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In this paper, we study local convergence of high-order Tensor Methods for solving convex optimization problems with composite objective. We justify local superlinear convergence under the assumption of uniform convexity of the smooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-21 Nikita Doikov , Yurii Nesterov

Optimization on Riemannian manifolds widely arises in eigenvalue computation, density functional theory, Bose-Einstein condensates, low rank nearest correlation, image registration, and signal processing, etc. We propose an adaptive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Jiang Hu , Andre Milzarek , Zaiwen Wen , Yaxiang Yuan

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

Optimization problems with norm-bounding constraints arise in a variety of applications, including portfolio optimization, machine learning, and feature selection. A common approach to these problems involves relaxing the norm constraint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Danial Davarnia , Mohammadreza Kiaghadi

A regularization algorithm allowing random noise in derivatives and inexact function values is proposed for computing approximate local critical points of any order for smooth unconstrained optimization problems. For an objective function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-07 S. Bellavia , G. Gurioli , B. Morini , Ph. L. Toint

An algorithm for solving smooth nonconvex optimization problems is proposed that, in the worst-case, takes $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon^{-3/2})$ iterations to drive the norm of the gradient of the objective function below a prescribed positive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-16 Frank E. Curtis , Daniel P. Robinson , Mohammadreza Samadi

There is a recent surge of interest in nonconvex reformulations via low-rank factorization for stochastic convex semidefinite optimization problem in the purpose of efficiency and scalability. Compared with the original convex formulations,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Jinshan Zeng , Ke Ma , Yuan Yao

Trace norm regularization is a widely used approach for learning low rank matrices. A standard optimization strategy is based on formulating the problem as one of low rank matrix factorization which, however, leads to a non-convex problem.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-08-01 Carlo Ciliberto , Dimitris Stamos , Massimiliano Pontil

We present global convergence rates for a line-search method which is based on random first-order models and directions whose quality is ensured only with certain probability. We show that in terms of the order of the accuracy, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-06 Coralia Cartis , Katya Scheinberg

We study global optimization of non-convex functions through optimal control theory. Our main result establishes that (quasi-)optimal trajectories of a discounted control problem converge globally and practically asymptotically to the set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Yuyang Huang , Dante Kalise , Hicham Kouhkouh

When computing bounds, spatial branch-and-bound algorithms often linearly outer approximate convex relaxations for non-convex expressions in order to capitalize on the efficiency and robustness of linear programming solvers. Considering…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-22 William R. Strahl , Arvind U. Raghunathan , Nikolaos V. Sahinidis , Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

Optimal transport on a graph focuses on finding the most efficient way to transfer resources from one distribution to another while considering the graph's structure. This paper introduces a new distributed algorithm that solves the optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Yacine Mokhtari , Emmanuel Moulay , Patrick Coirault , Jérôme Le Ny

In this paper, we use Proximal Cubic regularized Newton Methods (PCNM) to optimize the sum of a smooth convex function and a non-smooth convex function, where we use inexact gradient and Hessian, and an inexact subsolver for the cubic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Chaobing Song , Ji Liu , Yong Jiang

This work presents a novel version of recently developed Gauss-Newton method for solving systems of nonlinear equations, based on upper bound of solution residual and quadratic regularization ideas. We obtained for such method global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-04 Nikita Yudin , Alexander Gasnikov

A novel inner approximation algorithm is proposed for dynamic optimization problems to ensure strict satisfaction of path constraints. Distinct from traditional methods relying on interval analysis, the proposed algorithm leverages the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Yuan Chang , Lizhong Jiang , Tai-Fang Li , Jun Fu

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-02 Stefania Bellavia , Davide Palitta , Margherita Porcelli , Valeria Simoncini

This paper investigates the optimality conditions for characterizing the local minimizers of the constrained optimization problems involving an $\ell_p$ norm ($0<p<1$) of the variables, which may appear in either the objective or the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Hao Wang , Yining Gao , Jiashan Wang , Hongying Liu

Numerous applications require algorithms that can align partially overlapping point sets while maintaining invariance to geometric transformations (e.g., similarity, affine, rigid). This paper introduces a novel global optimization method…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Wei Lian , Zhesen Cui , Fei Ma , Hang Pan , Wangmeng Zuo , Jianmei Zhang

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…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Jonas Moritz Kohler , Aurelien Lucchi

We consider convex optimization problems with the objective function having Lipshitz-continuous $p$-th order derivative, where $p\geq 1$. We propose a new tensor method, which closes the gap between the lower…