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In this paper, we study dynamic regret in unconstrained online convex optimization (OCO) with movement costs. Specifically, we generalize the standard setting by allowing the movement cost coefficients $\lambda_t$ to vary arbitrarily over…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Emmanuel Esposito , Andrew Jacobsen , Hao Qiu , Mengxiao Zhang

In this paper, we broaden the horizon of online convex optimization (OCO), and consider multi-objective OCO, where there are $K$ distinct loss function sequences, and an algorithm has to choose its action at time $t$, before the $K$ loss…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Rahul Vaze , Sumiran Mishra

Online convex optimization (OCO) is a powerful tool for learning sequential data, making it ideal for high precision control applications where the disturbances are arbitrary and unknown in advance. However, the ability of OCO-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Joyce Lai , Peter Seiler

We consider online convex optimization (OCO) with multi-slot feedback delay, where an agent makes a sequence of online decisions to minimize the accumulation of time-varying convex loss functions, subject to short-term and long-term…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-17 Juncheng Wang , Ben Liang , Min Dong , Gary Boudreau , Hatem Abou-zeid

Distributed online convex optimization (D-OCO) is a powerful paradigm for modeling distributed scenarios with streaming data. However, the communication cost between local learners and the central server is substantial in large-scale…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Sifan Yang , Dan-Yue Li , Lijun Zhang

In this work, we explore online convex optimization (OCO) and introduce a new condition and analysis that provides fast rates by exploiting the curvature of feasible sets. In online linear optimization, it is known that if the average…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Taira Tsuchiya , Shinji Ito

This paper investigates distributed online convex optimization in the presence of an aggregative variable without any global/central coordinators over a multi-agent network, where each individual agent is only able to access partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Xiuxian Li , Xinlei Yi , Lihua Xie

We study monotone submodular maximization under general matroid constraints in the online setting. We prove that online optimization of a large class of submodular functions, namely, weighted threshold potential functions, reduces to online…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Tareq Si Salem , Gözde Özcan , Iasonas Nikolaou , Evimaria Terzi , Stratis Ioannidis

Online convex optimization (OCO) with time-varying constraints is a critical framework for sequential decision-making in dynamic networked systems, where learners must minimize cumulative loss while satisfying regions of feasibility that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Xiufeng Liu , Qian Chen , Zhijin Wang , Ruyu Liu

We propose a data-driven online convex optimization algorithm for controlling dynamical systems. In particular, the control scheme makes use of an initially measured input-output trajectory and behavioral systems theory which enable it to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Marko Nonhoff , Matthias A. Müller

In this paper, we investigate an online prediction strategy named as Discounted-Normal-Predictor (Kapralov and Panigrahy, 2010) for smoothed online convex optimization (SOCO), in which the learner needs to minimize not only the hitting cost…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Lijun Zhang , Wei Jiang , Jinfeng Yi , Tianbao Yang

We investigate online convex optimization in non-stationary environments and choose the dynamic regret as the performance measure, defined as the difference between cumulative loss incurred by the online algorithm and that of any feasible…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Peng Zhao , Yu-Jie Zhang , Lijun Zhang , Zhi-Hua Zhou

We consider the online convex optimization (OCO) problem with quadratic and linear switching cost in the limited information setting, where an online algorithm can choose its action using only gradient information about the previous…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Spandan Senapati , Rahul Vaze

We propose a novel gradient-based online optimization framework for solving stochastic programming problems that frequently arise in the context of cyber-physical and robotic systems. Our problem formulation accommodates constraints that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Hao Ma , Melanie Zeilinger , Michael Muehlebach

Bandit convex optimization (BCO) is a fundamental online learning framework with partial feedback, where the learner observes only the loss incurred at the chosen decision point in each round. In this work, we investigate whether optimistic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Shuche Wang , Adarsh Barik , Vincent Y. F. Tan

This paper considers unconstrained convex optimization problems with time-varying objective functions. We propose algorithms with a discrete time-sampling scheme to find and track the solution trajectory based on prediction and correction…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-18 Andrea Simonetto , Aryan Mokhtari , Alec Koppel , Geert Leus , Alejandro Ribeiro

We introduce a new online convex optimization algorithm that adaptively chooses its regularization function based on the loss functions observed so far. This is in contrast to previous algorithms that use a fixed regularization function…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2010-07-08 H. Brendan McMahan , Matthew Streeter

We study online optimization in a setting where an online learner seeks to optimize a per-round hitting cost, which may be non-convex, while incurring a movement cost when changing actions between rounds. We ask: \textit{under what general…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-27 Yiheng Lin , Gautam Goel , Adam Wierman

We present the first theoretical guarantees for zero constraint violation in Online Convex Optimization (OCO) across all rounds, addressing dynamic constraint changes. Unlike existing approaches in constrained OCO, which allow for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Bassel Hamoud , Ilnura Usmanova , Kfir Y. Levy

This paper proposes a new family of algorithms for the online optimisation of composite objectives. The algorithms can be interpreted as the combination of the exponentiated gradient and $p$-norm algorithm. Combined with algorithmic ideas…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Weijia Shao , Fikret Sivrikaya , Sahin Albayrak