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Nesterov's accelerated gradient (AG) is a popular technique to optimize objective functions comprising two components: a convex loss and a penalty function. While AG methods perform well for convex penalties, such as the LASSO, convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Kai Yang , Masoud Asgharian , Sahir Bhatnagar

In this paper, we study a bilinear saddle point problem of the form $\min_{x}\max_{y} F(x) + \langle Ax, y \rangle - G(y)$, where $F$ and $G$ are $\mu_F$- and $\mu_G$-strongly convex functions, respectively. By incorporating Nesterov…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-11 Xin He , Ya-Ping Fang

We propose a Riemannian version of Nesterov's Accelerated Gradient algorithm (RAGD), and show that for geodesically smooth and strongly convex problems, within a neighborhood of the minimizer whose radius depends on the condition number as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-08 Hongyi Zhang , Suvrit Sra

We revisit the general framework introduced by Fazylab et al. (SIAM J. Optim. 28, 2018) to construct Lyapunov functions for optimization algorithms in discrete and continuous time. For smooth, strongly convex objective functions, we relax…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-21 Paul Dobson , Jesus Maria Sanz-Serna , Konstantinos Zygalakis

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 derive efficient algorithms to compute weakly Pareto optimal solutions for smooth, convex and unconstrained multiobjective optimization problems in general Hilbert spaces. To this end, we define a novel inertial gradient-like dynamical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Konstantin Sonntag , Sebastian Peitz

We propose a framework to use Nesterov's accelerated method for constrained convex optimization problems. Our approach consists of first reformulating the original problem as an unconstrained optimization problem using a continuously…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Priyank Srivastava , Jorge Cortes

We study the convergence of accelerated stochastic gradient descent for strongly convex objectives under the growth condition, which states that the variance of stochastic gradient is bounded by a multiplicative part that grows with the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-01 You-Lin Chen , Sen Na , Mladen Kolar

We propose AdaNAG, an adaptive accelerated gradient method based on Nesterov's accelerated gradient method. AdaNAG is line-search-free, parameter-free, and achieves the accelerated convergence rates $f(x_k) - f_\star =…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Jaewook J. Suh , Shiqian Ma

We consider unconstrained minimization of smooth convex functions. We propose a novel variational perspective using forced Euler-Lagrange equation that allows for studying high-resolution ODEs. Through this, we obtain a faster convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-06 Hoomaan Maskan , Konstantinos C. Zygalakis , Alp Yurtsever

We develop an adaptive Nesterov accelerated proximal gradient (adaNAPG) algorithm for stochastic composite optimization problems, boosting the Nesterov accelerated proximal gradient (NAPG) algorithm through the integration of an adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Dongxuan Zhu , Weihuan Huang , Caihua Chen

We prove new convergence rates for a generalized version of stochastic Nesterov acceleration under interpolation conditions. Unlike previous analyses, our approach accelerates any stochastic gradient method which makes sufficient progress…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Aaron Mishkin , Mert Pilanci , Mark Schmidt

Empirically, it has been observed that adding momentum to Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) accelerates the convergence of the algorithm. However, the literature has been rather pessimistic, even in the case of convex functions, about the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Julien Hermant , Marien Renaud , Jean-François Aujol , Charles Dossal , Aude Rondepierre

Although Nesterov's accelerated gradient (NAG) methods have been studied from various perspectives, it remains unclear why the most popular forms of NAG must handle convex and strongly convex objective functions separately. Motivated by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-10 Jungbin Kim , Insoon Yang

We analyze the convergence rate of a family of inertial algorithms, which can be obtained by discretization of an inertial system with Hessian-driven damping. We recover a convergence rate, up to a factor of 2 speedup upon Nesterov's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-25 Zepeng Wang , Juan Peypouquet

For a generic discrete-time algorithm (DTA): $z^+=g(z,s)$, where $s$ is the step size, Lu (Math. Program., 194(1):1061--1112, 2022) proposed an $O(s^r)$-resolution ordinary differential equation (ODE) framework based on the backward error…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Lixia Wang , Hao Luo

We present a unifying framework for adapting the update direction in gradient-based iterative optimization methods. As natural special cases we re-derive classical momentum and Nesterov's accelerated gradient method, lending a new intuitive…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-07-12 Aleksandar Botev , Guy Lever , David Barber

This paper presents new sufficient conditions for convergence and asymptotic or exponential stability of a stochastic discrete-time system, under which the constructed Lyapunov function always decreases in expectation along the system's…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Yuzhen Qin , Ming Cao , Brian D. O. Anderson

The optimized gradient method (OGM) provides a factor-$\sqrt{2}$ speedup upon Nesterov's celebrated accelerated gradient method in the convex (but non-strongly convex) setup. However, this improved acceleration mechanism has not been well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-25 Chanwoo Park , Jisun Park , Ernest K. Ryu

In this paper, we develop a unified framework able to certify both exponential and subexponential convergence rates for a wide range of iterative first-order optimization algorithms. To this end, we construct a family of parameter-dependent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-26 Mahyar Fazlyab , Alejandro Ribeiro , Manfred Morari , Victor M. Preciado