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48 results for augmented Lagrangian methods

A new method tackles nonconvex optimization with penalties and proximal terms.

problem Nonconvex optimization problems with equality and inequality constraints.
method Inexact proximal augmented Lagrangian method (P-ALM) with adaptive penalty and proximal parameters.
result Effective convergence properties and numerical superiority over traditional methods.

A new method solves distributed optimization problems over networks.

problem Solving optimization problems over networks with local cost functions and limited communication.
method Distributed semismooth Newton based augmented Lagrangian method.
result The method efficiently solves distributed optimization problems over networks.

Stochastic approach improves neural network training for kinetic simulations.

problem Training neural networks under physical constraints in kinetic fusion simulations.
method Stochastic augmented Lagrangian approach using pyTorch.
result Higher model prediction accuracy achieved compared to fixed penalty method.

The study explores Legendrian fillings and augmentations, providing methods to compute induced augmentations.

problem Understanding and computing Legendrian isotopy invariants through augmentations and fillings.
method Developed methods to compute induced augmentations based on Morse complex families and Legendrian cobordisms.
result Established methods to compute Legendrian isotopy invariants using augmentations and fillings.

For a Legendrian (2,n)(2,n) torus knot or link with maximal Thurston-Bennequin number, Ekholm, Honda, and Kálmán constructed CnC_n exact Lagrangian fillings, where CnC_n is the nn-th Catalan number. We show that these exact Lagrangian fillings are pairwise non-isotopic through exact Lagrangian isotopy. To do that, we com…

2016-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

To a Legendrian knot, one can associate an A\mathcal{A}_{\infty} category, the augmentation category. An exact Lagrangian cobordism between two Legendrian knots gives a functor of the augmentation categories of the two knots. We study the functor and establish a long exact sequence relating the corresponding cohomolog…

2016-06-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose an efficient algorithm for sparse signal reconstruction problems. The proposed algorithm is an augmented Lagrangian method based on the dual sparse reconstruction problem. It is efficient when the number of unknown variables is much larger than the number of observations because of the dual formulation. More…

2009-04-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Minimizing a function over an intersection of convex sets is an important task in optimization that is often much more challenging than minimizing it over each individual constraint set. While traditional methods such as Frank-Wolfe (FW) or proximal gradient descent assume access to a linear or quadratic oracle on the …

2018-04-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper develops methods for time-varying constrained online convex optimization.

problem Time-varying loss and constraint functions in online convex optimization.
method Model-based augmented Lagrangian methods (MALM) for time-varying and delayed feedback.
result Sublinear regret and constraint violation for both time-varying and delayed feedback scenarios.

New augmentations of twist knots found that can't be filled.

problem Finding augmentations of twist knots that cannot be filled by orientable Lagrangian fillings.
method Using a Floer-theoretic version of a result from microlocal sheaf theory, showing augmentations cannot be induced by algebraic tori.
result Established new examples of augmentations of Legendrian twist knots that cannot be induced by orientable Lagrangian fillings.

Paper proposes distributed optimization for federated learning with theoretical guarantees.

problem Privacy-preserving cross-organizational data collaboration in machine learning.
method Augmented Lagrangian technique for diverse communication topologies, termination criteria, and parameter update mechanisms.
result The proposed framework recovers classical optimization methods and provides strong performance in large-scale federated learning.

Variable selection is one of the most important tasks in statistics and machine learning. To incorporate more prior information about the regression coefficients, the constrained Lasso model has been proposed in the literature. In this paper, we present an inexact augmented Lagrangian method to solve the Lasso problem …

2019-03-12abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method solves large-scale sparse group square-root Lasso problems efficiently.

problem Large-scale linearly constrained sparse group square-root Lasso problems.
method Dual semismooth Newton based augmented Lagrangian method (ALM).
result The proposed method efficiently solves the problem with numerical experiments demonstrating its effectiveness.

Method solves nonconvex constrained optimization problems with a new augmented Lagrangian approach.

problem Nonconvex composite functional constraints with inequality constraints.
method First-order augmented Lagrangian method with smoothed prox-linear reformulation.
result Explicit convergence rates for the proposed method in terms of KKT residual.

