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We present an Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) algorithm for solving optimization problems with an l_1 regularized least-squares cost function subject to recursive equality constraints. The considered optimization problem…
The Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) has gained significant attention across a broad spectrum of machine learning applications. Incorporating the over-relaxation technique shows potential for enhancing the convergence rate…
The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is an effective method for solving wide fields of convex problems. At each iteration, the classical ADMM solves two subproblems exactly. However, in many applications, it is expensive…