arXiv:2607. 08954v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study nonasymptotic convergence of primal-dual methods for a class of nonconvex constrained optimization problems with a convex-composite structure.
By Linglingzhi Zhu, Jiajin Li
arXiv:2409. 19279v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Continuous-time models can reveal accelerated structures in distributed optimization, but their rates need not survive direct discretization.
By Kushal Chakrabarti, Mayank Baranwal
arXiv:2507. 19895v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In this paper, we study the distributed linear quadratic problem with fixed communication topology (DFT-LQ) and the sparse feedback linear quadratic (SF-LQ) problem through a unified optimization framework.
By Lechen Feng, Xun Li, Yuan-Hua Ni
arXiv:2502. 00470v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Distributed empirical risk minimization (ERM) is often studied through two influential yet seemingly separate families of methods: CoCoA-type algorithms, derived from distributed dual coordinate ascent, and ADMM-type algorithms, derived from consensus and proximal splitting.
By Runxiong Wu, Andi Wang
arXiv:2606. 00542v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Shampoo-style optimizers approximate gradient covariance matrices using Kronecker-factored structures.
By Bing Liu, Wenjie Zhou, Chengcheng Zhao
arXiv:2209. 15130v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study a general matrix optimization problem with a fixed-rank positive semidefinite (PSD) constraint.
By Yuetian Luo, Nicolas Garcia Trillos
arXiv:2607. 14731v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Local SGD, also known as Federated Averaging, is a widely used distributed optimization algorithm.
By Kumar Kshitij Patel, Rustem Islamov, Sebastian U Stich, Aurelien Lucchi, Eduard Gorbunov, Lingxiao Wang
arXiv:2608. 08642v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study exact Kullback--Leibler (KL) projection for low-rank factorizations whose two nonnegative factors have prescribed row marginals and a shared, learned column marginal.
By Enliang Hu
arXiv:2605. 08488v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We develop a unified Lyapunov-integral quadratic constraint (IQC) framework for establishing uniform stability of first-order accelerated optimization algorithms in the $\beta$-smooth and $\gamma$-strongly convex regime.
By Don Li, Dacian Daescu
arXiv:2606. 01720v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study finite-sample generalization for a client-sampled distributed optimization scheme with matrix-valued parameters and orthogonalized momentum updates.
By Da Chang, Qiankun Shi, Lvgang Zhang, Yu Li, Ruijie Zhang
arXiv:2607. 01755v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In this paper, we consider the nonsmooth nonconvex decentralized optimization problem, where inter-agent communication is compressed.
By Siyuan Zhang, Nachuan Xiao, Xin Liu
arXiv:2606. 15702v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Modern deep learning optimization features heterogeneous parameter structures, noisy gradients, and highly nonconvex landscapes, posing significant challenges for both algorithm design and theoretical analysis.
By Bohao Ma, Junyu Zhang, Chuan He