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We consider the problem of minimizing the sum of two convex functions: one is differentiable and relatively smooth with respect to a reference convex function, and the other can be nondifferentiable but simple to optimize. We investigate a…

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In this paper, we consider a broad class of nonsmooth and nonconvex fractional programs, where the numerator can be written as the sum of a continuously differentiable convex function whose gradient is Lipschitz continuous and a proper…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Radu Ioan Boţ , Minh N. Dao , Guoyin Li

In this paper, we study the proximal gradient algorithm with extrapolation for minimizing the sum of a Lipschitz differentiable function and a proper closed convex function. Under the error bound condition used in [19] for analyzing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-02 Bo Wen , Xiaojun Chen , Ting Kei Pong

In this work, we develop a level-set subdifferential error bound condition aiming towards convergence rate analysis of a variable Bregman proximal gradient (VBPG) method for a broad class of nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization problems. It…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Daoli Zhu , Sien Deng , Minghua Li , Lei Zhao

This paper introduces adaptive Bregman proximal gradient algorithms for solving convex composite minimization problems without relying on global relative smoothness or strong convexity assumptions. Building upon recent advances in adaptive…

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In this paper, we compute the stationary states of the multicomponent phase-field crystal model by formulating it as a block constrained minimization problem. The original infinite-dimensional non-convex minimization problem is approximated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-16 Chenglong Bao , Chang Chen , Kai Jiang

In this paper, we study an algorithm for solving a class of nonconvex and nonsmooth nonseparable optimization problems. Based on proximal alternating linearized minimization (PALM), we propose a new iterative algorithm which combines…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-14 Chenzheng Guo , Jing Zhao

We develop a new variational approach on level sets aiming towards convergence rate analysis of a variable Bregman proximal gradient (VBPG) method for a broad class of nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization problems. With this new approach,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-05 Daoli Zhu , Sien Deng

Extrapolation is a well-known technique for solving convex optimization and variational inequalities and recently attracts some attention for non-convex optimization. Several recent works have empirically shown its success in some machine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-06 Yi Xu , Zhuoning Yuan , Sen Yang , Rong Jin , Tianbao Yang

We propose a randomized nonmonotone block proximal gradient (RNBPG) method for minimizing the sum of a smooth (possibly nonconvex) function and a block-separable (possibly nonconvex nonsmooth) function. At each iteration, this method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Zhaosong Lu , Lin Xiao

A typical assumption for the analysis of first order optimization methods is the Lipschitz continuity of the gradient of the objective function. However, for many practical applications this assumption is violated, including loss functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Mahesh Chandra Mukkamala , Felix Westerkamp , Emanuel Laude , Daniel Cremers , Peter Ochs

In this paper, we provide a simple convergence analysis of proximal gradient algorithm with Bregman distance, which provides a tighter bound than existing result. In particular, for the problem of minimizing a class of convex objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-19 Yi Zhou , Yingbin Liang , Lixin Shen

Recently, minimax optimization received renewed focus due to modern applications in machine learning, robust optimization, and reinforcement learning. The scale of these applications naturally leads to the use of first-order methods.…

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In this paper, we propose a novel extrapolation coefficient scheme within a new extrapolation term and develop an accelerated proximal gradient algorithm. We establish that the algorithm achieves a sublinear convergence rate. The proposed…

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Many problems in machine learning write as the minimization of a sum of individual loss functions over the training examples. These functions are usually differentiable but, in some cases, their gradients are not Lipschitz continuous, which…

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This paper addresses the problems of minimizing the sum of a quadratic function and a proximal-friendly nonconvex nonsmooth function. While the existing Proximal Dogleg Opportunistic Majorization (PDOM) algorithm for these problems offers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Feifei Zhao , Qingsong Wang , Mingcai Ding , Zheng Peng

The problem of minimization of the sum of two convex functions has various theoretical and real-world applications. One of the popular methods for solving this problem is the proximal gradient method (proximal forward-backward algorithm). A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Daniel Reem , Simeon Reich , Alvaro De Pierro

This paper proposes {\sf AEPG-SPIDER}, an Adaptive Extrapolated Proximal Gradient (AEPG) method with variance reduction for minimizing composite nonconvex finite-sum functions. It integrates three acceleration techniques: adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Ganzhao Yuan

The (global) Lipschitz smoothness condition is crucial in establishing the convergence theory for most optimization methods. Unfortunately, most machine learning and signal processing problems are not Lipschitz smooth. This motivates us to…

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