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A Hybrid Algorithm for Convex Semidefinite Optimization

Machine Learning 2012-06-22 v1 Data Structures and Algorithms Numerical Analysis Machine Learning

Abstract

We present a hybrid algorithm for optimizing a convex, smooth function over the cone of positive semidefinite matrices. Our algorithm converges to the global optimal solution and can be used to solve general large-scale semidefinite programs and hence can be readily applied to a variety of machine learning problems. We show experimental results on three machine learning problems (matrix completion, metric learning, and sparse PCA) . Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.1206.4608,
  title  = {A Hybrid Algorithm for Convex Semidefinite Optimization},
  author = {Soeren Laue},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.4608},
  year   = {2012}
}

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