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This paper introduces a novel approach to solving multi-block nonconvex composite optimization problems through a proximal linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). This method incorporates an Increasing Penalization…
Inspired by the Optimistic Gradient Ascent-Proximal Point Algorithm (OGAProx) proposed by Bo{\c{t}}, Csetnek, and Sedlmayer for solving a saddle-point problem associated with a convex-concave function with a nonsmooth coupling function and…
Min-max problems have broad applications in machine learning, including learning with non-decomposable loss and learning with robustness to data distribution. Convex-concave min-max problem is an active topic of research with efficient…
In this paper, we consider a nonsmooth convex finite-sum problem with a conic constraint. To overcome the challenge of projecting onto the constraint set and computing the full (sub)gradient, we introduce a primal-dual incremental gradient…
We provide an overview of primal-dual algorithms for nonsmooth and non-convex-concave saddle-point problems. This flows around a new analysis of such methods, using Bregman divergences to formulate simplified conditions for convergence.
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…
In recent years, nonconvex minimax problems have attracted significant attention due to their broad applications in machine learning, including generative adversarial networks, robust optimization and adversarial training. Most existing…
Minimax optimization has been central in addressing various applications in machine learning, game theory, and control theory. Prior literature has thus far mainly focused on studying such problems in the continuous domain, e.g.,…
In this paper, we investigate the continuous time partial primal-dual gradient dynamics (P-PDGD) for solving convex optimization problems with the form $ \min\limits_{x\in X,y\in\Omega}\ f({x})+h(y),\ \textit{s.t.}\ A{x}+By=C $, where $…
In this paper, we address the problem of interpolation of smooth convex-concave functions. Interpolation is a key step for computer-assisted estimation of worst-case performance via PEP-like techniques, and smooth convex-concave functions…
State-of-the-art deep neural networks are sensitive to small input perturbations. Since the discovery of this intriguing vulnerability, many defence methods have been proposed that attempt to improve robustness to adversarial noise. Fast…
In this paper, we propose an adaptive proximal inexact gradient (APIG) framework for solving a class of nonsmooth composite optimization problems involving function and gradient errors. Unlike existing inexact proximal gradient methods, the…
Stochastic gradient methods (SGMs) have been widely used for solving stochastic optimization problems. A majority of existing works assume no constraints or easy-to-project constraints. In this paper, we consider convex stochastic…
Convergence to a saddle point for convex-concave functions has been studied for decades, while recent years has seen a surge of interest in non-convex (zero-sum) smooth games, motivated by their recent wide applications. It remains an…
We present a numerical iterative optimization algorithm for the minimization of a cost function consisting of a linear combination of three convex terms, one of which is differentiable, a second one is prox-simple and the third one is the…
We develop a novel unified randomized block-coordinate primal-dual algorithm to solve a class of nonsmooth constrained convex optimization problems, which covers different existing variants and model settings from the literature. We prove…
Primal-dual hybrid gradient method (PDHG, a.k.a. Chambolle and Pock method) is a well-studied algorithm for minimax optimization problems with a bilinear interaction term. Recently, PDHG is used as the base algorithm for a new LP solver…
Lagrangian relaxation and approximate optimization algorithms have received much attention in the last two decades. Typically, the running time of these methods to obtain a $\epsilon$ approximate solution is proportional to…
In this paper, we propose a double iteratively reweighted algorithm to solve nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization problems, where both the objectives and constraint functions are formulated by concave compositions to promote group-sparse…
In this short note, we consider the problem of solving a min-max zero-sum game. This problem has been extensively studied in the convex-concave regime where the global solution can be computed efficiently. Recently, there have also been…