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In this paper, we show that for a class of linearly constrained convex composite optimization problems, an (inexact) symmetric Gauss-Seidel based majorized multi-block proximal alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Liang Chen , Xudong Li , Defeng Sun , Kim-Chuan Toh

Many modern computer vision and machine learning applications rely on solving difficult optimization problems that involve non-differentiable objective functions and constraints. The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-11 Zheng Xu , Mario A. T. Figueiredo , Xiaoming Yuan , Christoph Studer , Tom Goldstein

We introduce a generalization of the linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers to optimize a real-valued function $f$ of multiple arguments with potentially multiple constraints $g_\circ$ on each of them. The function $f$ may…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-28 Fred Moolekamp , Peter Melchior

We consider the problem of minimizing a convex, separable, nonsmooth function subject to linear constraints. The numerical method we propose is a block-coordinate extension of the Chambolle-Pock primal-dual algorithm. We prove convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-26 D. Russell Luke , Yura Malitsky

Recently, there has been great interest in connections between continuous-time dynamical systems and optimization methods, notably in the context of accelerated methods for smooth and unconstrained problems. In this paper we extend this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-25 Guilherme França , Daniel P. Robinson , René Vidal

Nonconvex optimization is central in solving many machine learning problems, in which block-wise structure is commonly encountered. In this work, we propose cyclic block coordinate methods for nonconvex optimization problems with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-31 Xufeng Cai , Chaobing Song , Stephen J. Wright , Jelena Diakonikolas

Majorization-minimization algorithms consist of successively minimizing a sequence of upper bounds of the objective function so that along the iterations the objective function decreases. Such a simple principle allows to solve a large…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-04 Ion Necoara , Daniela Lupu

In this paper, we consider nonconvex decentralised optimisation and learning over a network of distributed agents. We develop an ADMM algorithm based on the Randomised Block Coordinate Douglas-Rachford splitting method which enables agents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Behnam Mafakheri , Jonathan H. Manton , Iman Shames

We introduce and analyze BPALM and A-BPALM, two multi-block proximal alternating linearized minimization algorithms using Bregman distances for solving structured nonconvex problems. The objective function is the sum of a multi-block…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Masoud Ahookhosh , Le Thi Khanh Hien , Nicolas Gillis , Panagiotis Patrinos

This work investigates the theoretical performance of the alternating-direction method of multipliers (ADMM) as it applies to nonconvex optimization problems, and in particular, problems with nonconvex constraint sets. The alternating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-16 Stuart M. Harwood

Distributed optimization, where the computations are performed in a localized and coordinated manner using multiple agents, is a promising approach for solving large-scale optimization problems, e.g., those arising in model predictive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-07 Wentao Tang , Prodromos Daoutidis

In this paper we propose a proximal algorithm for minimizing an objective function of two block variables consisting of three terms: 1) a smooth function, 2) a nonsmooth function which is a composition between a strictly increasing,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-15 Maryam Yashtini

This paper considers decentralized consensus optimization problems where nodes of a network have access to different summands of a global objective function. Nodes cooperate to minimize the global objective by exchanging information with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-21 Aryan Mokhtari , Wei Shi , Qing Ling , Alejandro Ribeiro

The stochastic gradient (SG) method can minimize an objective function composed of a large number of differentiable functions, or solve a stochastic optimization problem, to a moderate accuracy. The block coordinate descent/update (BCD)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-23 Yangyang Xu , Wotao Yin

In this paper, a stochastic alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is proposed for a class of nonsmooth composite and stochastic convex optimization problems in Hilbert space, motivated by optimization problems constrained by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Weihua Deng , Haiming Song , Hao Wang , Jinda Yang

Motivated by recent increased interest in optimization algorithms for non-convex optimization in application to training deep neural networks and other optimization problems in data analysis, we give an overview of recent theoretical…

This paper is devoted to developing the alternating minimization algorithm for problems of structured nonconvex optimization proposed by Attouch, Bolt\'e, Redont, and Soubeyran in 2010. Our main result provides significant improvements of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Glaydston C. Bento , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Tiago S. Mota , Antoine Soubeyran

Adam is a popular variant of stochastic gradient descent for finding a local minimizer of a function. In the constant stepsize regime, assuming that the objective function is differentiable and non-convex, we establish the convergence in…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-05-15 Anas Barakat , Pascal Bianchi

In this paper, we propose an inexact block coordinate descent algorithm for large-scale nonsmooth nonconvex optimization problems. At each iteration, a particular block variable is selected and updated by inexactly solving the original…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-12 Yang Yang , Marius Pesavento , Zhi-Quan Luo , Björn Ottersten

At each iteration of a Block Coordinate Descent method one minimizes an approximation of the objective function with respect to a generally small set of variables subject to constraints in which these variables are involved. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-28 E. G. Birgin , J. M. Martínez