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We consider the minimization of non-convex functions that typically arise in machine learning. Specifically, we focus our attention on a variant of trust region methods known as cubic regularization. This approach is particularly attractive…

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In this work, we generalized and unified two recent completely different works of~\cite{shi2015large} and~\cite{cartis2012adaptive} respectively into one by proposing the cyclic incremental Newton-type gradient descent with cubic…

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High-order tensor methods for solving both convex and nonconvex optimization problems have generated significant research interest, leading to algorithms with optimal global rates of convergence and local rates that are faster than Newton's…

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This paper addresses the optimization problem of minimizing non-convex continuous functions, which is relevant in the context of high-dimensional machine learning applications characterized by over-parametrization. We analyze a randomized…

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We develop a new method for equality constrained optimization problems based on a sequential cubic programming framework. Each iteration utilizes a step decomposition based on the Jacobian of the constraints into a normal and a tangential…

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A sequential quadratic programming method is designed for solving general smooth nonlinear stochastic optimization problems subject to expectation equality constraints. We consider the setting where the objective and constraint function…

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Trust-region (TR) and adaptive regularization using cubics (ARC) have proven to have some very appealing theoretical properties for non-convex optimization by concurrently computing function value, gradient, and Hessian matrix to obtain the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Liu Liu , Xuanqing Liu , Cho-Jui Hsieh , Dacheng Tao

There has been growing interest in high-order tensor methods for nonconvex optimization, with adaptive regularization, as they possess better/optimal worst-case evaluation complexity globally and faster convergence asymptotically. These…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Coralia Cartis , Wenqi Zhu

Adaptive cubic regularization methods for solving nonconvex problems need the efficient computation of the trial step, involving the minimization of a cubic model. We propose a new approach in which this model is minimized in a low…

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This paper presents a methodology for using varying sample sizes in sequential quadratic programming (SQP) methods for solving equality constrained stochastic optimization problems. The first part of the paper deals with the delicate issue…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-23 Albert S. Berahas , Raghu Bollapragada , Baoyu Zhou

In this article, a globally convergent sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method is developed for multi-objective optimization problems with inequality type constraints. A feasible descent direction is obtained using a linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Md Abu Talhamainuddin Ansary , Geetanjali Panda

The randomized Kaczmarz ($\RK$) algorithm is a simple but powerful approach for solving consistent linear systems $Ax=b$. This paper proposes an accelerated randomized Kaczmarz ($\ARK$) algorithm with better convergence than the standard…

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This paper studies how to compute global minimizers of the cubic-quartic regularization (CQR) problem \[ \min_{s \in \mathbb{R}^n} \quad f_0+g^Ts+\frac{1}{2}s^THs+\frac{\beta}{6} \| s \|^3+\frac{\sigma}{4} \| s \|^4, \] where $f_0$ is a…

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We present a random-subspace variant of cubic regularization algorithm that chooses the size of the subspace adaptively, based on the rank of the projected second derivative matrix. Iteratively, our variant only requires access to…

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A sequential quadratic optimization algorithm is proposed for solving smooth nonlinear equality constrained optimization problems in which the objective function is defined by an expectation of a stochastic function. The algorithmic…

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Combined optimization problems that couple data-fidelity and regularization terms arise naturally in a wide range of inverse problems. In this paper, we study an adaptive randomized averaging block extended Bregman-Kaczmarz (aRABEBK) method…

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We propose a trust-region stochastic sequential quadratic programming algorithm (TR-StoSQP) to solve nonlinear optimization problems with stochastic objectives and deterministic equality constraints. We consider a fully stochastic setting,…

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We present high-probability (and expectation) complexity bounds for two versions of stochastic adaptive regularization methods with cubics (SARC), also known as regularized Newton methods. The first algorithm aims to find first-order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Katya Scheinberg , Miaolan Xie

This work introduces a new cubic regularization method for nonconvex unconstrained multiobjective optimization problems. At each iteration of the method, a model associated with the cubic regularization of each component of the objective…

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