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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 consider the general problem of online convex optimization with time-varying additive constraints in the presence of predictions for the next cost and constraint functions. A novel primal-dual algorithm is designed by combining a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Daron Anderson , George Iosifidis , Douglas J. Leith

In this paper, we consider online convex optimization (OCO) with time-varying loss and constraint functions. Specifically, the decision maker chooses sequential decisions based only on past information, meantime the loss and constraint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Haoyang Liu , Xiantao Xiao , Liwei Zhang

An important challenge in the online convex optimization (OCO) setting is to incorporate generalized inequalities and time-varying constraints. The inclusion of constraints in OCO widens the applicability of such algorithms to dynamic and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-03 Jean-Luc Lupien , Iman Shames , Antoine Lesage-Landry

This paper develops projection-free algorithms for online convex optimization with stochastic constraints. We design an online primal-dual projection-free framework that can take any projection-free algorithms developed for online convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-17 Duksang Lee , Nam Ho-Nguyen , Dabeen Lee

We investigate decentralized online convex optimization (D-OCO), in which a set of local learners are required to minimize a sequence of global loss functions using only local computations and communications. Previous studies have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Yuanyu Wan , Tong Wei , Bo Xue , Mingli Song , Lijun Zhang

We study the task of $(\epsilon, \delta)$-differentially private online convex optimization (OCO). In the online setting, the release of each distinct decision or iterate carries with it the potential for privacy loss. This problem has a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Naman Agarwal , Satyen Kale , Karan Singh , Abhradeep Guha Thakurta

This paper investigates online algorithms for smooth time-varying optimization problems, focusing first on methods with constant step-size, momentum, and extrapolation-length. Assuming strong convexity, precise results for the tracking…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Liam Madden , Stephen Becker , Emiliano Dall'Anese

In this paper, we introduce a new projection-free algorithm for Online Convex Optimization (OCO) with a state-of-the-art regret guarantee among separation-based algorithms. Existing projection-free methods based on the classical Frank-Wolfe…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Zakaria Mhammedi

This paper studies the problem of controlling linear dynamical systems subject to point-wise-in-time constraints. We present an algorithm similar to online gradient descent, that can handle time-varying and a priori unknown convex cost…

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

This paper studies online convex optimization with unknown linear budget constraints, where only the gradient information of the objective and the bandit feedback of constraint functions are observed. We propose a safe and efficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Shanqi Liu , Xin Liu

We introduce and study a family of online metric problems with long-term constraints. In these problems, an online player makes decisions $\mathbf{x}_t$ in a metric space $(X,d)$ to simultaneously minimize their hitting cost…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-07-15 Adam Lechowicz , Nicolas Christianson , Bo Sun , Noman Bashir , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , Adam Wierman , Prashant Shenoy

This paper presents new projection-free algorithms for Online Convex Optimization (OCO) over a convex domain $\mathcal{K} \subset \mathbb{R}^d$. Classical OCO algorithms (such as Online Gradient Descent) typically need to perform Euclidean…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Khashayar Gatmiry , Zakaria Mhammedi

We consider the setting of online convex optimization (OCO) with \textit{exp-concave} losses. The best regret bound known for this setting is $O(n\log{}T)$, where $n$ is the dimension and $T$ is the number of prediction rounds (treating all…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Dan Garber , Ben Kretzu

We investigate the problem of online convex optimization with unknown delays, in which the feedback of a decision arrives with an arbitrary delay. Previous studies have presented a delayed variant of online gradient descent (OGD), and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Yuanyu Wan , Wei-Wei Tu , Lijun Zhang

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 study a variant of online convex optimization where the player is permitted to switch decisions at most $S$ times in expectation throughout $T$ rounds. Similar problems have been addressed in prior work for the discrete decision set…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Uri Sherman , Tomer Koren

In online convex optimization (OCO), a decision-maker is confronted with an unknown environment and seeks to play an optimal sequence of decisions on a short time-scale using only past information. Recent advances in second-order OCO…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Jean-Luc Lupien , Yuen-Man Pun , Youssef Diouane , Iman Shames , Antoine Lesage-Landry

Online optimization has emerged as powerful tool in large scale optimization. In this pa- per, we introduce efficient online optimization algorithms based on the alternating direction method (ADM), which can solve online convex optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-07-11 Huahua Wang , Arindam Banerjee

We study Constrained Online Convex Optimization (COCO), where a learner chooses actions iteratively, observes both unanticipated convex loss and convex constraint, and accumulates loss while incurring penalties for constraint violations. We…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Ricardo N. Ferreira , João Xavier , Cláudia Soares