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Main Author: Yuan, Ganzhao
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03233
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author Yuan, Ganzhao
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contents This paper introduces a novel approach to solving multi-block nonconvex composite optimization problems through a proximal linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). This method incorporates an Increasing Penalization and Decreasing Smoothing (IPDS) strategy. Distinguishing itself from existing ADMM-style algorithms, our approach (denoted IPDS-ADMM) imposes a less stringent condition, specifically requiring continuity in just one block of the objective function. IPDS-ADMM requires that the penalty increases and the smoothing parameter decreases, both at a controlled pace. When the associated linear operator is bijective, IPDS-ADMM uses an over-relaxation stepsize for faster convergence; however, when the linear operator is surjective, IPDS-ADMM uses an under-relaxation stepsize for global convergence. We devise a novel potential function to facilitate our convergence analysis and prove an oracle complexity $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-3})$ to achieve an $ε$-approximate critical point. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first complexity result for using ADMM to solve this class of nonsmooth nonconvex problems. Finally, some experiments on the sparse PCA problem are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.
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spellingShingle ADMM for Nonconvex Optimization under Minimal Continuity Assumption
Yuan, Ganzhao
Optimization and Control
This paper introduces a novel approach to solving multi-block nonconvex composite optimization problems through a proximal linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). This method incorporates an Increasing Penalization and Decreasing Smoothing (IPDS) strategy. Distinguishing itself from existing ADMM-style algorithms, our approach (denoted IPDS-ADMM) imposes a less stringent condition, specifically requiring continuity in just one block of the objective function. IPDS-ADMM requires that the penalty increases and the smoothing parameter decreases, both at a controlled pace. When the associated linear operator is bijective, IPDS-ADMM uses an over-relaxation stepsize for faster convergence; however, when the linear operator is surjective, IPDS-ADMM uses an under-relaxation stepsize for global convergence. We devise a novel potential function to facilitate our convergence analysis and prove an oracle complexity $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-3})$ to achieve an $ε$-approximate critical point. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first complexity result for using ADMM to solve this class of nonsmooth nonconvex problems. Finally, some experiments on the sparse PCA problem are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.
title ADMM for Nonconvex Optimization under Minimal Continuity Assumption
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03233