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Many practical optimization problems lack strong convexity. Fortunately, recent studies have revealed that first-order algorithms also enjoy linear convergences under various weaker regularity conditions. While the relationship among…

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We introduce several classes of set-valued maps with generalized convexity. We obtain minimax theorems for set-valued maps which satisfy the introduced properties and are not continuous, by using a fixed point theorem for weakly naturally…

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Here we derive a nonsmooth maximum principle for optimal control problems with both state and mixed constraints. Crucial to our development is a convexity assumption on the "velocity set". The approach consists of applying known…

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We study local complexity measures for stochastic convex optimization problems, providing a local minimax theory analogous to that of H\'{a}jek and Le Cam for classical statistical problems. We give complementary optimality results,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-05 John Duchi , Feng Ruan

We propose an adaptive accelerated smoothing technique for a nonsmooth convex optimization problem where the smoothing update rule is coupled with the momentum parameter. We also extend the setting to the case where the objective function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Reza Rahimi Baghbadorani , Sergio Grammatico , Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani

The main challenge of nonconvex optimization is to find a global optimum, or at least to avoid ``bad'' local minima and meaningless stationary points. We study here the extent to which algorithms, as opposed to optimization models and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-27 Thi Lan Dinh , Wiebke Bennecke , G. S. Matthijs Jansen , D. Russell Luke , Stefan Mathias

In this paper, we investigate the nonemptiness of weak Pareto efficient solution set for a class of nonsmooth vector optimization problems on a nonempty closed constraint set without any boundedness and convexity assumptions. First, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-09 Danyang Liu , Jun Li , Giandomenico Mastroeni

Recently, accelerated algorithms using the anchoring mechanism for minimax optimization and fixed-point problems have been proposed, and matching complexity lower bounds establish their optimality. In this work, we present the surprising…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-25 TaeHo Yoon , Jaeyeon Kim , Jaewook J. Suh , Ernest K. Ryu

In Part I of this paper, we proposed and analyzed a novel algorithmic framework for the minimization of a nonconvex (smooth) objective function, subject to nonconvex constraints, based on inner convex approximations. This Part II is devoted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-05 Gesualdo Scutari , Francisco Facchinei , Lorenzo Lampariello , Peiran Song , Stefania Sardellitti

In this paper, the study of nonsmooth optimal control problems (P) involving a controlled sweeping process with three main characteristics is launched. First, the sweeping sets are nonsmooth, time-dependent, and uniformly prox-regular.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Samara Chamoun , Vera Zeidan

This work aims to solve a stochastic nonconvex nonsmooth composite optimization problem. Previous works on composite optimization problem requires the major part to satisfy Lipschitz smoothness or some relaxed smoothness conditions, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-07 Ziyi Chen , Peiran Yu , Heng Huang

We address the problem of finding a local solution to a nonconvex-nonconcave minmax optimization using Newton type methods, including interior-point ones. We modify the Hessian matrix of these methods such that, at each step, the modified…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Raphael Chinchilla , Guosong Yang , Joao P. Hespanha

We consider the problem of global optimization of an unknown non-convex smooth function with zeroth-order feedback. In this setup, an algorithm is allowed to adaptively query the underlying function at different locations and receives noisy…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-03-26 Yining Wang , Sivaraman Balakrishnan , Aarti Singh

In this paper we theoretically show that interior-point methods based on self-concordant barriers possess favorable global complexity beyond their standard application area of convex optimization. To do that we propose first- and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Pavel Dvurechensky , Mathias Staudigl

This paper considers decentralized optimization of convex functions with mixed affine equality constraints involving both local and global variables. Constraints on global variables may vary across different nodes in the network, while…

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This paper is devoted to the study of approximate solutions for a multiobjective interval-valued optimization problem based on an interval order. We establish new existence theorems of approximate solutions for such a problem under some…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Chuang-liang Zhang , Yun-cheng Liu , Nan-jing Huang

We investigate the computational complexity of min-max optimization under coupled constraints. The work of Daskalakis, Skoulakis, and Zampetakis [DSZ21] was the first to study min-max optimization through the lens of computational…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Martino Bernasconi , Matteo Castiglioni , Andrea Celli , Gabriele Farina

We develop sufficient conditions for the existence of the weak sharp minima at infinity property for nonsmooth optimization problems via asymptotic cones and generalized asymptotic functions. Next, we show that these conditions are also…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Felipe Lara , Nguyen Van Tuyen , Tran Van Nghi

In this paper, we present some new necessary and sufficient optimality conditions in terms of the Clarke subdifferentials for approximate Pareto solutions of a nonsmooth vector optimization problem which has an infinite number of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-14 Ta Quang Son , Nguyen Van Tuyen , Ching-Feng Wen

Minimax optimization has been central in addressing various applications in machine learning, game theory, and control theory. Prior literature has thus far mainly focused on studying such problems in the continuous domain, e.g.,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Arman Adibi , Aryan Mokhtari , Hamed Hassani