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The proximal point algorithm is a widely used tool for solving a variety of convex optimization problems such as finding zeros of maximally monotone operators, fixed points of nonexpansive mappings, as well as minimizing convex functions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-19 Laurentiu Leustean , Adriana Nicolae , Andrei Sipos

We show that the set of fixed points of the average of two resolvents can be found from the set of fixed points for compositions of two resolvents associated with scaled monotone operators. Recently, the proximal average has attracted…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2010-03-26 Xianfu Wang , Heinz H. Bauschke

We give in this paper a convergence result concerning parallel asynchronous algorithm with bounded delays to solve a nonlinear fixed point problems. This result is applied to calculate the solution of a strongly monotone operator. Special…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Abdenasser Benahmed

A class of algorithms comprised by certain semismooth Newton and active-set methods is able to solve convex minimization problems involving sparsity-inducing regularizers very rapidly; the speed advantage of methods from this class is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-08 Miguel Simões

We develop new adaptive algorithms for variational inequalities with monotone operators, which capture many problems of interest, notably convex optimization and convex-concave saddle point problems. Our algorithms automatically adapt to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-30 Alina Ene , Huy L. Nguyen

We study distributed composite optimization over networks: agents minimize a sum of smooth (strongly) convex functions, the agents' sum-utility, plus a nonsmooth (extended-valued) convex one. We propose a general unified algorithmic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Jinming Xu , Ye Tian , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari

We study distributed composite optimization over networks: agents minimize the sum of a smooth (strongly) convex function, the agents' sum-utility, plus a non-smooth (extended-valued) convex one. We propose a general algorithmic framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-23 Jinming Xu , Ying Sun , Ye Tian , Gesualdo Scutari

Averaged operators have played an important role in fixed point theory in Hilbert spaces. They emerged as a necessity to obtain solutions to fixed point problems where the underlying operator is not contractive and thus renders Banach fixed…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Arian Berdellima

Motivated by nonconvex, inconsistent feasibility problems in imaging, the relaxed alternating averaged reflections algorithm, or relaxed Douglas-Rachford algorithm (DR$\lambda$), was first proposed over a decade ago. Convergence results for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-26 D. Russell Luke , Anna-Lena Martins

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

Averaged operators are important in Convex Analysis and Optimization Algorithms. In this paper, we propose classifications of averaged operators, firmly nonexpansive operators, and proximal operators using the Bauschke-Bendit-Moursi modulus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Shuang Song , Xianfu Wang

In this paper, we study the generalized Douglas-Rachford algorithm and its cyclic variants which include many projection-type methods such as the classical Douglas-Rachford algorithm and the alternating projection algorithm. Specifically,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Minh N. Dao , Hung M. Phan

We consider the problem of discretizing evolution operators of linear delay equations with the aim of approximating their spectra, which is useful in investigating the stability properties of (nonlinear) equations via the principle of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Alessia andò , Giusy Bosco , Dimitri Breda , Davide Liessi

We introduce the resolvent composition, a monotonicity-preserving operation between a linear operator and a set-valued operator, as well as the proximal composition, a convexity-preserving operation between a linear operator and a function.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-25 Patrick L. Combettes

The convergence of a new general variable metric algorithm based on compositions of averaged operators is established. Applications to monotone operator splitting are presented.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Lilian E. Glaudin

Monotone operators, especially in the form of subdifferential operators, are of basic importance in optimization. It is well known since Minty, Rockafellar, and Bertsekas-Eckstein that in Hilbert space, monotone operators can be understood…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2008-10-22 Heinz H. Bauschke , Xianfu Wang , Liangjin Yao

In this paper, we propose a new general and stable fixed-point approach to compute the resolvents of the composition of a set-valued maximal monotone operator with a linear bounded mapping. Weak, strong and linear convergence of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Samir Adly , Ba Khiet Le

In this paper, we study the nonexpansive properties of metric resolvent, and present a convergence rate analysis for the associated fixed-point iterations (Banach-Picard and Krasnosel'skii-Mann types). Equipped with a variable metric, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-14 Feng Xue

We focus on the linear convergence of generalized proximal point algorithms for solving monotone inclusion problems. Under the assumption that the associated monotone operator is metrically subregular or that the inverse of the monotone…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-29 Hui Ouyang

Many optimization algorithms$\unicode{x2013}$including gradient descent, proximal methods, and operator splitting techniques$\unicode{x2013}$can be formulated as fixed-point iterations (FPI) of continuous operators. When these operators are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Kira van Treek , Javier F. Peña , Juan C. Vera , Luis F. Zuluaga