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The difference-of-convex (DC) program is an important model in nonconvex optimization due to its structure, which encompasses a wide range of practical applications. In this paper, we aim to tackle a generalized class of DC programs, where…
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For a class of sparse optimization problems with the penalty function of $\|(\cdot)_+\|_0$, we first characterize its local minimizers and then propose an extrapolated hard thresholding algorithm to solve such problems. We show that the…
This paper proposes and develops inexact proximal methods for finding stationary points of the sum of a smooth function and a nonsmooth weakly convex one, where an error is present in the calculation of the proximal mapping of the nonsmooth…
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We propose a new globalization strategy that can be used in unconstrained optimization algorithms to support rapid convergence from remote starting points. Our approach is based on using multiple points at each iteration to build a…
We investigate the convergence of a forward-backward-forward proximal-type algorithm with inertial and memory effects when minimizing the sum of a nonsmooth function with a smooth one in the absence of convexity. The convergence is obtained…
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This paper presents a regularization technique incorporating a non-convex and non-smooth term, $\ell_{1}^{2}-\eta\ell_{2}^{2}$, with parameters $0<\eta\leq 1$ designed to address ill-posed linear problems that yield sparse solutions. We…
Successive quadratic approximations, or second-order proximal methods, are useful for minimizing functions that are a sum of a smooth part and a convex, possibly nonsmooth part that promotes regularization. Most analyses of iteration…
We incorporate an iteratively reweighted strategy in the manifold proximal point algorithm (ManPPA) in [12] to solve an enhanced sparsity inducing model for identifying sparse yet nonzero vectors in a given subspace. We establish the global…
Our work considers the optimization of the sum of a non-smooth convex function and a finite family of composite convex functions, each one of which is composed of a convex function and a bounded linear operator. This type of problem is…
This paper proposes a fast decentralized algorithm for solving a consensus optimization problem defined in a directed networked multi-agent system, where the local objective functions have the smooth+nonsmooth composite form, and are…
We consider the problem of minimizing a sum of several convex non-smooth functions. We introduce a new algorithm called the selective linearization method, which iteratively linearizes all but one of the functions and employs simple…
We develop a regularization operator based on smoothing on a locally defined length scale. This operator is defined on $L_1$ and has approximation properties that are given by the local regularity of the function it is applied to and the…
We consider stochastic gradient methods under the interpolation regime where a perfect fit can be obtained (minimum loss at each observation). While previous work highlighted the implicit regularization of such algorithms, we consider an…
This paper concerns a class of DC composite optimization problems which, as an extension of convex composite optimization problems and DC programs with nonsmooth components, often arises in robust factorization models of low-rank matrix…
We present an iterative support shrinking algorithm for $\ell_{p}$-$\ell_{q}$ minimization~($0 <p < 1 \leq q < \infty $). This algorithm guarantees the nonexpensiveness of the signal support set and can be easily implemented after being…
In this paper, we consider nonconvex optimization problems with nonlinear equality constraints. We assume that the objective function and the functional constraints are locally smooth. To solve this problem, we introduce a linearized…