Scen-Opt: A Scenario Optimization Toolbox for Data-Driven Convex Programming

Abstract:The scenario approach is a well-established statistical framework for data-driven decision-making. In particular, in data-driven optimization, the scenario approach unveils how the problem structure governs out-of-sample generalization, and offers a principled basis for assessing and certifying the reliability of the optimal solution as per constraint satisfaction. Despite its strong theoretical development and wide applicability, no software toolbox has been available to date that enables user-friendly, data-driven convex optimization within the scenario-approach framework. In this paper, we introduce Scen-Opt, an open-source software tool that integrates convex programming with data samples while providing statistical guarantees grounded in scenario theory. Scen-Opt is implemented in Python, supporting data-driven linear, quadratic, and semidefinite programming, and offers a Python-based web application with an intuitive and reactive graphical user interface (GUI) built using modern web technologies. Scen-Opt can be used directly through its online interface or installed locally, accommodating both manual input and data-file uploads (CSV, JSON, TXT, TSV, MAT, Excel, NPY, NPZ, Parquet). Built on a Python backend with a modern JavaScript frontend, Scen-Opt offers a highly user-friendly experience and efficient usability across desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. In this paper, Scen-Opt is applied to a set of representative benchmarks, demonstrating its practical effectiveness for data-driven convex optimization with guaranteed performance.

49 pages. Software archived at this https URL (v1.0); source code at this https URL web app at this https URL

Mathematical Software (cs.MS); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Systems and Control (eess.SY); Optimization and Control (math.OC)

arXiv:2610.07846 [cs.MS]

(or arXiv:2610.07846v1 [cs.MS] for this version)

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