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Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-30 Wenqi Zhu , Coralia Cartis

We study the local convergence of classical quasi-Newton methods for nonlinear optimization. Although it was well established a long time ago that asymptotically these methods converge superlinearly, the corresponding rates of convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Anton Rodomanov , Yurii Nesterov

In this paper, we propose the first Quasi-Newton method with a global convergence rate of $O(k^{-1})$ for general convex functions. Quasi-Newton methods, such as BFGS, SR-1, are well-known for their impressive practical performance.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Dmitry Kamzolov , Klea Ziu , Artem Agafonov , Martin Takáč

The convolution method for the numerical solution of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs), introduced in [21], uses a uniform space grid. In this paper we utilize a tree-like spatial discretization that approximates…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-05-23 Polynice Oyono Ngou , Cody Hyndman

In this paper we propose new approaches to estimating large dimensional monotone index models. This class of models has been popular in the applied and theoretical econometrics literatures as it includes discrete choice, nonparametric…

Econometrics · Economics 2023-02-22 Shakeeb Khan , Xiaoying Lan , Elie Tamer , Qingsong Yao

A descent algorithm, "Quasi-Quadratic Minimization with Memory" (QQMM), is proposed for unconstrained minimization of the sum, $F$, of a non-negative convex function, $V$, and a quadratic form. Such problems come up in regularized…

Computation · Statistics 2008-11-19 Steven P. Ellis

In this paper, we consider the unconstrained multiobjective optimization problem. In recent years, researchers pointed out that the steepest decent method may generate small stepsize which leads to slow convergence rates. To address the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-12 Yingxue Yang

This paper extends the SQP-approach of the well-known bundle-Newton method for nonsmooth unconstrained minimization to the nonlinearly constrained case. Instead of using a penalty function or a filter or an improvement function to deal with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-29 Hannes Fendl , Hermann Schichl

Optimization problems with composite functions consist of an objective function which is the sum of a smooth and a (convex) nonsmooth term. This particular structure is exploited by the class of proximal gradient methods and some of their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-17 Christian Kanzow , Theresa Lechner

In this paper, we introduce several new quasi-Newton methods for the composite multiobjective optimization problems (in short, CMOP) with Armijo line search. These multiobjective versions of quasi-Newton methods include BFGS quasi-Newnon…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Jian-Wen Peng , Jen-Chih Yao

Finding the stationary states of a free energy functional is an important problem in phase field crystal (PFC) models. Many efforts have been devoted for designing numerical schemes with energy dissipation and mass conservation properties.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-11 Kai Jiang , Wei Si , Chen Chang , Chenglong Bao

Bayesian inference, while foundational to probabilistic reasoning, is often hampered by the computational intractability of posterior distributions, particularly through the challenging evidence integral. Conventional approaches like Markov…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Di Zhang

Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms allow artificial agents to improve their action selections so as to increase rewarding experiences in their environments. Deep Reinforcement Learning algorithms require solving a nonconvex and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-18 Jacob Rafati , Roummel F. Marcia

We study quasi-Newton methods from the viewpoint of information geometry induced associated with Bregman divergences. Fletcher has studied a variational problem which derives the approximate Hessian update formula of the quasi-Newton…

Computation · Statistics 2010-10-15 Takafumi Kanamori , Atsumi Ohara

This paper concerns exact linesearch quasi-Newton methods for minimizing a quadratic function whose Hessian is positive definite. We show that by interpreting the method of conjugate gradients as a particular exact linesearch quasi-Newton…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-23 Anders Forsgren , Tove Odland

This paper is devoted to the investigation of inertial dynamical systems with implicit Hessian-driven damping for strongly quasiconvex optimization which is a specific class of nonconvex optimization problems. We first establish exponential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Zeying Gao , Xiangkai Sun , Liang He

Designing efficient quasi-Newton methods is an important problem in nonlinear optimization and the solution of systems of nonlinear equations. From the perspective of the matrix approximation process, this paper presents a unified framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Zhenyuan Ji

The Nonlinear Forward-Backward (NFB) algorithm, also known as warped resolvent iterations, is a splitting method for finding zeros of sums of monotone operators. In particular cases, NFB reduces to well-known algorithms such as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Juan José Maulén , Fernando Roldán , Cristian Vega

It has been shown numerically that the performance of the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm can be improved by including a second order correction known as the geodesic acceleration. In this paper we give the method a more sound theoretical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-07-23 Mark K. Transtrum , James P. Sethna

This paper proposes and analyzes an accelerated inexact dampened augmented Lagrangian (AIDAL) method for solving linearly-constrained nonconvex composite optimization problems. Each iteration of the AIDAL method consists of: (i) inexactly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Weiwei Kong , Renato D. C. Monteiro