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In order to solve the minimization of a nonsmooth convex function, we design an inertial second-order dynamic algorithm, which is obtained by approximating the nonsmooth function by a class of smooth functions. By studying the asymptotic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Xin Qu , Wei Bian

Second-order Newton-type algorithms that leverage the exact Hessian or its approximation are central to solve nonlinear optimization problems. However, their applications in solving large-scale nonconvex problems are hindered by three…

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This paper addresses stochastic optimization of Lipschitz-continuous, nonsmooth and nonconvex objectives over compact convex sets, where only noisy function evaluations are available. While gradient-free methods have been developed for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Anik Kumar Paul , Shalabh Bhatnagar

In this paper we deal with a general second order continuous dynamical system associated to a convex minimization problem with a Fr\`echet differentiable objective function. We show that inertial algorithms, such as Nesterov's algorithm,…

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In this paper, we study stochastic non-convex optimization with non-convex random functions. Recent studies on non-convex optimization revolve around establishing second-order convergence, i.e., converging to a nearly second-order optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-02 Mingrui Liu , Tianbao Yang

We consider minimization of a smooth nonconvex function with inexact oracle access to gradient and Hessian (without assuming access to the function value) to achieve approximate second-order optimality. A novel feature of our method is that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Shuyao Li , Stephen J. Wright

We consider minimizing a function consisting of a quadratic term and a proximable term which is possibly nonconvex and nonsmooth. This problem is also known as scaled proximal operator. Despite its simple form, existing methods suffer from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-01 Yiming Zhou , Wei Dai

In a Hilbert setting, for convex differentiable optimization, we consider accelerated gradient dynamics combining Tikhonov regularization with Hessian-driven damping. The Tikhonov regularization parameter is assumed to tend to zero as time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-01 Hedy Attouch , Aicha Balhag , Zaki Chbani , Hassan Riahi

In a Hilbert setting, we develop a gradient-based dynamic approach for fast solving convex optimization problems. By applying time scaling, averaging, and perturbation techniques to the continuous steepest descent (SD), we obtain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-05 Hedy Attouch , Radu Ioan Bot , Dang-Khoa Nguyen

We propose a family of optimization methods that achieve linear convergence using first-order gradient information and constant step sizes on a class of convex functions much larger than the smooth and strongly convex ones. This larger…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-14 Chris J. Maddison , Daniel Paulin , Yee Whye Teh , Brendan O'Donoghue , Arnaud Doucet

In this paper we study a second order dynamical system with variable coefficients in connection to the minimization problem of a smooth nonconvex function. The convergence of the trajectories generated by the dynamical system to a critical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Szilárd Csaba László

Second-order dynamical systems are important tools for solving optimization problems, and most of existing works in this field have focused on unconstrained optimization problems. In this paper, we propose an inertial primal-dual dynamical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-23 Xin He , Rong Hu , Ya-Ping Fang

This paper deals with a new Tikhonov regularized primal-dual dynamical system with variable mass and Hessian-driven damping for solving a convex optimization problem with linear equality constraints. The system features several…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Xiangkai Sun , Feng Guo , Liang He , Xiaole Guo

In this work, we approach the minimization of a continuously differentiable convex function under linear equality constraints by a second-order dynamical system with asymptotically vanishing damping term. The system is formulated in terms…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-24 Radu Ioan Bot , Dang-Khoa Nguyen

In this work, we approach the minimization of a continuously differentiable convex function under linear equality constraints by a second-order dynamical system with an asymptotically vanishing damping term. The system under consideration…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-15 David Alexander Hulett , Dang-Khoa Nguyen

This paper introduces a novel Homogeneous Second-order Descent Ascent (HSDA) algorithm for nonconvex-strongly concave minimax optimization problems. At each iteration, HSDA uniquely computes a search direction by solving a homogenized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Jia-Hao Chen , Zi Xu , Hui-Ling Zhang

We study differentiable strongly quasiconvex functions for providing new properties for algorithmic and monotonicity purposes. Furthemore, we provide insights into the decreasing behaviour of strongly quasiconvex functions, applying this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-07 Felipe Lara , Raúl T. Marcavillaca , Phan T. Vuong

In this manuscript we would like to address the classical optimization problem of minimizing a proper, convex and lower semicontinuous function via the second order in time dynamics, combining viscous and Hessian-driven damping with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-20 Mikhail Karapetyants

Inspired by the recent paper (L. Ying, Mirror descent algorithms for minimizing interacting free energy, Journal of Scientific Computing, 84 (2020), pp. 1-14),we explore the relationship between the mirror descent and the variable metric…

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