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We develop an interior-point approach to solve constrained variational inequality (cVI) problems. Inspired by the efficacy of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) method in the single-objective context, we generalize ADMM…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-03-07 Tong Yang , Michael I. Jordan , Tatjana Chavdarova

In this paper, we study a class of generalized monotone variational inequality (GMVI) problems whose operators are not necessarily monotone (e.g., pseudo-monotone). We present non-Euclidean extragradient (N-EG) methods for computing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-13 Cong D. Dang , Guanghui Lan

In this work, we present new simple and optimal algorithms for solving the variational inequality (VI) problem for $p^{th}$-order smooth, monotone operators -- a problem that generalizes convex optimization and saddle-point problems. Recent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-01 Deeksha Adil , Brian Bullins , Arun Jambulapati , Sushant Sachdeva

In dynamic imaging, a key challenge is to reconstruct image sequences with high temporal resolution from strong undersampling projections due to a relatively slow data acquisition speed. In this paper, we propose a variational model using…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-01-22 Qiaoqiao Ding , Martin Burger , Xiaoqun Zhang

We propose a method of bi-coordinate variations for non-stationary and non-smooth optimization problems, which involve a single linear equality and box constraints. Here only approximation sequences are known instead of exact values of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-16 I. V. Konnov

The constrained minimization (respectively maximization) of directed distances and of related generalized entropies is a fundamental task in information theory as well as in the adjacent fields of statistics, machine learning, artificial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Michel Broniatowski , Wolfgang Stummer

This paper deals with quasi-variational inequality problems (QVIs) in a generic Banach space setting. We provide a theoretical framework for the analysis of such problems which is based on two key properties: the pseudomonotonicity (in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Christian Kanzow , Daniel Steck

This paper addresses the task of estimating a covariance matrix under a patternless sparsity assumption. In contrast to existing approaches based on thresholding or shrinkage penalties, we propose a likelihood-based method that regularizes…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-09-13 Jason Xu , Kenneth Lange

This paper presents a general convergence theory of penalty based numerical methods for elliptic constrained inequality problems, including variational inequalities, hemivariational inequalities, and variational-hemivariational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-18 Weimin Han , Mircea Sofonea

In this paper, we propose a novel sufficient decrease technique for stochastic variance reduced gradient descent methods such as SVRG and SAGA. In order to make sufficient decrease for stochastic optimization, we design a new sufficient…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-02-28 Fanhua Shang , Yuanyuan Liu , Kaiwen Zhou , James Cheng , Kelvin K. W. Ng , Yuichi Yoshida

We consider the problem of estimating the inverse covariance matrix by maximizing the likelihood function with a penalty added to encourage the sparsity of the resulting matrix. We propose a new approach based on the split Bregman method to…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-03-17 Gui-Bo Ye , Jian-Feng Cai , Xiaohui Xie

This paper presents a modified iterative approach to solve the variational inequality problem using the double inertial technique in the context of a real Hilbert space. Our iterative technique involves a projection onto a generalized…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Watanjeet Singh , Sumit Chandok

In this paper we propose a novel and practical variance reduction approach for additive functionals of dependent sequences. Our approach combines the use of control variates with the minimisation of an empirical variance estimate. We…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-08-18 D. Belomestny , L. Iosipoi , E. Moulines , A. Naumov , S. Samsonov

This paper studies a system of $m$ variational inequalities with interconnected obstacles in infinite horizon associated to optimal multi-modes switching problems. Our main result is the existence and uniqueness of a continuous solution in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-09 Brahim El Asri , Imade Fakhouri , Nacer Ourkiya

In this paper, we provide some sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions to non-monotone Variational Inequalities (VIs) based on inverse mapping theory and degree theory. We have obtained several applicable sufficient conditions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Sina Arefizadeh , Angelia Nedić

In this work, we introduce a unifying Bregman-based majorization-minimization (MM) framework for solving nonconvex nonsmooth optimization problems. The proposed approach leverages Bregman divergences, possibly varying across iterations, to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Maxence Adly , Alix Chazottes , Emilie Chouzenoux , Jean-Christophe Pesquet , Florent Sureau

In this paper, we explore a specific optimization problem that involves the combination of a differentiable nonconvex function and a nondifferentiable function. The differentiable component lacks a global Lipschitz continuous gradient,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Qingsong Wang , Zehui Liu , Chunfeng Cui , Deren Han

We propose a stochastic variance reduced optimization algorithm for solving sparse learning problems with cardinality constraints. Sufficient conditions are provided, under which the proposed algorithm enjoys strong linear convergence…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-12-27 Xingguo Li , Raman Arora , Han Liu , Jarvis Haupt , Tuo Zhao

Monotone inclusions have a wide range of applications, including minimization, saddle-point, and equilibria problems. We introduce new stochastic algorithms, with or without variance reduction, to estimate a root of the expectation of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Abdurakhmon Sadiev , Laurent Condat , Peter Richtárik

The stochastic composition optimization proposed recently by Wang et al. [2014] minimizes the objective with the compositional expectation form: $\min_x~(\mathbb{E}_iF_i \circ \mathbb{E}_j G_j)(x).$ It summarizes many important applications…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-23 Xiangru Lian , Mengdi Wang , Ji Liu