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We propose two variants of the Primal Dual Hybrid Gradient (PDHG) algorithm for saddle point problems with block decomposable duals, hereafter called Multi-Timescale PDHG (MT-PDHG) and its accelerated variant (AMT-PDHG). Through novel…

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This paper studies the continuous-time dynamics of primal-dual algorithms for linearly constrained convex optimization problems and provides a quantitative convergence analysis using the Lyapunov functions. With the growing prevalence of…

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This paper considers the problem of designing accelerated gradient-based algorithms for optimization and saddle-point problems. The class of objective functions is defined by a generalized sector condition. This class of functions contains…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Dennis Gramlich , Christian Ebenbauer , Carsten W. Scherer

Motivated by large-scale applications, there is a recent trend of research on using first-order methods for solving LP. Among them, PDLP, which is based on a primal-dual hybrid gradient (PDHG) algorithm, may be the most promising one. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Tianhao Liu , Haihao Lu

Primal-dual algorithm (PDA) is a classic and popular scheme for convex-concave saddle point problems. It is universally acknowledged that the proximal terms in the subproblems about the primal and dual variables are crucial to the…

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In this work, we show that for linearly constrained optimization problems the primal-dual hybrid gradient algorithm, analyzed by Chambolle and Pock [3], can be written as an entirely primal algorithm. This allows us to prove convergence of…

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In this work we propose a new primal-dual algorithm with adaptive step-sizes. The stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient (SPDHG) algorithm with constant step-sizes has become widely applied in large-scale convex optimization across many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Antonin Chambolle , Claire Delplancke , Matthias J. Ehrhardt , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Junqi Tang

Convex quadratic programming (QP) is an essential class of optimization problems with broad applications across various fields. Traditional QP solvers, typically based on simplex or barrier methods, face significant scalability challenges.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Yicheng Huang , Wanyu Zhang , Hongpei Li , Dongdong Ge , Huikang Liu , Yinyu Ye

The restarted primal-dual hybrid gradient method (rPDHG) is a first-order method that has recently received significant attention for its computational effectiveness in solving linear program (LP) problems. Despite its impressive practical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Zikai Xiong

The Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient (PDHG) algorithm is a first-order method that can exploit GPUs to solve large-scale linear programming problems. The approach can often be faster than the alternatives, simplex and interior-point methods,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Edward Rothberg

We consider a wide range of regularized stochastic minimization problems with two regularization terms, one of which is composed with a linear function. This optimization model abstracts a number of important applications in artificial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-02-02 Tianyi Lin , Linbo Qiao , Teng Zhang , Jiashi Feng , Bofeng Zhang

Primal-dual hybrid gradient (PDHG) is a first-order method for saddle-point problems and convex programming introduced by Chambolle and Pock. Recently, Applegate et al.\ analyzed the behavior of PDHG when applied to an infeasible or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Tao Jiang , Walaa M. Moursi , Stephen A. Vavasis

In this paper, we propose a primal-dual algorithm with a novel momentum term using the partial gradients of the coupling function that can be viewed as a generalization of the method proposed by Chambolle and Pock in 2016 to solve saddle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-22 Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani , Necdet Serhat Aybat

Recent work on high-resolution ordinary differential equations (HR-ODEs) captures fine nuances among different momentum-based optimization methods, leading to accurate theoretical insights. However, these HR-ODEs often appear disconnected,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-20 Hoomaan Maskan , Konstantinos C. Zygalakis , Armin Eftekhari , Alp Yurtsever

In this paper, we introduce faster accelerated primal-dual algorithms for minimizing a convex function subject to strongly convex function constraints. Prior to our work, the best complexity bound was $\mathcal{O}(1/{\varepsilon})$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-28 Zhenwei Lin , Qi Deng

We study a block-structured class of convex-concave saddle-point problems in which both the primal and dual variables admit natural separable decompositions. Motivated by large-scale applications where a full update on either side can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Yiheng Xiao , Huikang Liu

We present a unified convergence analysis for first order convex optimization methods using the concept of strong Lyapunov conditions. Combining this with suitable time scaling factors, we are able to handle both convex and strong convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-03 Long Chen , Hao Luo

Primal-dual algorithms are frequently used for iteratively solving large-scale convex optimization problems. The analysis of such algorithms is usually done on a case-by-case basis, and the resulting guaranteed rates of convergence can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-21 Bryan Van Scoy , John W. Simpson-Porco , Laurent Lessard

In this paper, we propose a unified primal-dual algorithm framework based on the augmented Lagrangian function for composite convex problems with conic inequality constraints. The new framework is highly versatile. First, it not only covers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-31 Zhenyuan Zhu , Fan Chen , Junyu Zhang , Zaiwen Wen

Recent enhancements to the Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient (PDHG) algorithm have enabled GPUs to efficiently solve large linear programming problems, often faster than the long-dominant simplex and interior-point methods. The solutions found by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Edward Rothberg