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The aim of this paper is to introduce a new learning procedure for neural networks and to demonstrate that it works well enough on a few small problems to be worth further investigation. The Forward-Forward algorithm replaces the forward…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Geoffrey Hinton

In this article, we study two methods for solving monotone inclusions in real Hilbert spaces involving the sum of a maximally monotone operator, a monotone-Lipschitzian operator, a cocoercive operator, and a normal cone to a vector…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-13 Fernando Roldán

In this paper we focus on the convergence analysis of the forward-backward splitting method for solving nonsmooth optimization problems in Hilbert spaces when the objective function is the sum of two convex functions. Assuming that one of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-17 J. Y. Bello Cruz , T. T. A. Nghia

In this paper we consider the variable inequality problem, that is, to find a solution of the inclusion given by the sum of a function and a point-to-cone application. This problem can be seen as a generalization of the classical system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-10 J. Y. Bello Cruz , L. R. Lucambio Perez , G. Bouza Allende

Backpropagation algorithm is the cornerstone for neural network analysis. Paper extends it for training any derivatives of neural network's output with respect to its input. By the dint of it feedforward networks can be used to solve or…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-12-13 V. I. Avrutskiy

The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamical behavior of the sequence produced by a forward-backward algorithm involving two random maximal monotone operators and a sequence of decreasing step sizes. Defining a mean monotone operator…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-05 Pascal Bianchi , Walid Hachem

It is common to encounter large-scale monotone inclusion problems where the objective has a finite sum structure. We develop a general framework for variance-reduced forward-backward splitting algorithms for this problem. This framework…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-03-17 Xun Zhang , William B. Haskell , Zhisheng Ye

We propose new primal-dual decomposition algorithms for solving systems of inclusions involving sums of linearly composed maximally monotone operators. The principal innovation in these algorithms is that they are block-iterative in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-30 Patrick L. Combettes , Jonathan Eckstein

We study a forward backward splitting algorithm that solves the variational inequality \begin{equation*} A x +\nabla \Phi(x)+ N_C (x) \ni 0 \end{equation*} where $H$ is a real Hilbert space, $A: H\rightrightarrows H$ is a maximal monotone…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-06 Marc-Olivier Czarnecki , Nahla Noun , Juan Peypouquet

We propose and study the weak convergence of a projective splitting algorithm for solving multi-term composite monotone inclusion problems involving the finite sum of $n$ maximal monotone operators, each of which having an inner four-block…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-08 M. Marques Alves

A parallel splitting method is proposed for solving systems of coupled monotone inclusions in Hilbert spaces. Convergence is established for a wide class of coupling schemes. Unlike classical alternating algorithms, which are limited to two…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-02-26 H. Attouch , L. M. Briceno-Arias , P. L. Combettes

In this paper we provide an algorithm for solving constrained composite primal-dual monotone inclusions, i.e., monotone inclusions in which a priori information on primal-dual solutions is represented via closed convex sets. The proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-31 Luis Briceño-Arias , Sergio López Rivera

A common theme in mathematics is to define generalized solutions to deal with problems that potentially do not have solutions. A classical example is the introduction of least squares solutions via the normal equations associated with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-06-10 Heinz H. Bauschke , Warren L. Hare , Walaa M. Moursi

Matrix inversion problems are often encountered in experimental physics, and in particular in high-energy particle physics, under the name of unfolding. The true spectrum of a physical quantity is deformed by the presence of a detector,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-09-08 Pietro Vischia

Properties of compositions and convex combinations of averaged nonexpansive operators are investigated and applied to the design of new fixed point algorithms in Hilbert spaces. An extended version of the forward-backward splitting…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-09 Patrick L. Combettes , Isao Yamada

We shed light on the structure of the "three-operator" version of the forward-Douglas--Rachford splitting algorithm for finding a zero of a sum of maximally monotone operators $A + B + C$, where $B$ is cocoercive, involving only the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Hugo Raguet

The forward-backward splitting method (FBS) for minimizing a nonsmooth composite function can be interpreted as a (variable-metric) gradient method over a continuously differentiable function which we call forward-backward envelope (FBE).…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-11 Lorenzo Stella , Andreas Themelis , Panagiotis Patrinos

Spingarn's method of partial inverses has found many applications in nonlinear analysis and in optimization. We show that it can be employed to solve composite monotone inclusions in duality, thus opening a new range of applications for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-07 Maryam A. Alghamdi , Abdullah Alotaibi , Patrick L. Combettes , Naseer Shahzad

An algorithm is proposed, analyzed, and tested for solving continuous nonlinear-equality-constrained optimization problems where the objective and constraint functions are defined by expectations or averages over large, finite numbers of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Frank E. Curtis , Lingjun Guo , Daniel P. Robinson

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