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We develop a dynamic version of the primal-dual method for optimization problems, and apply it to obtain the following results. (1) For the dynamic set-cover problem, we maintain an $O(f^2)$-approximately optimal solution in $O(f \cdot \log…

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In this paper, we consider optimizing a smooth, convex, lower semicontinuous function in Riemannian space with constraints. To solve the problem, we first convert it to a dual problem and then propose a general primal-dual algorithm to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Shijun Wang , Baocheng Zhu , Lintao Ma , Yuan Qi

Given a set of response observations for a parametrized dynamical system, we seek a parametrized dynamical model that will yield uniformly small response error over a range of parameter values yet has low order. Frequently, access to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Alexander Grimm , Christopher Beattie , Zlatko Drmač , Serkan Gugercin

This paper considers solving the unconstrained $\ell_q$-norm ($0\leq q<1$) regularized least squares ($\ell_q$-LS) problem for recovering sparse signals in compressive sensing. We propose two highly efficient first-order algorithms via…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-16 Fei Wen , Yuan Yang , Peilin Liu , Rendong Ying , Yipeng Liu

In this paper, we propose two novel non-stationary first-order primal-dual algorithms to solve nonsmooth composite convex optimization problems. Unlike existing primal-dual schemes where the parameters are often fixed, our methods use…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-13 Quoc Tran-Dinh , Yuzixuan Zhu

Optimization methods are at the core of many problems in signal/image processing, computer vision, and machine learning. For a long time, it has been recognized that looking at the dual of an optimization problem may drastically simplify…

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We study the non-smooth optimization problems in machine learning, where both the loss function and the regularizer are non-smooth functions. Previous studies on efficient empirical loss minimization assume either a smooth loss function or…

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In this paper we consider a distributed optimization scenario in which a set of agents has to solve a convex optimization problem with separable cost function, local constraint sets and a coupling inequality constraint. We propose a novel…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper addresses a quadratic problem with assignment constraints, an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem arisen from facility location, multiple-input multiple-output detection, and maximum mean discrepancy calculation et al. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-15 Lijun Xie , Ran Gu , Xin Liu

In this paper, we consider a squared $L_1/L_2$ regularized model for sparse signal recovery from noisy measurements. We first establish the existence of optimal solutions to the model under mild conditions. Next, we propose a proximal…

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This paper investigates minimax quadratic programming problems with coupled inequality constraints. By leveraging a duality theorem, we develop a dual algorithm that extends the dual active set method to the minimax setting, transforming…

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We introduce a new sequential subspace optimization method for large-scale saddle-point problems. It solves iteratively a sequence of auxiliary saddle-point problems in low-dimensional subspaces, spanned by directions derived from…

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This paper addresses the problem of safe optimization under a single smooth constraint, a scenario that arises in diverse real-world applications such as robotics and autonomous navigation. The objective of safe optimization is to solve a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-15 Ilnura Usmanova , Kfir Yehuda Levy

In this note, we provide an overarching analysis of primal-dual dynamics associated to linear equality-constrained optimization problems using contraction analysis. For the well-known standard version of the problem: we establish…

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Our work considers the optimization of the sum of a non-smooth convex function and a finite family of composite convex functions, each one of which is composed of a convex function and a bounded linear operator. This type of problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-30 Yu-Chao Tang , Chuan-Xi Zhu , Meng Wen , Ji-Gen Peng

We present a primal-dual algorithmic framework to obtain approximate solutions to a prototypical constrained convex optimization problem, and rigorously characterize how common structural assumptions affect the numerical efficiency. Our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-04 Quoc Tran-Dinh , Volkan Cevher

This paper introduces a novel double regularization scheme for bilevel optimization problems whose lower-level problem is composite and convex, but not necessarily strongly convex, in the lower-level variable. The analysis focuses on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Mattia Solla , Johannes O. Royset

We describe an active-set method for the minimization of an objective function $\phi$ that is the sum of a smooth convex function and an $\ell_1$-regularization term. A distinctive feature of the method is the way in which active-set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Nitish Shirish Keskar , Jorge Nocedal , Figen Oztoprak , Andreas Waechter

Iterative regularization exploits the implicit bias of an optimization algorithm to regularize ill-posed problems. Constructing algorithms with such built-in regularization mechanisms is a classic challenge in inverse problems but also in…

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