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A new primal-dual algorithm is presented for solving a class of non-convex minimization problems. This algorithm is based on canonical duality theory such that the original non-convex minimization problem is first reformulated as a…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2013-01-01 Changzhi Wu , Chaojie Li , David Yang Gao

We introduce a new sequential subspace optimization method for large-scale saddle-point problems. It solves iteratively a sequence of auxiliary saddle-point problems in low-dimensional subspaces, spanned by directions derived from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-24 Yoni Choukroun , Michael Zibulevsky , Pavel Kisilev

We investigate the integration of Nesterov-type acceleration into primal-dual methods for structured convex optimization. While proximal splitting algorithms efficiently handle composite problems of the form $\min_x f(x)+g(x)+h(Kx)$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Laurent Condat , Abdurakhmon Sadiev , Peter Richtárik

We consider (stochastic) subgradient methods for strongly convex but potentially nonsmooth non-Lipschitz optimization. We provide new equivalent dual descriptions (in the style of dual averaging) for the classic subgradient method, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Benjamin Grimmer , Danlin Li

We address the optimization problem in a data-driven variational reconstruction framework, where the regularizer is parameterized by an input-convex neural network (ICNN). While gradient-based methods are commonly used to solve such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Matthias J. Ehrhardt , Subhadip Mukherjee , Hok Shing Wong

In this work, we consider an optimal control problem subject to a nonlinear PDE constraint and apply it to the regularized $p$-Laplace equation. To this end, a reduced unconstrained optimization problem in terms of the control variable is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-29 Bernhard Endtmayer , Ulrich Langer , Ira Neitzel , Winnifried Wollner , Thomas Wick

This technical note studies a class of distributed nonsmooth convex consensus optimization problem. The cost function is a summation of local cost functions which are convex but nonsmooth. Each of the local cost functions consists of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Yue Wei , Hao Fang , Xianlin Zeng , Jie Chen , Panos M. Pardalos

We derive novel algorithms for optimization problems constrained by partial differential equations describing multiscale particle dynamics, including non-local integral terms representing interactions between particles. In particular, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Mildred Aduamoah , Benjamin D. Goddard , John W. Pearson , Jonna C. Roden

We study a continuous-time primal-dual algorithm for distributed optimization with nonconvex local cost functions over weight-unbalanced digraphs, and analyze its performance from a dissipativity-based perspective. We first reformulate the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Weijian Li , Panos J. Antsaklis , Hai Lin

In this paper, we consider a proximal linearized alternating direction method of multipliers (PL-ADMM) for solving linearly constrained nonconvex and possibly nonsmooth optimization problems. The algorithm is generalized by using variable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-06 Maryam Yashtini

We propose an inexact proximal augmented Lagrangian framework with explicit inner problem termination rule for composite convex optimization problems. We consider arbitrary linearly convergent inner solver including in particular stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-23 Fei Li , Zheng Qu

We propose an extended primal-dual algorithm framework for solving a general nonconvex optimization model. This work is motivated by image reconstruction problems in a class of nonlinear imaging, where the forward operator can be formulated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-28 Yu Gao , Xiaochuan Pan , Chong Chen

We investigate a primal-dual (PD) method for the saddle point problem (SPP) that uses a linear approximation of the primal function instead of the standard proximal step, resulting in a linearized PD (LPD) method. For convex-strongly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-19 Mohammad Khalafi , Digvijay Boob

The nonlinear conjugate gradient methods are known to be an effective approach for standard unconstrained optimization problems especially for large-scale problems. This paper proposes a proximal nonlinear conjugate gradient method, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-14 Shodai Hamana , Yasushi Narushima

Selecting the fastest algorithm for a specific signal/image processing task is a challenging question. We propose an approach based on the Performance Estimation Problem framework that numerically and automatically computes the worst-case…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Nizar Bousselmi , Nelly Pustelnik , Julien M. Hendrickx , François Glineur

In this paper we provide an algorithm for solving constrained composite primal-dual monotone inclusions, i.e., monotone inclusions in which a priori information on primal-dual solutions is represented via closed convex sets. The proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-31 Luis Briceño-Arias , Sergio López Rivera

The paper studies a distributed constrained optimization problem, where multiple agents connected in a network collectively minimize the sum of individual objective functions subject to a global constraint being an intersection of the local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-08 Jinlong Lei , Han-Fu Chen , Hai-Tao Fang

In this paper, we analyze the recently proposed stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient (SPDHG) algorithm and provide new theoretical results. In particular, we prove almost sure convergence of the iterates to a solution with convexity and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-23 Ahmet Alacaoglu , Olivier Fercoq , Volkan Cevher

This paper proposes a projection-free primal-dual dynamics for the nonsmooth composite optimization problems with equality and inequality constraints. To deal with optimization constraints, this paper departs from the use of gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Wei Ni , Yangfan Qiu , Yanyan Xiao

In this paper, we first introduce a preconditioned primal-dual gradient algorithm based on conjugate duality theory. This algorithm is designed to solve composite optimization problem whose objective function consists of two summands: a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Jiahong Guo , Xiao Wang , Xiantao Xiao