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We propose a splitting algorithm for solving a system of composite monotone inclusions formulated in the form of the extended set of solutions in real Hilbert spaces. The resluting algorithm is a an extension of the algorithm in [4]. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-14 Dinh Dung , Bang Cong Vu

While globally optimal solutions to many convex programs can be computed efficiently in polynomial time, this is, in general, not possible for nonconvex optimization problems. Therefore, locally optimal approaches or other efficient…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Bho Matthiesen , Christoph Hellings , Eduard A. Jorswieck , Wolfgang Utschick

In this paper, we propose a general algorithmic framework for first-order methods in optimization in a broad sense, including minimization problems, saddle-point problems, and variational inequalities. This framework allows obtaining many…

We propose a new asynchronous parallel block-descent algorithmic framework for the minimization of the sum of a smooth nonconvex function and a nonsmooth convex one, subject to both convex and nonconvex constraints. The proposed framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-02 Loris Cannelli , Francisco Facchinei , Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Gesualdo Scutari

This paper studies policy optimization algorithms for multi-agent reinforcement learning. We begin by proposing an algorithm framework for two-player zero-sum Markov Games in the full-information setting, where each iteration consists of a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Runyu Zhang , Qinghua Liu , Huan Wang , Caiming Xiong , Na Li , Yu Bai

We propose new primal-dual decomposition algorithms for solving systems of inclusions involving sums of linearly composed maximally monotone operators. The principal innovation in these algorithms is that they are block-iterative in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-30 Patrick L. Combettes , Jonathan Eckstein

In this paper, we study the decentralized optimization problem of minimizing a finite sum of continuously differentiable and possibly nonconvex functions over a fixed-connected undirected network. We propose a unified decentralized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Hao Wu , Liping Wang

We study monotone variational inequalities that can arise as optimality conditions for constrained convex optimisation or convex-concave minimax problems and propose a novel algorithm that uses only one gradient/operator evaluation and one…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Michael Sedlmayer , Dang-Khoa Nguyen , Radu Ioan Bot

We establish linear convergence of relocated fixed-point iterations as introduced by Atenas et al. (2025) assuming the algorithmic operator satisfies a linear error bound. In particular, this framework applies to the setting where the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Felipe Atenas , Farhana Ahmed Simi , Matthew K Tam

In this paper, we introduce a novel semidefinite programming framework for designing custom frugal resolvent splitting algorithms which find a zero in the sum of n monotone operators. This framework features a number of design choices which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Robert L Bassett , Peter Barkley

Based on a preconditioned version of the randomized block-coordinate forward-backward algorithm recently proposed in [Combettes,Pesquet,2014], several variants of block-coordinate primal-dual algorithms are designed in order to solve a wide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-10-28 Jean-Christophe Pesquet , Audrey Repetti

One of the most important problems in the field of distributed optimization is the problem of minimizing a sum of local convex objective functions over a networked system. Most of the existing work in this area focus on developing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Fatemeh Mansoori , Ermin Wei

Object rearrangement is a widely-applicable and challenging task for robots. Geometric constraints must be carefully examined to avoid collisions and combinatorial issues arise as the number of objects increases. This work studies the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-21 Rui Wang , Kai Gao , Daniel Nakhimovich , Jingjin Yu , Kostas E. Bekris

We consider hierarchical variational inequality problems, or more generally, variational inequalities defined over the set of zeros of a monotone operator. This framework includes convex optimization over equilibrium constraints and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Daniel Cortild , Meggie Marschner , Mathias Staudigl

This paper presents a new framework for analyzing and designing no-regret algorithms for dynamic (possibly adversarial) systems. The proposed framework generalizes the popular online convex optimization framework and extends it to its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-08-30 Ian Gemp , Sridhar Mahadevan

In this work, we propose and analyse two splitting algorithms for finding a zero of the sum of three monotone operators, one of which is assumed to be Lipschitz continuous. Each iteration of these algorithms require one forward evaluation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-22 Janosch Rieger , Matthew K. Tam

This paper studies distributed algorithms for the extended monotropic optimization problem, which is a general convex optimization problem with a certain separable structure. The considered objective function is the sum of local convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-04 Xianlin Zeng , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong , Lihua Xie

A framework is presented for fitting inverse problem models via variational Bayes approximations. This methodology guarantees flexibility to statistical model specification for a broad range of applications, good accuracy and reduced model…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-09-05 Luca Maestrini , Robert G. Aykroyd , Matt P. Wand

Resolvents of set-valued operators play a central role in various branches of mathematics and in particular in the design and the analysis of splitting algorithms for solving monotone inclusions. We propose a generalization of this notion,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-24 Minh N. Bùi , Patrick L. Combettes

Finding a zero of a sum of maximally monotone operators is a fundamental problem in modern optimization and nonsmooth analysis. Assuming that the resolvents of the operators are available, this problem can be tackled with the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Heinz H. Bauschke , Shambhavi Singh , Xianfu Wang
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