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We propose a proximal algorithm for minimizing objective functions consisting of three summands: the composition of a nonsmooth function with a linear operator, another nonsmooth function, each of the nonsmooth summands depending on an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-03 Radu Ioan Bot , Ernö Robert Csetnek , Dang-Khoa Nguyen

We propose an inertial forward-backward splitting algorithm to compute the zero of a sum of two monotone operators allowing for stochastic errors in the computation of the operators. More precisely, we establish almost sure convergence in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-06 Lorenzo Rosasco , Silvia Villa , Bang Cong Vu

Computing the proximal operator of the $\ell_\infty$ norm, $\textbf{prox}_{\alpha ||\cdot||_\infty}(\mathbf{x})$, generally requires a sort of the input data, or at least a partial sort similar to quicksort. In order to avoid using a sort,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-22 Kathryn Linehan , Radu Balan

Several aspects of the interplay between monotone operator theory and convex optimization are presented. The crucial role played by monotone operators in the analysis and the numerical solution of convex minimization problems is emphasized.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Patrick L. Combettes

In this paper, we propose a new primal-dual algorithm for minimizing $f(x) + g(x) + h(Ax)$, where $f$, $g$, and $h$ are proper lower semi-continuous convex functions, $f$ is differentiable with a Lipschitz continuous gradient, and $A$ is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Ming Yan

This paper recalls the proximal point method. We study two iterative algorithms: the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm for computing the capacity of arbitrary discrete memoryless channels, as an example of an iterative algorithm working with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-01-13 Ziad Naja , Florence Alberge , P. Duhamel

In this note, we provide convergence results for the proximal point algorithm and a splitting variant thereof in the setting of CAT$(\kappa)$ spaces with $\kappa > 0$ using a recent definition for the resolvent of a convex, lower…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-05 Rafa Espínola , Adriana Nicolae

In the literature, there are a few researches to design some parameters in the Proximal Point Algorithm (PPA), especially for the multi-objective convex optimizations. Introducing some parameters to PPA can make it more flexible and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-11 Jianchao Bai , Jicheng Li , Pingfan Dai , Jiaofen Li

In this paper, we present a stochastic forward-backward-half forward splitting algorithm with variance reduction for solving the structured monotone inclusion problem composed of a maximally monotone operator, a maximally monotone operator…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Liqian Qin , Yaxuan Zhang , Qiao-Li Dong , Michael Th. Rassias

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

In this paper, we develop a multivariate framework for approximation by max-min neural network operators. Building on the recent advances in approximation theory by neural network operators, particularly, the univariate max-min operators,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Abhishek Yadav , Uaday Singh , Feng Dai

The Langevin algorithms are frequently used to sample the posterior distributions in Bayesian inference. In many practical problems, however, the posterior distributions often consist of non-differentiable components, posing challenges for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-11 Ziruo Cai , Jinglai Li , Xiaoqun Zhang

In this paper we study the fundamental problems of maximizing a continuous non-monotone submodular function over the hypercube, both with and without coordinate-wise concavity. This family of optimization problems has several applications…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Rad Niazadeh , Tim Roughgarden , Joshua R. Wang

In this paper, we develop a parameterized proximal point algorithm (P-PPA) for solving a class of separable convex programming problems subject to linear and convex constraints. The proposed algorithm is provable to be globally convergent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-11 Jianchao Bai , Hongchao Zhang , Jicheng Li

We study the proximity operator of the nonconvex, scale-invariant ratio $h(\vx)=\|\vx\|_{1}/\|\vx\|_{2}$ and show it can be computed exactly in any dimension. By expressing $\vx=r\vu$ and exploiting sign and permutation invariance, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-23 Lixin Shen , Guohui Song

We propose an algorithm for computing the proximity operator of a sum of composite convex functions in Hilbert spaces and investigate its asymptotic behavior. Applications to best approximation and image recovery are described.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-07-22 Patrick L. Combettes , Dinh Dung , Bang Cong Vu

A new result in convex analysis on the calculation of proximity operators in certain scaled norms is derived. We describe efficient implementations of the proximity calculation for a useful class of functions; the implementations exploit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-03-04 Stephen Becker , M. Jalal Fadili

Iterative algorithms are fundamental tools for approximating fixed-points of nonexpansive operators in real Hilbert spaces. Among them, Krasnosel'ski\u{\i}--Mann iteration and Halpern iteration are two widely used schemes. In this work, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Yifan Bai , Yantao Li , Jian Yu , Jingwei Liang

Convex nonsmooth optimization problems, whose solutions live in very high dimensional spaces, have become ubiquitous. To solve them, the class of first-order algorithms known as proximal splitting algorithms is particularly adequate: they…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-27 Laurent Condat , Daichi Kitahara , Andrés Contreras , Akira Hirabayashi

We establish the optimal nonergodic sublinear convergence rate of the proximal point algorithm for maximal monotone inclusion problems. First, the optimal bound is formulated by the performance estimation framework, resulting in an infinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Guoyong Gu , Junfeng Yang