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We study the computation of the $\alpha$-R\'enyi capacity of a classical-quantum (c-q) channel for $\alpha\in(0,1)$. We propose an exponentiated-gradient (mirror descent) iteration that generalizes the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm. Our analysis…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Yu-Hong Lai , Hao-Chung Cheng

In our previous work, we presented a Blahut-Arimoto type algorithm for computing the discrete memoryless (DM) classical-quantum channel capacity. And the speed of convergence is analyzed. In this paper, we present numerical experiment to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Haobo Li , Ning Cai

We generalize the generalized Arimoto-Blahut algorithm to a general function defined over Bregman-divergence system. In existing methods, when linear constraints are imposed, each iteration needs to solve a convex minimization. Exploiting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Masahito Hayashi

We formulate em algorithm in the framework of Bregman divergence, which is a general problem setting of information geometry. That is, we address the minimization problem of the Bregman divergence between an exponential subfamily and a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Masahito Hayashi

Based on Arimoto's work in 1978, we propose an iterative algorithm for computing the capacity of a discrete memoryless classical-quantum channel with a finite input alphabet and a finite dimensional output, which we call the Blahut-Arimoto…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-26 Haobo Li , Ning Cai

The quantum rate-distortion function plays a fundamental role in quantum information theory, however there is currently no practical algorithm which can efficiently compute this function to high accuracy for moderate channel dimensions. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-10 Kerry He , James Saunderson , Hamza Fawzi

The capacity of noisy quantum channels characterizes the highest rate at which information can be reliably transmitted and it is therefore of practical as well as fundamental importance. Capacities of classical channels are computed using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-02 Navneeth Ramakrishnan , Raban Iten , Volkher B. Scholz , Mario Berta

The paper first recalls the Blahut Arimoto algorithm for computing the capacity of arbitrary discrete memoryless channels, as an example of an iterative algorithm working with probability density estimates. Then, a geometrical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-01-13 Ziad Naja , Florence Alberge , P. Duhamel

In this paper, we present an efficient algorithm for solving a linear optimization problem with entropic constraints, a class of problems that arises in game theory and information theory. Our analysis distinguishes between the cases of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Luis M. Briceño-Arias , Maël Le Treust

By the seminal paper of Claude Shannon \cite{Shannon48}, the computation of the capacity of a discrete memoryless channel has been considered as one of the most important and fundamental problems in Information Theory. Nearly 50 years ago,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Michail Fasoulakis , Konstantinos Varsos , Apostolos Traganitis

The Blahut-Arimoto (BA) algorithm has played a fundamental role in the numerical computation of rate-distortion (RD) functions. This algorithm possesses a desirable monotonic convergence property by alternatively minimizing its Lagrangian…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Lingyi Chen , Shitong Wu , Wenhao Ye , Huihui Wu , Wenyi Zhang , Hao Wu , Bo Bai

Recent advances in Rate-Distortion-Perception (RDP) theory highlight the importance of balancing compression level, reconstruction quality, and perceptual fidelity. While previous work has explored numerical approaches to approximate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Chunhui Chen , Linyi Chen , Xueyan Niu , Hao Wu

This paper recalls the proximal point method. We study two iterative algorithms: the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm for computing the capacity of arbitrary discrete memoryless channels, as an example of an iterative algorithm working with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-01-13 Ziad Naja , Florence Alberge , P. Duhamel

In this paper, we provide a simple convergence analysis of proximal gradient algorithm with Bregman distance, which provides a tighter bound than existing result. In particular, for the problem of minimizing a class of convex objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-19 Yi Zhou , Yingbin Liang , Lixin Shen

In this paper, we propose a Bregman frame for several classical alternating minimization algorithms. In the frame, these algorithms have uniform mathematical formulation. We also present convergence analysis for the frame algorithm. Under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-27 Tao Sun , Lizhi Cheng

We propose the first algorithms with non-asymptotic convergence guarantees for computing the Petz-Augustin capacity, which generalizes the channel capacity and characterizes the optimal error exponent in classical-quantum channel coding.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Chun-Neng Chu , Wei-Fu Tseng , Yen-Huan Li

To solve distributed optimization efficiently with various constraints and nonsmooth functions, we propose a distributed mirror descent algorithm with embedded Bregman damping, as a generalization of conventional distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-30 Guanpu Chen , Weijian Li , Gehui Xu , Yiguang Hong

This paper presents an algorithm tailored for the efficient recovery of sparse probability measures incorporating $\ell_0$-sparse regularization within the probability simplex constraint. Employing the Bregman proximal gradient method, our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Jianting Pan , Ming Yan

The Arimoto--Blahut algorithm for computing the capacity of a discrete memoryless channel is revisited. A so-called ``squeezing'' strategy is used to design algorithms that preserve its simplicity and monotonic convergence properties, but…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-06-16 Yaming Yu

We study randomized variants of two classical algorithms: coordinate descent for systems of linear equations and iterated projections for systems of linear inequalities. Expanding on a recent randomized iterated projection algorithm of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-06-19 D. Leventhal , A. S. Lewis
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