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In this paper, we propose a new algorithm combining the Douglas-Rachford (DR) algorithm and the Frank-Wolfe algorithm, also known as the conditional gradient (CondG) method, for solving the classic convex feasibility problem. Within the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-09 R. Díaz Millán , O. P. Ferreira , J. Ugon

We show that the weak convergence of the Douglas--Rachford algorithm for finding a zero of the sum of two maximally monotone operators cannot be improved to strong convergence. Likewise, we show that strong convergence can fail for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-23 Minh N. Bùi , Patrick L. Combettes

This paper proposes an algorithm for solving structured optimization problems, which covers both the backward-backward and the Douglas-Rachford algorithms as special cases, and analyzes its convergence. The set of fixed points of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Nguyen Hieu Thao

We introduce and study a geometric modification of the Douglas-Rach\-ford method called the Circumcentered-Douglas-Rachford method. This method iterates by taking the intersection of bisectors of reflection steps for solving certain classes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-11 Roger Behling , Jose Yunier Bello Cruz , Luiz-Rafael Santos

The Douglas-Rachford algorithm is a classical and very successful method for solving optimization and feasibility problems. In this paper, we provide novel conditions sufficient for finite convergence in the context of convex feasibility…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Heinz H. Bauschke , Minh N. Dao , Dominikus Noll , Hung M. Phan

Solving feasibility problems is a central task in mathematics and the applied sciences. One particularly successful method is the Douglas-Rachford algorithm. In this paper, we provide many new conditions sufficient for finite convergence.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Heinz H. Bauschke , Minh N. Dao

In this paper, we study the generalized Douglas-Rachford algorithm and its cyclic variants which include many projection-type methods such as the classical Douglas-Rachford algorithm and the alternating projection algorithm. Specifically,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Minh N. Dao , Hung M. Phan

In this expository paper, we show how to use the Douglas-Rachford algorithm as a successful heuristic for finding magic squares. The Douglas-Rachford algorithm is an iterative projection method for solving feasibility problems. Although its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-25 Francisco J. Aragón Artacho , Paula Segura Martínez

We propose a splitting method for solving an equilibrium problem involving the sum of two bifunctions satisfying standard conditions. We prove that this problem is equivalent to find a zero of two appropriate maximally monotone operators.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-06-28 Luis M. Briceño-Arias

Finding a zero of a sum of maximally monotone operators is a fundamental problem in modern optimization and nonsmooth analysis. Assuming that the resolvents of the operators are available, this problem can be tackled with the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Heinz H. Bauschke , Shambhavi Singh , Xianfu Wang

We propose an inertial Douglas-Rachford splitting algorithm for finding the set of zeros of the sum of two maximally monotone operators in Hilbert spaces and investigate its convergence properties. To this end we formulate first the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-31 Radu Ioan Bot , Ernö Robert Csetnek , Christopher Hendrich

The Douglas--Rachford algorithm is a popular algorithm for solving both convex and nonconvex feasibility problems. While its behaviour is settled in the convex inconsistent case, the general nonconvex inconsistent case is far from being…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Heinz H. Bauschke , Minh N. Dao , Scott B. Lindstrom

The Douglas-Rachford algorithm is one of the most prominent splitting algorithms for solving convex optimization problems. Recently, the method has been successful in finding a generalized solution (provided that one exists) for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-16 Walaa M. Moursi

The Douglas-Rachford algorithm (DRA) is a powerful optimization method for minimizing the sum of two convex (not necessarily smooth) functions. The vast majority of previous research dealt with the case when the sum has at least one…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-10 Heinz H. Bauschke , Walaa M. Moursi

We address the generalized aggregative equilibrium seeking problem for noncooperative agents playing average aggregative games with affine coupling constraints. First, we use operator theory to characterize the generalized aggregative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-02 Giuseppe Belgioioso , Sergio Grammatico

The Douglas-Rachford method, a projection algorithm designed to solve continuous optimization problems, forms the basis of a useful heuristic for solving combinatorial optimization problems. In order to successfully use the method, it is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-22 Francisco J. Aragón Artacho , Rubén Campoy , Matthew K. Tam

In recent times the Douglas-Rachford algorithm has been observed empirically to solve a variety of nonconvex feasibility problems including those of a combinatorial nature. For many of these problems current theory is not sufficient to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-24 Francisco J. Aragón Artacho , Jonathan M. Borwein , Matthew K. Tam

The Douglas Rachford algorithm is an algorithm that converges to a minimizer of a sum of two convex functions. The algorithm consists in fixed point iterations involving computations of the proximity operators of the two functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Adil Salim , Pascal Bianchi , Walid Hachem

We provide two weakly convergent algorithms for finding a zero of the sum of a maximally monotone operator, a cocoercive operator, and the normal cone to a closed vector subspace of a real Hilbert space. The methods exploit the intrinsic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-27 Luis M. Briceño-Arias

We study the cyclic relaxed Douglas-Rachford algorithm for possibly nonconvex, and inconsistent feasibility problems. This algorithm can be viewed as a convex relaxation between the cyclic Douglas-Rachford algorithm first introduced by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Thi Lan Dinh , G. S. Matthijs Jansen , D. Russell Luke