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In this paper, we consider Frank-Wolfe-based algorithms for composite convex optimization problems with objective involving a logarithmically-homogeneous, self-concordant functions. Recent Frank-Wolfe-based methods for this class of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Nimita Shinde , Vishnu Narayanan , James Saunderson

We study Frank-Wolfe methods for nonconvex stochastic and finite-sum optimization problems. Frank-Wolfe methods (in the convex case) have gained tremendous recent interest in machine learning and optimization communities due to their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-01 Sashank J. Reddi , Suvrit Sra , Barnabas Poczos , Alex Smola

For the general problem of minimizing a convex function over a compact convex domain, we will investigate a simple iterative approximation algorithm based on the method by Frank & Wolfe 1956, that does not need projection steps in order to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-30 Martin Jaggi

In the present paper, we formulate two versions of Frank--Wolfe algorithm or conditional gradient method to solve the DC optimization problem with an adaptive step size. The DC objective function consists of two components; the first is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-02 R. Díaz Millán , O. P. Ferreira , J. Ugon

We study projection-free methods for constrained Riemannian optimization. In particular, we propose the Riemannian Frank-Wolfe (RFW) method. We analyze non-asymptotic convergence rates of RFW to an optimum for (geodesically) convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Melanie Weber , Suvrit Sra

Differentiable optimization has received a significant amount of attention due to its foundational role in the domain of machine learning based on neural networks. This paper proposes a differentiable layer, named Differentiable Frank-Wolfe…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Zixuan Liu , Liu Liu , Xueqian Wang , Peilin Zhao

Recently the away-step Frank-Wolfe algoritm for constrained multiobjective optimization has been shown linear convergence rate over a polytope which is generated by finite points set. In this paper we design a decomposition-invariant…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Zhuoxin Fan , Liping Tang

We address the problem of minimizing a convex smooth function $f(x)$ over a compact polyhedral set $D$ given a stochastic zeroth-order constraint feedback model. This problem arises in safety-critical machine learning applications, such as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Ilnura Usmanova , Andreas Krause , Maryam Kamgarpour

The Frank-Wolfe method and its extensions are well-suited for delivering solutions with desirable structural properties, such as sparsity or low-rank structure. We introduce a new variant of the Frank-Wolfe method that combines Frank-Wolfe…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-11 Paul Grigas , Alfonso Lobos , Nathan Vermeersch

We investigate variants of the Frank-Wolfe (FW) algorithm for smoothing and strongly convex optimization over polyhedral sets, with the goal of designing algorithms that achieve linear convergence while minimizing per-iteration complexity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-30 Haoning Wang , Houduo Qi , Liping Zhang

We consider the problem of minimizing a smooth and convex function over the $n$-dimensional spectrahedron -- the set of real symmetric $n\times n$ positive semidefinite matrices with unit trace, which underlies numerous applications in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Dan Garber

Mixed-integer nonlinear optimization encompasses a broad class of problems that present both theoretical and computational challenges. We propose a new type of method to solve these problems based on a branch-and-bound algorithm with convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-19 Deborah Hendrych , Hannah Troppens , Mathieu Besançon , Sebastian Pokutta

We propose a semi-stochastic Frank-Wolfe algorithm with away-steps for regularized empirical risk minimization and extend it to problems with block-coordinate structure. Our algorithms use adaptive step-size and we show that they converge…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Donald Goldfarb , Garud Iyengar , Chaoxu Zhou

Conditional Gradient algorithms (aka Frank-Wolfe algorithms) form a classical set of methods for constrained smooth convex minimization due to their simplicity, the absence of projection steps, and competitive numerical performance. While…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-20 Thomas Kerdreux , Alexandre d'Aspremont , Sebastian Pokutta

Decentralized optimization algorithms have received much attention due to the recent advances in network information processing. However, conventional decentralized algorithms based on projected gradient descent are incapable of handling…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-29 Hoi-To Wai , Jean Lafond , Anna Scaglione , Eric Moulines

This paper considers stochastic convex optimization problems with two sets of constraints: (a) deterministic constraints on the domain of the optimization variable, which are difficult to project onto; and (b) deterministic or stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-25 Zeeshan Akhtar , Ketan Rajawat

A broad class of convex optimization problems can be formulated as a semidefinite program (SDP), minimization of a convex function over the positive-semidefinite cone subject to some affine constraints. The majority of classical SDP solvers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-30 Francesco Locatello , Alp Yurtsever , Olivier Fercoq , Volkan Cevher

We propose an algorithm which appears to be the first bridge between the fields of conditional gradient methods and abs-smooth optimization. Our problem setting is motivated by various applications that lead to nonsmoothness, such as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-20 Timo Kreimeier , Sebastian Pokutta , Andrea Walther , Zev Woodstock

This paper presents a subgradient-based algorithm for constrained nonsmooth convex optimization that does not require projections onto the feasible set. While the well-established Frank-Wolfe algorithm and its variants already avoid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Kamiar Asgari , Michael J. Neely

Frank-Wolfe algorithms for convex minimization have recently gained considerable attention from the Optimization and Machine Learning communities, as their properties make them a suitable choice in a variety of applications. However, as…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-10-27 Emanuele Frandi , Ricardo Nanculef , Johan Suykens