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The paper presents primal-dual proximal splitting methods for convex optimization, in which generalized Bregman distances are used to define the primal and dual proximal update steps. The methods extend the primal and dual Condat-Vu…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-20 Xin Jiang , Lieven Vandenberghe

In this paper, we derive a Fast Reflected Forward-Backward (Fast RFB) algorithm to solve the problem of finding a zero of the sum of a maximally monotone operator and a monotone and Lipschitz continuous operator in a real Hilbert space. Our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Radu Ioan Bot , Dang-Khoa Nguyen , Chunxiang Zong

A family of random matrices is said to converge strongly to a limiting family of operators if the operator norm of every noncommutative polynomial of the matrices converges to that of the limiting operators. Recent developments surrounding…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-15 Ramon van Handel

We provide a comprehensive study of the convergence of the forward-backward algorithm under suitable geometric conditions, such as conditioning or {\L}ojasiewicz properties. These geometrical notions are usually local by nature, and may…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Guillaume Garrigos , Lorenzo Rosasco , Silvia Villa

Based on the needs of convergence proofs of preconditioned proximal point methods, we introduce notions of partial strong submonotonicity and partial (metric) subregularity of set-valued maps. We study relationships between these two…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-02 Tuomo Valkonen

In this work, we present composite Bernstein polynomials as a direct collocation method for approximating optimal control problems. An analysis of the convergence properties of composite Bernstein polynomials is provided, and beneficial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-26 Gage MacLin , Venanzio Cichella , Andrew Patterson , Michael Acheson , Irene Gregory

Calibration weighting is a fundamental technique in survey sampling and data integration for incorporating auxiliary information and improving efficiency of estimators. Classical calibration methods are typically formulated through distance…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-03-24 Jae Kwang Kim , Yonghyun Kwon , Yumou Qiu

In this paper, we propose the approximate Bregman proximal gradient algorithm (ABPG) for solving composite nonconvex optimization problems. ABPG employs a new distance that approximates the Bregman distance, making the subproblem of ABPG…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-25 Shota Takahashi , Akiko Takeda

We study optimization over Riemannian embedded submanifolds, where the objective function is relatively smooth in the ambient Euclidean space. Such problems have broad applications but are still largely unexplored. We introduce two…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-08 Chang He , Jiaxiang Li , Bo Jiang , Shiqian Ma , Shuzhong Zhang

The design of fixed point algorithms is at the heart of monotone operator theory, convex analysis, and of many modern optimization problems arising in machine learning and control. This tutorial reviews recent advances in understanding the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-19 Francesco Bullo , Pedro Cisneros-Velarde , Alexander Davydov , Saber Jafarpour

This paper focuses on the problem of minimizing a locally Lipschitz continuous function. Motivated by the effectiveness of Bregman gradient methods in training nonsmooth deep neural networks and the recent progress in stochastic subgradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Kuangyu Ding , Kim-Chuan Toh

We introduce Bella, a locally superlinearly convergent Bregman forward backward splitting method for minimizing the sum of two nonconvex functions, one of which satisfying a relative smoothness condition and the other one possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-17 Masoud Ahookhosh , Andreas Themelis , Panagiotis Patrinos

In recent years, by using Bregman distance, the Lipschitz gradient continuity and strong convexity were lifted and replaced by relative smoothness and relative strong convexity. Under the mild assumptions, it was proved that gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Jian Chen , Liping Tang , Xinmin Yang

This manuscript develops the theory of agglomerative clustering with Bregman divergences. Geometric smoothing techniques are developed to deal with degenerate clusters. To allow for cluster models based on exponential families with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Matus Telgarsky , Sanjoy Dasgupta

Proximal operators are now ubiquitous in non-smooth optimization. Since their introduction in the seminal work of Moreau, many papers have shown their effectiveness on a wide variety of problems, culminating in their use to construct…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Guillaume Lauga , Samuel Vaiter

The paper investigates two inertial extragradient algorithms for seeking a common solution to a variational inequality problem involving a monotone and Lipschitz continuous mapping and a fixed point problem with a demicontractive mapping in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Bing Tan , Liya Liu , Xiaolong Qin

The beacon model is a recent paradigm for guiding the trajectory of messages or small robotic agents in complex environments. A beacon is a fixed point with an attraction pull that can move points within a given polygon. Points move…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2018-03-19 Irina Kostitsyna , Bahram Kouhestani , Stefan Langerman , David Rappaport

Monotonicity formulae play a crucial role for many geometric PDEs, especially for their regularity theories. For minimal submanifolds in a Euclidean ball, the classical monotonicity formula implies that if such a submanifold passes through…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-02 Jonathan J. Zhu

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

We propose a new monotonically convergent algorithm which can enforce spectral constraints on the control field (and extends to arbitrary filters). The procedure differs from standard algorithms in that at each iteration the control field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Lapert , R. Tehini , G. Turinici , D. Sugny