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Structured convex optimization problems typically involve a mix of smooth and nonsmooth functions. The common practice is to activate the smooth functions via their gradient and the nonsmooth ones via their proximity operator. We show that,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-11 Patrick L. Combettes , Lilian E. Glaudin

Recent advancements in data science have significantly elevated the importance of orthogonally constrained optimization problems. The Riemannian approach has become a popular technique for addressing these problems due to the advantageous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Linglingzhi Zhu , Wentao Ding , Shangyuan Liu , Anthony Man-Cho So

We propose a communication- and computation-efficient distributed optimization algorithm using second-order information for solving empirical risk minimization (ERM) problems with a nonsmooth regularization term. Our algorithm is applicable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-16 Ching-pei Lee , Cong Han Lim , Stephen J. Wright

In this work, we introduce ADAPD, $\textbf{A}$ $\textbf{D}$ecentr$\textbf{A}$lized $\textbf{P}$rimal-$\textbf{D}$ual algorithmic framework for solving non-convex and smooth consensus optimization problems over a network of distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Gabriel Mancino-Ball , Yangyang Xu , Jie Chen

This paper investigates the distributed online optimization problem over a multi-agent network subject to local set constraints and coupled inequality constraints, which has a lot of applications in many areas, such as wireless sensor…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Xiuxian Li , Xinlei Yi , Lihua Xie

In this work, we study two first-order primal-dual based algorithms, the Gradient Primal-Dual Algorithm (GPDA) and the Gradient Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (GADMM), for solving a class of linearly constrained non-convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Mingyi Hong , Jason D. Lee , Meisam Razaviyayn

In this paper we introduce a class of novel distributed algorithms for solving stochastic big-data convex optimization problems over directed graphs. In the addressed set-up, the dimension of the decision variable can be extremely high and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-06 Francesco Farina , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We investigate the integration of Nesterov-type acceleration into primal-dual methods for structured convex optimization. While proximal splitting algorithms efficiently handle composite problems of the form $\min_x f(x)+g(x)+h(Kx)$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Laurent Condat , Abdurakhmon Sadiev , Peter Richtárik

Stochastic optimization lies at the core of most statistical learning models. The recent great development of stochastic algorithmic tools focused significantly onto proximal gradient iterations, in order to find an efficient approach for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-31 Andrei Patrascu , Ciprian Paduraru , Paul Irofti

We prove novel convergence results for a stochastic proximal gradient algorithm suitable for solving a large class of convex optimization problems, where a convex objective function is given by the sum of a smooth and a possibly non-smooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Lorenzo Rosasco , Silvia Villa , Bang Công Vũ

The growing prevalence of nonsmooth optimization problems in machine learning has spurred significant interest in generalized smoothness assumptions. Among these, the (L0, L1)-smoothness assumption has emerged as one of the most prominent.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Zhirayr Tovmasyan , Grigory Malinovsky , Laurent Condat , Peter Richtárik

We consider the setting where the nodes of an undirected, connected network collaborate to solve a shared objective modeled as the sum of smooth functions. We assume that each summand is privately known by a unique node. NEAR-DGD is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-12 Charikleia Iakovidou , Ermin Wei

We tackle highly nonconvex, nonsmooth composite optimization problems whose objectives comprise a Moreau-Yosida regularized term. Classical nonconvex proximal splitting algorithms, such as nonconvex ADMM, suffer from lack of convergence for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-28 Emanuel Laude , Tao Wu , Daniel Cremers

Many contemporary signal processing, machine learning and wireless communication applications can be formulated as nonconvex nonsmooth optimization problems. Often there is a lack of efficient algorithms for these problems, especially when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-14 Qingjiang Shi , Mingyi Hong , Xiao Fu , Tsung-Hui Chang

We propose a novel methodology for solving a two-stage adjustable robust convex optimisation problem with a general (proximable) convex objective function and constraints defined by sum-of-squares (SOS) convex polynomials. These problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Neil D. Dizon , Bethany I. Caldwell , Vaithilingam Jeyakumar , Guoyin Li

We demonstrate that difficult non-convex non-smooth optimization problems, such as Nash equilibrium problems and anisotropic as well as isotropic Potts segmentation model, can be written in terms of generalized conjugates of convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-27 Christian Clason , Stanislav Mazurenko , Tuomo Valkonen

In the paper, we introduce several accelerate iterative algorithms for solving the multiple-set split common fixed-point problem of quasi-nonexpansive operators in real Hilbert space. Based on primal-dual method, we construct several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-08 Chenzheng Guo , Jing Zhao

This paper aims to develop a Newton-type method to solve a class of nonconvex composite programs. In particular, the nonsmooth part is possibly nonconvex. To tackle the nonconvexity, we develop a notion of strong prox-regularity which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-10 Jiang Hu , Kangkang Deng , Jiayuan Wu , Quanzheng Li

In this paper, we propose a variance-reduced primal-dual algorithm with Bregman distance for solving convex-concave saddle-point problems with finite-sum structure and nonbilinear coupling function. This type of problems typically arises in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani , Afrooz Jalilzadeh

In this paper, we propose a distributed first-order algorithm with backtracking linesearch for solving multi-agent minimisation problems, where each agent handles a local objective involving nonsmooth and smooth components. Unlike existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-14 Felipe Atenas , Minh N. Dao , Matthew K. Tam