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A new stochastic primal--dual algorithm for solving a composite optimization problem is proposed. It is assumed that all the functions/operators that enter the optimization problem are given as statistical expectations. These expectations…

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Inspired by the Optimistic Gradient Ascent-Proximal Point Algorithm (OGAProx) proposed by Bo{\c{t}}, Csetnek, and Sedlmayer for solving a saddle-point problem associated with a convex-concave function with a nonsmooth coupling function and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-01 Hui Ouyang

We propose a stochastic extension of the primal-dual hybrid gradient algorithm studied by Chambolle and Pock in 2011 to solve saddle point problems that are separable in the dual variable. The analysis is carried out for general…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-11 Antonin Chambolle , Matthias J. Ehrhardt , Peter Richtárik , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

In this paper, we propose two novel non-stationary first-order primal-dual algorithms to solve nonsmooth composite convex optimization problems. Unlike existing primal-dual schemes where the parameters are often fixed, our methods use…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-13 Quoc Tran-Dinh , Yuzixuan Zhu

We consider convex-concave saddle point problems with a separable structure and non-strongly convex functions. We propose an efficient stochastic block coordinate descent method using adaptive primal-dual updates, which enables flexible…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-11-24 Zhanxing Zhu , Amos J. Storkey

The article is devoted to the development of numerical methods for solving saddle point problems and variational inequalities with simplified requirements for the smoothness conditions of functionals. Recently there were proposed some…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-22 Alexander Titov , Fedor Stonyakin , Mohammad Alkousa , Alexander Gasnikov

In this paper, we adapt proximal incremental aggregated gradient methods to saddle point problems, which is motivated by decoupling linear transformations in regularized empirical risk minimization models. First, the Primal-Dual Proximal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-14 Zhou Xianchen , Peng Wei , Wang Hongxia

We provide an overview of primal-dual algorithms for nonsmooth and non-convex-concave saddle-point problems. This flows around a new analysis of such methods, using Bregman divergences to formulate simplified conditions for convergence.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Tuomo Valkonen

In this paper, we propose a new primal-dual algorithmic framework for a class of convex-concave saddle point problems frequently arising from image processing and machine learning. Our algorithmic framework updates the primal variable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Hongjin He , Kai Wang , Jintao Yu

We consider empirical risk minimization of linear predictors with convex loss functions. Such problems can be reformulated as convex-concave saddle point problems, and thus are well suitable for primal-dual first-order algorithms. However,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Jialei Wang , Lin Xiao

In this paper, we propose a general Tikhonov regularized second-order dynamical system with viscous damping, time scaling and extrapolation coefficients for the convex-concave bilinear saddle point problem. By the Lyapunov function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Bohan Zhang , Xiaojun Zhang

In this paper, we propose a unified primal-dual algorithm framework based on the augmented Lagrangian function for composite convex problems with conic inequality constraints. The new framework is highly versatile. First, it not only covers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-31 Zhenyuan Zhu , Fan Chen , Junyu Zhang , Zaiwen Wen

The Chambolle-Pock method, also known as the primal-dual hybrid gradient method, is a standard first-order algorithm for convex-concave saddle-point problems and composite convex optimization involving two proper, lower semicontinuous,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Manu Upadhyaya

We consider strongly-convex-strongly-concave saddle-point problems with general non-bilinear objective and different condition numbers with respect to the primal and the dual variables. First, we consider such problems with smooth composite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-15 Vladislav Tominin , Yaroslav Tominin , Ekaterina Borodich , Dmitry Kovalev , Alexander Gasnikov , Pavel Dvurechensky

We introduce two novel primal-dual algorithms for addressing nonconvex, nonconcave, and nonsmooth saddle point problems characterized by the weak Minty Variational Inequality (MVI). The first algorithm, Nonconvex-Nonconcave Primal-Dual…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Iyad Walwil , Olivier Fercoq

We study the \emph{Proximal Alternating Predictor-Corrector} (PAPC) algorithm introduced recently by Drori, Sabach and Teboulle to solve nonsmooth structured convex-concave saddle point problems consisting of the sum of a smooth convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-24 D. Russell Luke , Ron Shefi

We develop a novel unified randomized block-coordinate primal-dual algorithm to solve a class of nonsmooth constrained convex optimization problems, which covers different existing variants and model settings from the literature. We prove…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-29 Quoc Tran-Dinh , Deyi Liu

We introduce a novel primal-dual flow for affine constrained convex optimization problems. As a modification of the standard saddle-point system, our primal-dual flow is proved to possess the exponential decay property, in terms of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Hao Luo

In this paper we propose a primal-dual dynamical approach to the minimization of a structured convex function consisting of a smooth term, a nonsmooth term, and the composition of another nonsmooth term with a linear continuous operator. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-03 Radu Ioan Bot , Ernö Robert Csetnek , Szilard Laszlo