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Accelerated first-order methods for large-scale convex optimization: nearly optimal complexity under strong convexity

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  • Masoud Ahookhosh

    (University of Vienna
    Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT-STADIUS) – KU Leuven)

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We introduce four accelerated (sub)gradient algorithms (ASGA) for solving several classes of convex optimization problems. More specifically, we propose two estimation sequences majorizing the objective function and develop two iterative schemes for each of them. In both cases, the first scheme requires the smoothness parameter and a Hölder constant, while the second scheme is parameter-free (except for the strong convexity parameter which we set zero if it is not available) at the price of applying a finitely terminated backtracking line search. The proposed algorithms attain the optimal complexity for smooth problems with Lipschitz continuous gradients, nonsmooth problems with bounded variation of subgradients, and weakly smooth problems with Hölder continuous gradients. Further, for strongly convex problems, they are optimal for smooth problems while nearly optimal for nonsmooth and weakly smooth problems. Finally, numerical results for some applications in sparse optimization and machine learning are reported, which confirm the theoretical foundations.

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  • Masoud Ahookhosh, 2019. "Accelerated first-order methods for large-scale convex optimization: nearly optimal complexity under strong convexity," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 89(3), pages 319-353, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mathme:v:89:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s00186-019-00674-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s00186-019-00674-w
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