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This paper proposes a provably convergent multiblock ADMM for nonconvex optimization with nonlinear dynamics constraints, overcoming the divergence issue in classical extensions. We consider a class of optimization problems that arise from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Bowen Li , Ya-xiang Yuan

In this paper, we propose the approximate Bregman proximal gradient algorithm (ABPG) for solving composite nonconvex optimization problems. ABPG employs a new distance that approximates the Bregman distance, making the subproblem of ABPG…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-25 Shota Takahashi , Akiko Takeda

This paper proposes several novel optimization algorithms for minimizing a nonlinear objective function. The algorithms are enlightened by the optimal state trajectory of an optimal control problem closely related to the minimized objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Hongxia Wang , Yeming Xu , Ziyuan Guo , Huanshui Zhang

Non-smooth and non-convex global optimization poses significant challenges across various applications, where standard gradient-based methods often struggle. We propose the Ball-Proximal Point Method, Broximal Point Method, or Ball Point…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Kaja Gruntkowska , Hanmin Li , Aadi Rane , Peter Richtárik

We investigate the techniques and ideas used in the convergence analysis of two proximal ADMM algorithms for solving convex optimization problems involving compositions with linear operators. Besides this, we formulate a variant of the ADMM…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-20 Sebastian Banert , Radu Ioan Bot , Ernö Robert Csetnek

We propose an inexact variable-metric proximal point algorithm to accelerate gradient-based optimization algorithms. The proposed scheme, called QNing can be notably applied to incremental first-order methods such as the stochastic…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-01-30 Hongzhou Lin , Julien Mairal , Zaid Harchaoui

We introduce and analyze BPALM and A-BPALM, two multi-block proximal alternating linearized minimization algorithms using Bregman distances for solving structured nonconvex problems. The objective function is the sum of a multi-block…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Masoud Ahookhosh , Le Thi Khanh Hien , Nicolas Gillis , Panagiotis Patrinos

We analyze several generic proximal splitting algorithms well suited for large-scale convex nonsmooth optimization. We derive sublinear and linear convergence results with new rates on the function value suboptimality or distance to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-28 Laurent Condat , Grigory Malinovsky , Peter Richtárik

The (global) Lipschitz smoothness condition is crucial in establishing the convergence theory for most optimization methods. Unfortunately, most machine learning and signal processing problems are not Lipschitz smooth. This motivates us to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-23 Qiuwei Li , Zhihui Zhu , Gongguo Tang , Michael B. Wakin

We propose an algorithm for generating explicit solutions of multiparametric mixed-integer convex programs to within a given suboptimality tolerance. The algorithm is applicable to a very general class of optimization problems, but is most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-12 Danylo Malyuta , Behcet Acikmese

In this paper, we consider the online proximal mirror descent for solving the time-varying composite optimization problems. For various applications, the algorithm naturally involves the errors in the gradient and proximal operator. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-11 Woocheol Choi , Myeong-Su Lee , Seok-Bae Yun

The use of proximal point operators for optimization can be computationally expensive when the dimensionality of a function (i.e., the number of variables) is high. In this study, we sought to reduce the cost of calculating proximal point…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-06 Wen-Liang Hwang , Chang-Wei Yueh

This work studies a class of non-smooth decentralized multi-agent optimization problems where the agents aim at minimizing a sum of local strongly-convex smooth components plus a common non-smooth term. We propose a general primal-dual…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-13 Sulaiman A. Alghunaim , Ernest K. Ryu , Kun Yuan , Ali H. Sayed

The classical multi-set split feasibility problem seeks a point in the intersection of finitely many closed convex domain constraints, whose image under a linear mapping also lies in the intersection of finitely many closed convex range…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-19 Jason Xu , Eric C. Chi , Meng Yang , Kenneth Lange

Stochastic versions of proximal methods have gained much attention in statistics and machine learning. These algorithms tend to admit simple, scalable forms, and enjoy numerical stability via implicit updates. In this work, we propose and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-09-09 Haoyu Jiang , Jason Xu

We consider the problem of optimizing the sum of a smooth convex function and a non-smooth convex function using proximal-gradient methods, where an error is present in the calculation of the gradient of the smooth term or in the proximity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2011-12-02 Mark Schmidt , Nicolas Le Roux , Francis Bach

This paper considers an optimization problem for a dynamical system whose evolution depends on a collection of binary decision variables. We develop scalable approximation algorithms with provable suboptimality bounds to provide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Insoon Yang , Samuel A. Burden , Ram Rajagopal , S. Shankar Sastry , Claire J. Tomlin

Stochastic approximation techniques play an important role in solving many problems encountered in machine learning or adaptive signal processing. In these contexts, the statistics of the data are often unknown a priori or their direct…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-27 Chouzenoux Emilie , Pesquet Jean-Christophe

The proximal point method (PPM) is a fundamental method in optimization that is often used as a building block for designing optimization algorithms. In this work, we use the PPM method to provide conceptually simple derivations along with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-03 Kwangjun Ahn , Suvrit Sra

This paper introduces adaptive Bregman proximal gradient algorithms for solving convex composite minimization problems without relying on global relative smoothness or strong convexity assumptions. Building upon recent advances in adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-05 Hongjia Ou , Puya Latafat , Andreas Themelis