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In this paper we consider finite sum composite convex optimization problems with many functional constraints. The objective function is expressed as a finite sum of two terms, one of which admits easy computation of (sub)gradients while the…

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We analyze the convergence rate of an accelerated backward forward method for solving convex composite optimization problems. The method was developed by Taylor, Hendrickx and Glineur, and is different from the FISTA algorithm in its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Zepeng Wang , Juan Peypouquet

The optimization problem concerning the determination of the minimizer for the sum of convex functions holds significant importance in the realm of distributed and decentralized optimization. In scenarios where full knowledge of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Kananart Kuwaranancharoen , Shreyas Sundaram

In minimization models for image recovery and data analysis problems, loss functions and linear operators are typically aggregated as an average of composite terms. Each term in the aggregate models a desired property of the ideal solution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Patrick L. Combettes , Diego J. Cornejo

The proximal bundle method (PBM) is a powerful and widely used approach for minimizing nonsmooth convex functions. However, for smooth objectives, its best-known convergence rate remains suboptimal, and whether PBM can be accelerated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Feng-Yi Liao , Thomas Madden , Yang Zheng

This paper proposes a universal algorithm for convex minimization problems of the composite form $g_0(x)+h(g_1(x),\dots, g_m(x)) + u(x)$. We allow each $g_j$ to independently range from being nonsmooth Lipschitz to smooth, from convex to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Aaron Zoll , Benjamin Grimmer

Parameterized convex minorant (PCM) method is proposed for the approximation of the objective function in amortized optimization. In the proposed method, the objective function approximator is expressed by the sum of a PCM and a nonnegative…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Jinrae Kim , Youdan Kim

A new and simple method for quasi-convex optimization is introduced from which its various applications can be derived. Especially, a global optimum under constrains can be approximated for all continuous functions.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Sompong Dhompongsa , Poom Kumam

Quasar convexity is a condition that allows some first-order methods to efficiently minimize a function even when the optimization landscape is non-convex. Previous works develop near-optimal accelerated algorithms for minimizing this class…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Jun-Kun Wang , Andre Wibisono

This paper presents an accelerated proximal gradient method for multiobjective optimization, in which each objective function is the sum of a continuously differentiable, convex function and a closed, proper, convex function. Extending…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-08 Hiroki Tanabe , Ellen H. Fukuda , Nobuo Yamashita

This paper considers a general convex constrained problem setting where functions are not assumed to be differentiable nor Lipschitz continuous. Our motivation is in finding a simple first-order method for solving a wide range of convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-19 Michael R. Metel , Akiko Takeda

In this paper, a globally convergent Newton-type proximal gradient method is developed for composite multi-objective optimization problems where each objective function can be represented as the sum of a smooth function and a nonsmooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-25 Md Abu Talhamainuddin Ansary

We introduce a proximal limited--memory quasi--Newton scheme for minimizing the sum of a continuously differentiable function and a proper, lower semicontinuous and prox-bounded, possibly nonsmooth, function. Both functions might be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-13 Simeon vom Dahl , Alberto De Marchi , Christian Kanzow

We consider the composite minimization problem with the objective function being the sum of a continuously differentiable and a merely lower semicontinuous and extended-valued function. The proximal gradient method is probably the most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Christian Kanzow , Leo Lehmann

Standard complexity analyses for weakly convex optimization rely on the Moreau envelope technique proposed by Davis and Drusvyatskiy (2019). The main insight is that nonsmooth algorithms, such as proximal subgradient, proximal point, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Qi Deng , Wenzhi Gao

Smooth finite-sum optimization has been widely studied in both convex and nonconvex settings. However, existing lower bounds for finite-sum optimization are mostly limited to the setting where each component function is (strongly) convex,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-01 Dongruo Zhou , Quanquan Gu

A generalized conditional gradient method for minimizing the sum of two convex functions, one of them differentiable, is presented. This iterative method relies on two main ingredients: First, the minimization of a partially linearized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-01 Karl Kunisch , Daniel Walter

The paper is devoted to new modifications of recently proposed adaptive methods of Mirror Descent for convex minimization problems in the case of several convex functional constraints. Methods for problems of two classes are considered. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-29 Fedor S. Stonyakin , Mohammad S. Alkousa , Alexey N. Stepanov , Maxim A. Barinov

We propose an extended forward-backward algorithm for approximating a zero of a maximal monotone operator which can be split as the extended sum of two maximal monotone operators. We establish the weak convergence in average of the sequence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-06-25 Marc Lassonde , Ludovic Nagesseur

We study the convergence rate of the proximal-gradient homotopy algorithm applied to norm-regularized linear least squares problems, for a general class of norms. The homotopy algorithm reduces the regularization parameter in a series of…

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