games
Aug 10, 2026Luca M. Hartmann, Parinaz NaghizadehAdversarial Training Stackelberg Games
ECE Department, UC San Diego
When Do Surrogate Updates Improve Decisions? A Local Theory of Trajectory-Wise Transfer
Aug 2, 2026Yuyang ShenSurrogate Modeling Decision-Focused Learning
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
End-to-End Fairness Optimization with Fair Decision-Focused Learning
Jul 31, 2026Yu Wang, Violet Xinying ChenFair Resource Allocation Algorithmic Fairness
School of Business Stevens Institute of Technology
Scores Are Not Decisions: Cost-Aware Stopping for Tool Acquisition in LLM Agents
Jul 29, 2026Yicheng Feng, Yan Zhang, Yan Cheng +1Decision-Focused Learning Tool-Using Agents
School of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, Peking University · Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University · Business School, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics +1
Smooth Learning with Hard Constraints via Legendre-Regularized Policies
Jul 27, 2026Zikun Lin, Rui Chen, Yijie WangDecision-Focused Learning Constrained Optimization
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. · School of Data Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. · School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Smart predict-then-robustly-optimize
Jul 23, 2026Aakil Caunhye, Xuefei Lu, Belen Martin-BarraganDistribution Shift Robustness Predict-Then-Optimize
Weak-to-Strong Learning in Decision Making
Jul 20, 2026Jingwei Ji, Renyuan XuStochastic Optimization Decision-Focused Learning
Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Learning Predictive Ambiguity Sets for Decision-Focused Distributionally Robust Optimization
Jul 10, 2026Junjie GuoDistributionally Robust Optimization Decision-Focused Learning
Rutgers University
Decision-Focused Scenario Generation and Selection for Efficient and Robust Grid Dispatch
Jul 7, 2026Yangze Zhou, Yihong Zhou, Thomas Morstyn +1Distributionally Robust Optimization Decision-Focused Learning
Decision-Aware Training for Sample-Based Generative Models
Jul 1, 2026Kornelius Raeth, Nicole LudwigCost-Sensitive Learning Probabilistic Forecasting
T ubingen AI Center, University of T ubingen, Germany · University of Augsburg, Germany
Decision-focused Sparse Tangent Portfolio Optimization
Jul 1, 2026Haeun Jeon, Seunghoon Choi, Hyunglip Bae +2Decision-Focused Learning Portfolio Optimization
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea · Department of Big Data Convergence, and Bigdata Research Lab, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea · Department of Industrial Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
$\text{DT}^2$ : Decision-Targeted Digital Twins
Jun 24, 2026Harry Amad, Mihaela van der SchaarDecision-Focused Learning Digital Twins
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Decision-Focused Learning: When and Why Traditional Prediction Models Fail
Jun 19, 2026Mo LiuPredict-Then-Optimize Decision-Focused Learning
Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A Solver-Free Training Method for Predict-then-Optimize
Jun 17, 2026Beichen Wan, Mo LiuPredict-Then-Optimize Learning to Optimize
Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Forecasting what Matters: Decision-Focused RL for Controlled EV Charging with Unknown Departure Times
Jun 17, 2026Giuseppe Gabriele, Fabio Pavirani, Seyed Soroush Karimi Madahi +1RL Control Electric Vehicle Charging
Ghent University – imec Ghent, Belgium
Decision-Weighted Flow Matching for Contextual Stochastic Optimization
Jun 15, 2026Jize Xie, Haomiao Wu, Qiang Chen +2Stochastic Optimization Conditional Flow Matching
Department of Industrial Engineering and Decision Analytics Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Scaling Decision-Focused Learning to Large Problems with Lagrangian Decomposition
Jun 7, 2026Stéphane Eilles-Chan Way, Hugo Percot, Quentin Cappart +2Predict-Then-Optimize Learning to Optimize
Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada · Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France · UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium +2
Aligning Data-Driven Predictors with Allocation: A Decision-Focused Approach to Survival Analysis
Jun 1, 2026Itai Zilberstein, Ioannis Anagnostides, Tuomas SandholmLearning to Rank Survival Analysis
Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA · Additional affiliations: Strategy Robot, Inc., Strategic Machine, Inc., Optimized Markets, Inc.
Decision-Focused On-Policy Learning for Contextual Linear Optimization with Partial Feedback
May 31, 2026Wyame Benslimane, Tinghan Ye, Pascal Van Hentenryck +1Predict-Then-Optimize Decision-Focused Learning
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research University of California, Berkeley · H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Decision-focused learning for optimal PV-Battery scheduling
May 27, 2026Joris Depoortere, Hussain Kazmi, Johan DriesenSequential Decision Making Time Series Forecasting
ESAT-Electa KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
Scalable Decision-Focused Learning through Cost-Sensitive Regression
May 18, 2026Noah Schutte, Senne Berden, Tias Guns +2Cost-Sensitive Learning Decision-Focused Learning
Delft University of Technology · KU Leuven · Independent Researcher
Decision-Aware Proximal Bridge Learning for Optimal Treatment Selection
May 16, 2026Tomàs Garriga, Alejandro Almodóvar, Axel Brando +3Causal Effect Estimation Decision-Focused Learning
1Novartis · 2Barcelona Supercomputing Center · 3Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
IGT-OMD: Implicit Gradient Transport for Decision-Focused Learning under Delayed Feedback
May 12, 2026Benjamin Amoh, Geoffrey G. Parker, Wesley MarreroPredict-Then-Optimize Decision-Focused Learning
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
MPD $^2$ -Router: Mask-aware Multi-expert Prior-regularized Dual-head Deferral Router in Glaucoma Screening and Diagnosis
May 8, 2026Wenxin ZhanAI-Assisted Decision Making Learning to Defer
Baruch college

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FedRSPO+: A Heterogeneity-aware Algorithm for Decision-focused Federated Learning

Konstantinos Ziliaskopoulos, Alexander Vinel, Jiaqi Wang

Auburn University

Decision-Focused Learning Federated Learning Predict-Then-Optimize Heterogeneous Federated Learning

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Decision-focused learning (DFL) trains predictive models for downstream optimization, but existing methods largely assume centralized data. In cross-silo settings, federated learning offers a natural alternative, yet standard federated methods optimize prediction over decision quality and do not address heterogeneity in downstream objectives or feasible sets. This heterogeneity is especially challenging for DFL because small perturbations in polyhedral problems can cause discontinuous changes in optimal decisions, destabilizing client updates and aggregation. We propose FedRSPO+, a heterogeneity-aware framework for decision-focused federated learning, built on RSPO+, a regularized predict-then-optimize surrogate that smooths the decision map through projection. We show that RSPO+ upper bounds decision error and regret for the regularized decision and, under exact regularization and consistent LP solution selection, for the original LP decision. We further derive cross-client heterogeneity bounds that depend on both objective and feasible-set heterogeneity, vanish at homogeneity, and require no strong convexity. FedRSPO+ uses an annealed, modular training procedure compatible with standard federated personalization and aggregation methods. Experiments on synthetic knapsack, shortest-path, and real-world energy pricing tasks compare against prediction-only federated learning and DFL baselines under varying heterogeneity and communication budgets. Results suggest that smoothing is a useful ingredient for stable collaborative decision learning and provide a heterogeneity-aware foundation for federated DFL.

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