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The conjugate gradient (CG) method is an efficient iterative method for solving large-scale strongly convex quadratic programming (QP). In this paper we propose some generalized CG (GCG) methods for solving the $\ell_1$-regularized…

Signomial geometric programming (SGP) is a computationally challenging, NP-Hard class of nonconvex nonlinear optimization problems. SGP can be solved iteratively using a sequence of convex relaxations; consequently, the strength of such…

Quadratic constrained quadratic programming problems often occur in various fields such as engineering practice, management science, and network communication. This article mainly studies a non convex quadratic programming problem with…

This paper investigates a new class of non-convex optimization, which provides a unified framework for linear precoding in single/multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels with arbitrary input distributions. The new…

We propose a novel approach to Graduated Non-Convexity (GNC) and demonstrate its efficacy through its application in robust pose graph optimization, a key component in SLAM backends. Traditional GNC methods often rely on heuristic methods…

This paper considers a general class of iterative optimization algorithms, referred to as linear-optimization-based convex programming (LCP) methods, for solving large-scale convex programming (CP) problems. The LCP methods, covering the…

We develop and analyze the Generalized Multiplicative Gradient (GMG) method for solving a class of convex optimization problems over symmetric cones, where the objective function does not have Lipschitz gradient over the feasible region.…

In this paper, we consider the nonconvex quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP) with one quadratic constraint. By employing the conjugate gradient method, an efficient algorithm is proposed to solve QCQP that exploits the…

We present a novel approach to robust pose graph optimization based on Graduated Non-Convexity (GNC). Unlike traditional GNC-based methods, the proposed approach employs an adaptive shape function using B-spline to optimize the shape of the…

We propose a stochastic conditional gradient method (CGM) for minimizing convex finite-sum objectives formed as a sum of smooth and non-smooth terms. Existing CGM variants for this template either suffer from slow convergence rates, or…

We propose a weighted common subgraph (WCS) matching algorithm to find the most similar subgraphs in two labeled weighted graphs. WCS matching, as a natural generalization of the equal-sized graph matching or subgraph matching, finds wide…

This paper introduces a new global optimization algorithm for solving the generalized linear multiplicative problem (GLMP). The algorithm starts by introducing $\bar{p}$ new variables and applying a logarithmic transformation to convert the…

General Successive Convex Relaxation Methods (SRCMs) can be used to compute the convex hull of any compact set, in an Euclidean space, described by a system of quadratic inequalities and a compact convex set which is not very complicated.…

Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) method is popular for solving non-convex optimization problems in machine learning. This work investigates SGD from a viewpoint of graduated optimization, which is a widely applied approach for non-convex…

In this paper, we consider the nonlinear constrained optimization problem (NCP) with constraint set $\{x \in \mathcal{X}: c(x) = 0\}$, where $\mathcal{X}$ is a closed convex subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Building upon the forward-backward…

General Successive Convex Relaxation Methods (SRCMs) can be used to compute the convex hull of any compact set, in an Euclidean space, described by a system of quadratic inequalities and a compact convex set which is not very complicated.…

Quadratically constrained quadratic programs (QCQPs) are ubiquitous in optimization: Such problems arise in applications from operations research, power systems, signal processing, chemical engineering, and portfolio theory, among others.…

Convex programming plays a fundamental role in machine learning, data science, and engineering. Testing convexity structure in nonlinear programs relies on verifying the convexity of objectives and constraints. Grant et al. (2006)…

Graph condensation reduces the size of large graphs while preserving performance, addressing the scalability challenges of Graph Neural Networks caused by computational inefficiencies on large datasets. Existing methods often rely on…

One of the tasks in color image processing and computer vision is to recover clean data from partial observations corrupted by noise. To this end, robust quaternion matrix completion (QMC) has recently attracted more attention and shown its…