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We propose accelerated versions of the operator Sinkhorn iteration for operator scaling using successive overrelaxation. We analyze the local convergence rates of these accelerated methods via linearization, which allows us to determine the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Tasuku Soma , André Uschmajew

This article describes a set of methods for quickly computing the solution to the regularized optimal transport problem. It generalizes and improves upon the widely-used iterative Bregman projections algorithm (or Sinkhorn--Knopp…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Alexis Thibault , Lénaïc Chizat , Charles Dossal , Nicolas Papadakis

The Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) has gained significant attention across a broad spectrum of machine learning applications. Incorporating the over-relaxation technique shows potential for enhancing the convergence rate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-02 Jintao Song , Wenqi Lu , Yunwen Lei , Yuchao Tang , Zhenkuan Pan , Jinming Duan

The local convergence of alternating optimization methods with overrelaxation for low-rank matrix and tensor problems is established. The analysis is based on the linearization of the method which takes the form of an SOR iteration for a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-29 Ivan V. Oseledets , Maxim V. Rakhuba , André Uschmajew

We study Sinkhorn's algorithm for solving the entropically regularized optimal transport problem. Its iterate $\pi_{t}$ is shown to satisfy $H(\pi_{t}|\pi_{*})+H(\pi_{*}|\pi_{t})=O(t^{-1})$ where $H$ denotes relative entropy and $\pi_{*}$…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Promit Ghosal , Marcel Nutz

We show that a solution of the optimal assignment problem can be obtained as the limit of the solution of an entropy maximization problem, as a deformation parameter tends to infinity. This allows us to apply entropy maximization algorithms…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-11-05 Meisam Sharify , Stéphane Gaubert , Laura Grigori

We consider accelerated versions of the operator Sinkhorn iteration (OSI) for solving scaling problems for completely positive maps. Based on the interpretation of OSI as alternating fixed point iteration, it has been recently proposed to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-16 Henrik Eisenmann , Tasuku Soma , Xun Tang , André Uschmajew

We propose a scalable approximate algorithm for the NP-hard maximum-weight independent set problem. The core component of our algorithm is a dual coordinate descent applied to a smoothed LP relaxation of the problem. This technique is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-27 Stefan Haller , Bogdan Savchynskyy

We address the sensor network localization problem given noisy range measurements between pairs of nodes. We approach the non-convex maximum-likelihood formulation via a known simple convex relaxation. We exploit its favorable optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-30 Cláudia Soares , João Xavier , João Gomes

This paper presents consideration of the Semi-Relaxed Sinkhorn (SR-Sinkhorn) algorithm for the semi-relaxed optimal transport (SROT) problem, which relaxes one marginal constraint of the standard OT problem. For evaluation of how the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-30 Takumi Fukunaga , Hiroyuki Kasai

We study the finite convergence of iterative methods for solving convex feasibility problems. Our key assumptions are that the interior of the solution set is nonempty and that certain overrelaxation parameters converge to zero, but with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Victor I. Kolobov , Simeon Reich , Rafał Zalas

Matrix scaling problems with sparse cost matrices arise frequently in various domains, such as optimal transport, image processing, and machine learning. The Sinkhorn-Knopp algorithm is a popular iterative method for solving these problems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-26 Jose Rafael Espinosa Mena

Sinkhorn algorithm is the de-facto standard approximation algorithm for optimal transport, which has been applied to a variety of applications, including image processing and natural language processing. In theory, the proof of its…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Kazuki Watanabe , Noboru Isobe

The Successive Over-Relaxation (SOR) method is a useful method for solving the sparse system of linear equations which arises from finite-difference discretization of the Poisson equation. Knowing the optimal value of the relaxation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-20 Hossein Mahmoodi Darian

The Sinkhorn algorithm is the most popular method for solving the entropy minimization problem called the Schr\"odinger problem: in the non-degenerate cases, the latter admits a unique solution towards which the algorithm converges…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-27 Aymeric Baradat , Elias Ventre

In this paper, a multi-parameterized proximal point algorithm combining with a relaxation step is developed for solving convex minimization problem subject to linear constraints. We show its global convergence and sublinear convergence rate…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Jianchao Bai , Ke Guo , Xiaokai Chang

Sinkhorn's algorithm is a method of choice to solve large-scale optimal transport (OT) problems. In this context, it involves an inverse temperature parameter $\beta$ that determines the speed-accuracy trade-off. To improve this trade-off,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-22 Lénaïc Chizat

We consider a parametric family of quadratically constrained quadratic programs (QCQP) and their associated semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxations. Given a nominal value of the parameter at which the SDP relaxation is exact, we study…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-03 Diego Cifuentes , Sameer Agarwal , Pablo A. Parrilo , Rekha R. Thomas

In this paper, we propose an accelerated version for the Sinkhorn algorithm, which is the reference method for computing the solution to Entropic Optimal Transport. Its main draw-back is the exponential slow-down of convergence as the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Reda Chhaibi , Serge Gratton , Samuel Vaiter

Relying on the co-area formula, an exact relaxation framework for minimizing objectives involving the total variation of a binary valued function (of bounded variation) is presented. The underlying problem class covers many important…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-30 Martin Burger , Yiqiu Dong , Michael Hintermüller
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