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An active-set based recursive approach for solving convex isotonic regression with generalized order restrictions

Optimization and Control 2023-04-04 v1 Computation

Abstract

This paper studies the convex isotonic regression with generalized order restrictions induced by a directed tree. The proposed model covers various intriguing optimization problems with shape or order restrictions, including the generalized nearly isotonic optimization and the total variation on a tree. Inspired by the success of the pool-adjacent-violator algorithm and its active-set interpretation, we propose an active-set based recursive approach for solving the underlying model. Unlike the brute-force approach that traverses an exponential number of possible active-set combinations, our algorithm has a polynomial time computational complexity under mild assumptions.

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@article{arxiv.2304.00244,
  title  = {An active-set based recursive approach for solving convex isotonic regression with generalized order restrictions},
  author = {Xuyu Chen and Xudong Li and Yangfeng Su},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.00244},
  year   = {2023}
}
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