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The state transition algorithm (STA), as an intelligent optimization method grounded in constructivist learning, has been demonstrated to be highly effective in solving complex optimization problems. However, the standard STA suffers from…
This paper develops a new parameter-free restarted method, namely RPF-SFISTA, and a new parameter-free aggressive regularization method, namely A-REG, for solving strongly convex and convex composite optimization problems, respectively.…
The most popular first-order accelerated black-box methods for solving large-scale convex optimization problems are the Fast Gradient Method (FGM) and the Fast Iterative Shrinkage Thresholding Algorithm (FISTA). FGM requires that the…
The accelerated proximal point algorithm (APPA), also known as "Catalyst", is a well-established reduction from convex optimization to approximate proximal point computation (i.e., regularized minimization). This reduction is conceptually…
A bi-level optimization framework (BiOPT) was proposed in [3] for convex composite optimization, which is a generalization of bi-level unconstrained minimization framework (BLUM) given in [20]. In this continuation paper, we introduce a…
In this paper, we introduce a \textit{Bi-level OPTimization} (BiOPT) framework for minimizing the sum of two convex functions, where both can be nonsmooth. The BiOPT framework involves two levels of methodologies. At the upper level of…
We provide a framework for computing the exact worst-case performance of any algorithm belonging to a broad class of oracle-based first-order methods for composite convex optimization, including those performing explicit, projected,…
Compressed sensing has shown great potentials in accelerating magnetic resonance imaging. Fast image reconstruction and high image quality are two main issues faced by this new technology. It has been shown that, redundant image…
The fast iterative soft thresholding algorithm (FISTA) is used to solve convex regularized optimization problems in machine learning. Distributed implementations of the algorithm have become popular since they enable the analysis of large…
We present a very simple and fast algorithm for the numerical solution of viscoplastic flow problems without prior regularisation. Compared to the widespread alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM / ALG2), the new method features…
Large-scale problems in data science are often modeled with optimization, and the optimization model is usually solved with first-order methods that may converge at a sublinear rate. Therefore, it is of interest to terminate the…
This paper considers the problem of minimizing an expectation function over a closed convex set, coupled with a {\color{black} functional or expectation} constraint on either decision variables or problem parameters. We first present a new…
Convex-composite optimization, which minimizes an objective function represented by the sum of a differentiable function and a convex one, is widely used in machine learning and signal/image processing. Fast Iterative Shrinkage Thresholding…
This paper proposes a new backtracking strategy based on the FISTA accelerated algorithm for multiobjective optimization problems. The strategy focuses on solving the problem of Lipschitz constant being unknown. It allows estimate parameter…
In this paper, we propose a new zero order optimization method called minibatch stochastic three points (MiSTP) method to solve an unconstrained minimization problem in a setting where only an approximation of the objective function…
We propose a first order algorithm, a modified version of FISTA, to solve an optimization problem with an objective function that is a sum of a possibly nonconvex function, with Lipschitz continuous gradient, and a convex function which can…
Beck and Teboulle's FISTA method for finding a minimizer of the sum of two convex functions, one of which has a Lipschitz continuous gradient whereas the other may be nonsmooth, is arguably the most important optimization algorithm of the…
We consider a variable metric and inexact version of the FISTA-type algorithm considered in (Chambolle, Pock, 2016, Calatroni, Chambolle, 2019) for the minimization of the sum of two (possibly strongly) convex functions. The proposed…
We present SEBOOST, a technique for boosting the performance of existing stochastic optimization methods. SEBOOST applies a secondary optimization process in the subspace spanned by the last steps and descent directions. The method was…
In this paper, we study a first order solution method for a particular class of set optimization problems where the solution concept is given by the set approach. We consider the case in which the set-valued objective mapping is identified…