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We consider a variable metric linesearch based proximal gradient method for the minimization of the sum of a smooth, possibly nonconvex function plus a convex, possibly nonsmooth term. We prove convergence of this iterative algorithm to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-11 Silvia Bonettini , Ignace Loris , Federica Porta , Marco Prato , Simone Rebegoldi

This paper is devoted to the non-asymptotic control of the mean-squared error for the Ruppert-Polyak stochastic averaged gradient descent introduced in the seminal contributions of [Rup88] and [PJ92]. In our main results, we establish…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-12 Sébastien Gadat , Fabien Panloup

The incremental gradient method is a prominent algorithm for minimizing a finite sum of smooth convex functions, used in many contexts including large-scale data processing applications and distributed optimization over networks. It is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-09 Mert Gürbüzbalaban , Asuman Ozdaglar , Pablo Parrilo

Second-order optimization methods are computationally expensive for large-scale problems. Recently, Doikov, Chayti, and Jaggi (ICML 2023) proposed the LazyCRN method that reduces computation by studying the gradient complexity of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Lesi Chen , Chengchang Liu , Luo Luo , Jingzhao Zhang

We study the convergence rate of a family of inertial algorithms, which can be obtained by discretization of an inertial system combining asymptotic vanishing viscous and Hessian-driven damping. We establish a fast sublinear convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-18 Zepeng Wang , Juan Peypouquet

We propose a MINRES-based Newton-type algorithm for solving unconstrained nonconvex optimization problems. Our approach uses the minimal residual method (MINRES), a well-known solver for indefinite symmetric linear systems, to compute…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Hanfeng Zeng , Yang Liu , Wenqing Ouyang , Andre Milzarek

Optimization algorithms can see their local convergence rates deteriorate when the Hessian at the optimum is singular. These singularities are inescapable when the optima are non-isolated. Yet, under the right circumstances, several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Quentin Rebjock , Nicolas Boumal

This paper addresses the generalized descent algorithm (DEAL) for minimizing smooth functions, which is analyzed under the Kurdyka-{\L}ojasiewicz (KL) inequality. In particular, the suggested algorithm guarantees a sufficient decrease by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-14 Masoud Ahookhosh , Susan Ghaderi , Alireza Kabgani , Morteza Rahimi

Quasi-Newton methods are widely used for solving convex optimization problems due to their ease of implementation, practical efficiency, and strong local convergence guarantees. However, their global convergence is typically established…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Artem Agafonov , Vladislav Ryspayev , Samuel Horváth , Alexander Gasnikov , Martin Takáč , Slavomir Hanzely

The stochastic gradient descent has been widely used for solving composite optimization problems in big data analyses. Many algorithms and convergence properties have been developed. The composite functions were convex primarily and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-03-03 Takayuki Kawashima , Hironori Fujisawa

A convergence analysis is developed for the regularized Newton method for training neural networks (NNs) in the overparameterized limit. As the number of hidden units tends to infinity, the NN training dynamics converge in probability to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Konstantin Riedl , Konstantinos Spiliopoulos , Justin Sirignano

We consider the minimization problem with the truncated quadratic regularization with gradient operator, which is a nonsmooth and nonconvex problem. We cooperated the classical preconditioned iterations for linear equations into the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-04 Shengxiang Deng , Hongpeng Sun

This paper develops a comprehensive convergence analysis for generic classes of descent algorithms in nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization under several conditions of the Polyak-\L ojasiewicz-Kurdyka (PLK) type. Along other results, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-13 G. C. Bento , B. S. Mordukhovich , T. S. Mota , Yu. Nesterov

We consider minimizing a function consisting of a quadratic term and a proximable term which is possibly nonconvex and nonsmooth. This problem is also known as scaled proximal operator. Despite its simple form, existing methods suffer from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-01 Yiming Zhou , Wei Dai

The proximal inertial gradient descent is efficient for the composite minimization and applicable for broad of machine learning problems. In this paper, we revisit the computational complexity of this algorithm and present other novel…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-19 Tao Sun , Linbo Qiao , Dongsheng Li

We consider the Adaptive Regularization with Cubics approach for solving nonconvex optimization problems and propose a new variant based on inexact Hessian information chosen dynamically. The theoretical analysis of the proposed procedure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-04 Stefania Bellavia , Gianmarco Gurioli , Benedetta Morini

A class of second-order algorithms is proposed for minimizing smooth nonconvex functions that alternates between regularized Newton and negative curvature steps in an iteration-dependent subspace. In most cases, the Hessian matrix is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-22 Serge Gratton , Sadok Jerad , Philippe L. Toint

This paper addresses the study of a new class of nonsmooth optimization problems, where the objective is represented as a difference of two generally nonconvex functions. We propose and develop a novel Newton-type algorithm to solving such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Francisco J. Aragón-Artacho , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Pedro Pérez-Aros

Chung's Lemma is a classical tool for establishing asymptotic convergence rates of (stochastic) optimization methods under strong convexity-type assumptions and appropriate polynomial diminishing step sizes. In this work, we develop a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Li Jiang , Xiao Li , Andre Milzarek , Junwen Qiu

We study the composite convex optimization problems with a Quasi-Self-Concordant smooth component. This problem class naturally interpolates between classic Self-Concordant functions and functions with Lipschitz continuous Hessian.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-29 Nikita Doikov