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In this paper, we study local convergence of high-order Tensor Methods for solving convex optimization problems with composite objective. We justify local superlinear convergence under the assumption of uniform convexity of the smooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-21 Nikita Doikov , Yurii Nesterov

Gaussian process hyperparameter optimization requires linear solves with, and log-determinants of, large kernel matrices. Iterative numerical techniques are becoming popular to scale to larger datasets, relying on the conjugate gradient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Jonathan Wenger , Geoff Pleiss , Philipp Hennig , John P. Cunningham , Jacob R. Gardner

This letter proposes a decentralized local gain condition (LGC) to guarantee oscillation damping in inverter-based resource (IBR)-dominated power systems. The LGC constrains the dynamic gain between each IBR and the network at its point of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Xiang Zhu , Xiuqiang He , Hongyang Qing , Hua Geng

Projection-free conditional gradient (CG) methods are the algorithms of choice for constrained optimization setups in which projections are often computationally prohibitive but linear optimization over the constraint set remains…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-17 Alejandro Carderera , Jelena Diakonikolas , Cheuk Yin Lin , Sebastian Pokutta

This paper proposes hybrid high-order eigensolvers for the computation of guaranteed lower eigenvalue bounds. These bounds display higher order convergence rates and are accessible to adaptive mesh-refining algorithms. The involved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Ngoc Tien Tran

The recently developed Distributed Block Proximal Method, for solving stochastic big-data convex optimization problems, is studied in this paper under the assumption of constant stepsizes and strongly convex (possibly non-smooth) local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-06 Francesco Farina , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We study the solution of large symmetric positive-definite linear systems in a matrix-free setting with a limited iteration budget. We focus on the preconditioned conjugate gradient (PCG) method with spectral preconditioning. Spectral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Youssef Diouane , Selime Gürol , Oussama Mouhtal , Dominique Orban

In recent years, important progress has been made in applying methods and techniques of convex optimization to many fields of applications such as location science, engineering, computational statistics, and computer science. In this paper,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-23 Nguyen Mau Nam , Nguyen Thai An , Han Le

A scaled conjugate gradient method that accelerates existing adaptive methods utilizing stochastic gradients is proposed for solving nonconvex optimization problems with deep neural networks. It is shown theoretically that, whether with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Naoki Sato , Koshiro Izumi , Hideaki Iiduka

Block-coordinate algorithms are recognized to furnish efficient iterative schemes for addressing large-scale problems, especially when the computation of full derivatives entails substantial memory requirements and computational efforts. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-16 Pedro Pérez-Aros , David Torregrosa-Belén

We study a class of nonconvex-nonconcave minimax problems in which the inner maximization problem satisfies a local Kurdyka-Lojasiewicz (KL) condition that may vary with the outer minimization variable. In contrast to the global KL or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Zhaosong Lu , Xiangyuan Wang

Guaranteed lower Dirichlet eigenvalue bounds (GLB) can be computed for the $m$-th Laplace operator with a recently introduced extra-stabilized nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart ($m=1$) or Morley ($m=2$) finite element eigensolver. Striking…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-03 Carsten Carstensen , Sophie Puttkammer

We consider the preconditioned conjugate gradient method (PCG) with optimal preconditioner in the frame of the boundary element method (BEM) for elliptic first-kind integral equations. Our adaptive algorithm steers the termination of PCG as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-21 Thomas Führer , Alexander Haberl , Dirk Praetorius , Stefan Schimanko

In this paper, we develop RLOBPCG, an efficient method for computing a small number of singular triplets corresponding to the smallest singular values of large, tall matrices. The algorithm combines randomized preconditioner from the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Ethan N. Epperly , Taejun Park , Yuji Nakatsukasa

In Density Functional Theory simulations based on the LAPW method, each self-consistent field cycle comprises dozens of large dense generalized eigenproblems. In contrast to real-space methods, eigenpairs solving for problems at distinct…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Edoardo Di Napoli , Mario Berljafa

We introduce Transductive Local Complexity (TLC) to extend the classical Local Rademacher Complexity (LRC) to the transductive setting, incorporating substantial and novel components. Although LRC has been used to obtain sharp…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-02-06 Yingzhen Yang

Preconditioning is a crucial operation in gradient-based numerical optimisation. It helps decrease the local condition number of a function by appropriately transforming its gradient. For a convex function, where the gradient can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-29 Dmitrii A. Pasechnyuk , Alexander Gasnikov , Martin Takáč

With advances in deep learning, exponential data growth and increasing model complexity, developing efficient optimization methods are attracting much research attention. Several implementations favor the use of Conjugate Gradient (CG) and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-02 Buse Melis Ozyildirim , Mariam Kiran

We study a class of constrained nonconvex-nonconcave minimax optimization problems in which the inner maximization involves potentially complex constraints. Under the assumption that the inner problem of a novel lifted minimax reformulation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Zhaosong Lu , Xiangyuan Wang

This paper presents a novel reinforcement learning (RL) framework for dynamically optimizing numerical precision in the preconditioned conjugate gradient (CG) method. By modeling precision selection as a Markov Decision Process (MDP), we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Xinye Chen