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We propose an Adagrad-like algorithm for multi-objective unconstrained optimization that relies on the computation of a common descent direction only. Unlike classical local algorithms for multi-objective optimization, our approach does not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-06 Marianna De Santis , Gabriele Eichfelder , Margherita Porcelli

We include alignment interactions in a well-studied first-order attractive-repulsive macroscopic model for aggregation. The distinctive feature of the extended model is that the equation that specifies the velocity in terms of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Razvan C. Fetecau , Weiran Sun , Changhui Tan

This paper introduces a coordinate descent version of the V\~u-Condat algorithm. By coordinate descent, we mean that only a subset of the coordinates of the primal and dual iterates is updated at each iteration, the other coordinates being…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-17 Olivier Fercoq , Pascal Bianchi

We present an adaptation of continuous first order logic to unbounded metric structures. This has the advantage of being closer in spirit to C. Ward Henson's logic for Banach space structures than the unit ball approach (which has been the…

Logic · Mathematics 2010-04-22 Itaï Ben Yaacov

Optimization methods that make use of derivatives of the objective function up to order $p > 2$ are called tensor methods. Among them, ones that minimize a regularized $p$th-order Taylor expansion at each step have been shown to possess…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Karl Welzel , Yang Liu , Raphael A. Hauser , Coralia Cartis

This paper addresses Tikhonov like regularization methods with convex penalty functionals for solving nonlinear ill-posed operator equations formulated in Banach or, more general, topological spaces. We present an approach for proving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-06-19 Jens Geissler , Bernd Hofmann

We study differentiable strongly quasiconvex functions for providing new properties for algorithmic and monotonicity purposes. Furthemore, we provide insights into the decreasing behaviour of strongly quasiconvex functions, applying this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-07 Felipe Lara , Raúl T. Marcavillaca , Phan T. Vuong

We study Tikhonov regularization for possibly nonlinear inverse problems with weighted $\ell^1$-penalization. The forward operator, mapping from a sequence space to an arbitrary Banach space, typically an $L^2$-space, is assumed to satisfy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-19 Philip Miller , Thorsten Hohage

The analysis of gradient descent-type methods typically relies on the Lipschitz continuity of the objective gradient. This generally requires an expensive hyperparameter tuning process to appropriately calibrate a stepsize for a given…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-16 Albert S. Berahas , Lindon Roberts , Fred Roosta

In this work, we address unconstrained finite-sum optimization problems, with particular focus on instances originating in large scale deep learning scenarios. Our main interest lies in the exploration of the relationship between recent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Matteo Lapucci , Davide Pucci

Algorithms for bilevel optimization often encounter Hessian computations, which are prohibitive in high dimensions. While recent works offer first-order methods for unconstrained bilevel problems, the constrained setting remains relatively…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Guy Kornowski , Swati Padmanabhan , Kai Wang , Zhe Zhang , Suvrit Sra

Higher-order tensor methods were recently proposed for minimizing smooth convex and nonconvex functions. Higher-order algorithms accelerate the convergence of the classical first-order methods thanks to the higher-order derivatives used in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-11 Ion Necoara

This paper is devoted to a new modification of a recently proposed adaptive stochastic mirror descent algorithm for constrained convex optimization problems in the case of several convex functional constraints. Algorithms, standard and its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-22 Mohammad S. Alkousa

There are much recent interests in solving noncovnex min-max optimization problems due to its broad applications in many areas including machine learning, networked resource allocations, and distributed optimization. Perhaps, the most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-20 Thinh T. Doan

In this paper, we present some theoretical work to explain why simple gradient descent methods are so successful in solving non-convex optimization problems in learning large-scale neural networks (NN). After introducing a mathematical tool…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Hui Jiang

We study first order methods to compute the barycenter of a probability distribution $P$ over the space of probability measures with finite second moment. We develop a framework to derive global rates of convergence for both gradient…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Sinho Chewi , Tyler Maunu , Philippe Rigollet , Austin J. Stromme

We show that standard extragradient methods (i.e. mirror prox and dual extrapolation) recover optimal accelerated rates for first-order minimization of smooth convex functions. To obtain this result we provide a fine-grained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-16 Michael B. Cohen , Aaron Sidford , Kevin Tian

Accelerated first order methods, also called fast gradient methods, are popular optimization methods in the field of convex optimization. However, they are prone to suffer from oscillatory behaviour that slows their convergence when medium…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-28 Teodoro Alamo , Pablo Krupa , Daniel Limon

First-order methods have been popularly used for solving large-scale problems. However, many existing works only consider unconstrained problems or those with simple constraint. In this paper, we develop two first-order methods for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-23 Yangyang Xu

Gradient descent (GD) is a collection of continuous optimization methods that have achieved immeasurable success in practice. Owing to data science applications, GD with diminishing step sizes has become a prominent variant. While this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-27 Vivak Patel , Albert S. Berahas