A Fully Stochastic Primal-Dual Algorithm
Optimization and Control
2020-06-23 v4 Machine Learning
Abstract
A new stochastic primal--dual algorithm for solving a composite optimization problem is proposed. It is assumed that all the functions/operators that enter the optimization problem are given as statistical expectations. These expectations are unknown but revealed across time through i.i.d. realizations. The proposed algorithm is proven to converge to a saddle point of the Lagrangian function. In the framework of the monotone operator theory, the convergence proof relies on recent results on the stochastic Forward Backward algorithm involving random monotone operators. An example of convex optimization under stochastic linear constraints is considered.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1901.08170,
title = {A Fully Stochastic Primal-Dual Algorithm},
author = {Pascal Bianchi and Walid Hachem and Adil Salim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.08170},
year = {2020}
}