Improved global performance guarantees of second-order methods in convex minimization

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author Dvurechensky, Pavel
Nesterov, Yurii
author_facet Dvurechensky, Pavel
Nesterov, Yurii
contents In this paper, we attempt to compare two distinct branches of research on second-order optimization methods. The first one studies self-concordant functions and barriers, the main assumption being that the third derivative of the objective is bounded by the second derivative. The second branch studies cubic regularized Newton methods (CRNMs) with the main assumption that the second derivative is Lipschitz continuous. We develop a new theoretical analysis for a path-following scheme (PFS) for general self-concordant functions, as opposed to the classical path-following scheme developed for self-concordant barriers. We show that the complexity bound for this scheme is better than that of the Damped Newton Method (DNM) and show that our method has global superlinear convergence. We propose also a new predictor-corrector path-following scheme (PCPFS) that leads to further improvement of constant factors in the complexity guarantees for minimizing general self-concordant functions. We also apply path-following schemes to different classes of constrained optimization problems and obtain the resulting complexity bounds. Finally, we analyze an important subclass of general self-concordant functions, namely a class of strongly convex functions with Lipschitz continuous second derivative, and show that for this subclass CRNMs give even better complexity bounds.
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spellingShingle Improved global performance guarantees of second-order methods in convex minimization
Dvurechensky, Pavel
Nesterov, Yurii
Optimization and Control
90C25, 90C30, 68Q25
G.1.6
In this paper, we attempt to compare two distinct branches of research on second-order optimization methods. The first one studies self-concordant functions and barriers, the main assumption being that the third derivative of the objective is bounded by the second derivative. The second branch studies cubic regularized Newton methods (CRNMs) with the main assumption that the second derivative is Lipschitz continuous. We develop a new theoretical analysis for a path-following scheme (PFS) for general self-concordant functions, as opposed to the classical path-following scheme developed for self-concordant barriers. We show that the complexity bound for this scheme is better than that of the Damped Newton Method (DNM) and show that our method has global superlinear convergence. We propose also a new predictor-corrector path-following scheme (PCPFS) that leads to further improvement of constant factors in the complexity guarantees for minimizing general self-concordant functions. We also apply path-following schemes to different classes of constrained optimization problems and obtain the resulting complexity bounds. Finally, we analyze an important subclass of general self-concordant functions, namely a class of strongly convex functions with Lipschitz continuous second derivative, and show that for this subclass CRNMs give even better complexity bounds.
title Improved global performance guarantees of second-order methods in convex minimization
topic Optimization and Control
90C25, 90C30, 68Q25
G.1.6
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.11022