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This Note is inspired by the recent paper by Djafary Rouhani and Moradi [J. Optim. Theory Appl. 172 (2017) 222-235], where a proximal point algorithm proposed by Boikanyo and Moro\c{s}anu [Optim. Lett. 7 (2013) 415-420] is discussed. We…
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The proximity operator of a convex function is a natural extension of the notion of a projection operator onto a convex set. This tool, which plays a central role in the analysis and the numerical solution of convex optimization problems,…
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Decentralized optimization is a powerful paradigm that finds applications in engineering and learning design. This work studies decentralized composite optimization problems with non-smooth regularization terms. Most existing gradient-based…
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