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Recently the away-step Frank-Wolfe algoritm for constrained multiobjective optimization has been shown linear convergence rate over a polytope which is generated by finite points set. In this paper we design a decomposition-invariant…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Zhuoxin Fan , Liping Tang

We propose a simple variant of the generalized Frank-Wolfe method for solving strongly convex composite optimization problems, by introducing an additional averaging step on the dual variables. We show that in this variant, one can choose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-27 Renbo Zhao , Qiuyun Zhu

We introduce novel techniques to enhance Frank-Wolfe algorithms by leveraging function smoothness beyond traditional short steps. Our study focuses on Frank-Wolfe algorithms with step sizes that incorporate primal-dual guarantees, offering…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-03 David Martínez-Rubio , Sebastian Pokutta

We consider optimization problems in which the goal is find a $k$-dimensional subspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$, $k<<n$, which minimizes a convex and smooth loss. Such problems generalize the fundamental task of principal component analysis (PCA)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-27 Dan Garber , Ron Fisher

The Frank-Wolfe (FW) method is a popular approach for solving optimization problems with structured constraints that arise in machine learning applications. In recent years, stochastic versions of FW have gained popularity, motivated by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Aleksandr Beznosikov , David Dobre , Gauthier Gidel

We propose a novel Stochastic Frank-Wolfe (a.k.a. conditional gradient) algorithm for constrained smooth finite-sum minimization with a generalized linear prediction/structure. This class of problems includes empirical risk minimization…

The Frank Wolfe algorithm (FW) is a popular projection-free alternative for solving large-scale constrained optimization problems. However, the FW algorithm suffers from a sublinear convergence rate when minimizing a smooth convex function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-20 Robin Francis , Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri

The Frank-Wolfe (FW) method, which implements efficient linear oracles that minimize linear approximations of the objective function over a fixed compact convex set, has recently received much attention in the optimization and machine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-19 Liaoyuan Zeng , Yongle Zhang , Guoyin Li , Ting Kei Pong , Xiaozhou Wang

We study the linear convergence of variants of the Frank-Wolfe algorithms for some classes of strongly convex problems, using only affine-invariant quantities. As in Guelat & Marcotte (1986), we show the linear convergence of the standard…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-06 Simon Lacoste-Julien , Martin Jaggi

The Frank-Wolfe algorithm is a popular method in structurally constrained machine learning applications, due to its fast per-iteration complexity. However, one major limitation of the method is a slow rate of convergence that is difficult…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-14 Zhaoyue Chen , Yifan Sun

We study the Frank-Wolfe algorithm for minimizing a differentiable function with Lipschitz continuous gradient over a compact convex set. To extend classical complexity bounds to certain non-convex functions, we focus on the class of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-24 R. Diaz Millan , Orizon Pereira Ferreira , Julien Ugon

The Frank-Wolfe optimization algorithm has recently regained popularity for machine learning applications due to its projection-free property and its ability to handle structured constraints. However, in the stochastic learning setting, it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-09-15 Elad Hazan , Haipeng Luo

We study Frank-Wolfe algorithms - standard, pairwise, and away-steps - for efficient optimization of Dominant Set Clustering. We present a unified and computationally efficient framework to employ the different variants of Frank-Wolfe…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Carl Johnell , Morteza Haghir Chehreghani

Frank-Wolfe algorithms for convex minimization have recently gained considerable attention from the Optimization and Machine Learning communities, as their properties make them a suitable choice in a variety of applications. However, as…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-10-27 Emanuele Frandi , Ricardo Nanculef , Johan Suykens

We propose a new version of the Frank-Wolfe method, called the (L0, L1)-Frank-Wolfe algorithm, developed for optimization problems with (L0, L1)-smooth objectives. We establish that this algorithm achieves superior theoretical convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-21 A. A. Vyguzov , F. S. Stonyakin

Learning a deep neural network requires solving a challenging optimization problem: it is a high-dimensional, non-convex and non-smooth minimization problem with a large number of terms. The current practice in neural network optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Leonard Berrada , Andrew Zisserman , M. Pawan Kumar

Frank-Wolfe methods are projection-free algorithms for constrained optimization whose practical performance often depends critically on the choice of step size. Classical closed-loop step-size rules typically require prior knowledge of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Khanh-Hung Giang-Tran , Soroosh Shafiee , Nam Ho-Nguyen

We propose a variant of the Frank-Wolfe algorithm for solving a class of sparse/low-rank optimization problems. Our formulation includes Elastic Net, regularized SVMs and phase retrieval as special cases. The proposed Primal-Dual Block…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-07 Qi Lei , Jiacheng Zhuo , Constantine Caramanis , Inderjit S. Dhillon , Alexandros G. Dimakis

The Frank-Wolfe method solves smooth constrained convex optimization problems at a generic sublinear rate of $\mathcal{O}(1/T)$, and it (or its variants) enjoys accelerated convergence rates for two fundamental classes of constraints:…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Thomas Kerdreux , Alexandre d'Aspremont , Sebastian Pokutta

Frank-Wolfe algorithms (FW) are popular first-order methods for solving constrained convex optimization problems that rely on a linear minimization oracle instead of potentially expensive projection-like oracles. Many works have identified…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-18 Elias Wirth , Thomas Kerdreux , Sebastian Pokutta