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This work presents PANTR, an efficient solver for nonconvex constrained optimization problems, that is well-suited as an inner solver for an augmented Lagrangian method. The proposed scheme combines forward-backward iterations with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-30 Alexander Bodard , Pieter Pas , Panagiotis Patrinos

This paper proposes an efficient adaptive variant of a quadratic penalty accelerated inexact proximal point (QP-AIPP) method proposed earlier by the authors. Both the QP-AIPP method and its variant solve linearly set constrained nonconvex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-09 Weiwei Kong , Jefferson G. Melo , Renato D. C. Monteiro

We present a technique for producing valid dual bounds for nonconvex quadratic optimization problems. The approach leverages an elegant piecewise linear approximation for univariate quadratic functions due to Yarotsky, formulating this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Ben Beach , Robert Hildebrand , Joey Huchette

In this paper we propose a general algorithmic framework for first-order methods in optimization in a broad sense, including minimization problems, saddle-point problems and variational inequalities. This framework allows to obtain many…

We consider solving high-order semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations of nonconvex polynomial optimization problems (POPs) that often admit degenerate rank-one optimal solutions. Instead of solving the SDP alone, we propose a new…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-27 Heng Yang , Ling Liang , Luca Carlone , Kim-Chuan Toh

The work of Wachter and Biegler suggests that infeasible-start interior point methods (IPMs) developed for linear programming cannot be adapted to nonlinear optimization without significant modification, i.e., using a two-phase or penalty…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-12 Oliver Hinder , Yinyu Ye

This paper introduces a novel approach to solving multi-block nonconvex composite optimization problems through a proximal linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). This method incorporates an Increasing Penalization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Ganzhao Yuan

Second-order Newton-type algorithms that leverage the exact Hessian or its approximation are central to solve nonlinear optimization problems. However, their applications in solving large-scale nonconvex problems are hindered by three…

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This paper proposes and establishes the iteration-complexity of an inexact proximal accelerated augmented Lagrangian (IPAAL) method for solving linearly constrained smooth nonconvex composite optimization problems. Each IPAAL iteration…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Jefferson G. Melo , Renato D. C. Monteiro , Hairong Wang

An algorithm for solving smooth nonconvex optimization problems is proposed that, in the worst-case, takes $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon^{-3/2})$ iterations to drive the norm of the gradient of the objective function below a prescribed positive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Frank E. Curtis , Daniel P. Robinson , Mohammadreza Samadi

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

The framework of Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQC) reduces the computation of upper bounds on the convergence rate of several optimization algorithms to a semi-definite program (SDP). In the case of over-relaxed Alternating Direction…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-03-06 Guilherme França , José Bento

Constrained non-convex optimization problems frequently arise in control applications. Solving such problems is inherently challenging, as existing methods often converge to suboptimal local minima or incur prohibitive computational costs.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Anran Li , John P. Swensen , Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

For solving large-scale non-convex problems, we propose inexact variants of trust region and adaptive cubic regularization methods, which, to increase efficiency, incorporate various approximations. In particular, in addition to approximate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-21 Zhewei Yao , Peng Xu , Farbod Roosta-Khorasani , Michael W. Mahoney

This paper considers the robust phase retrieval problem, which can be cast as a nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization problem. We propose a new inexact proximal linear algorithm with the subproblem being solved inexactly. Our contributions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Zhong Zheng , Shiqian Ma , Lingzhou Xue

Semi-Infinite Programming (SIP) has emerged as a powerful framework for modeling problems with infinite constraints, however, its theoretical development in the context of nonconvex and large-scale optimization remains limited. In this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Cody Melcher , Zeinab Alizadeh , Lindsey Hiett , Afrooz Jalilzadeh , Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani

In this paper, we investigate the trade-off between convergence rate and computational cost when minimizing a composite functional with proximal-gradient methods, which are popular optimisation tools in machine learning. We consider the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-10-23 Pierre Machart , Sandrine Anthoine , Luca Baldassarre

We propose several adaptive algorithmic methods for problems of non-smooth convex optimization. The first of them is based on a special artificial inexactness. Namely, the concept of inexact ($ \delta, \Delta, L$)-model of objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-25 Fedor Stonyakin

Safe and economic operation of networked systems is often challenging. Optimization-based schemes are frequently considered, since they achieve near-optimality while ensuring safety via the explicit consideration of constraints. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Alexander Engelmann , Maisa B. Bandeira , Timm Faulwasser