The paper connects Legendrian links to cluster theory and exact Lagrangian fillings.

problem Understanding the relationship between Legendrian links and cluster theory.
method Using exact Lagrangian fillings and cluster theory, the paper establishes connections between Legendrian links and cluster varieties.
result The augmentation variety of certain Legendrian 2-bridge links is isomorphic to a product of cluster varieties.

Paper proposes ASCCA for sparse CCA with trace Lasso regularization.

problem Sparse CCA in high-dimensional settings with correlated variables.
method Trace Lasso regularization, reformulated to Riemannian manifolds, inexact augmented Lagrangian method.
result Improved stability and interpretation of sparse CCA.

We address the problem of solving convex optimization problems with many convex constraints in a distributed setting. Our approach is based on an extension of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) that recently gained a lot of attention in the Big Data context. Although it has been invented decades ago…

2016-10-07abs ↗pdf ↗

A new decentralized algorithm DESTINY solves optimization over Stiefel manifold with single communication round.

problem Decentralized optimization over the Stiefel manifold with private data.
method Gradient tracking with approximate augmented Lagrangian function.
result DESTINY achieves global convergence with a single communication round.

New offline RL algorithms tackle partial data coverage with optimal performance and practicality.

problem Partial data coverage in offline RL datasets.
method Augmented Lagrangian method applied to MIS formulation for optimal offline RL.
result Statistically optimal offline RL with practical performance, eliminating conservatism.

New algorithm solves stochastic optimization problems with unknown gradients.

problem Solving nonlinear optimization problems with stochastic objectives and deterministic constraints.
method Adaptive SQP with differentiable exact augmented Lagrangian and stochastic line search.
result Global convergence established for both non-adaptive and adaptive SQP methods.

We introduce a notion of cardinality for the augmentation category associated to a Legendrian knot or link in standard contact R^3. This `homotopy cardinality' is an invariant of the category and allows for a weighted count of augmentations, which we prove to be determined by the ruling polynomial of the link. We prese…

2015-11-20abs ↗pdf ↗

We provide an explicit example of a non trivial Legendrian knot ΛΛ such that there exists a Lagrangian concordance from Λ0Λ_0 to ΛΛ where Λ0Λ_0 is the trivial Legendrian knot. We then use the map induced in Legendrian contact homology by a concordance and the augmentation category of ΛΛ to show that no Lagrangian co…

2013-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper studies how Lagrangian cobordisms affect DGAs of Legendrian ends.

problem Understanding how Lagrangian cobordisms impact DGAs of Legendrian ends.
method Adapting the map induced by cobordisms on DGAs to linearizations using augmentations, and showing invariance under Lagrangian isotopy.
result The induced map on linearized Legendrian contact homology is invariant under Lagrangian isotopy under mild hypotheses.

We study the connection between topological strings and contact homology recently proposed in the context of knot invariants. In particular, we establish the proposed relation between the Gromov-Witten disk amplitudes of a Lagrangian associated to a knot and augmentations of its contact homology algebra. This also impl…

2013-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Clean intersections of Lagrangian knots in 3D are impossible.

problem Prohibiting clean intersections of certain knots in 3D symplectic geometry.
method Symplectic field theory and algebraic constraints on augmentation varieties.
result No Hamiltonian diffeomorphism can cleanly intersect a specific type of knot's conormal bundle.

We provide in this note two relevant examples of Lagrangian cobordisms. The first one gives an example of two exact Lagrangian submanifolds which cannot be composed in an exact fashion. The second one is an example of an exact Lagrangian cobordism on which all primitive of the Liouville form is not constant on the nega…

2013-01-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a method to find approximate SOSP for nonconvex conic optimization problems.

problem Finding approximate second-order stationary points in nonconvex conic optimization.
method Newton-CG based barrier-augmented Lagrangian method.
result Method achieves complexity bounds of O~(ε11/2)\widetilde{\cal O}(ε^{-11/2}) and O~(ε11/2min{n,ε5/4})\widetilde{\cal O}(ε^{-11/2}\min\{n,ε^{-5/4}\}) for finding an (ε,ε)(ε,\sqrtε)-SOSP.

New methods for convex optimization with locally Lipschitz gradient, achieving faster convergence.

problem Optimization problems with locally Lipschitz continuous gradient.
method Accelerated proximal gradient (APG) methods and proximal augmented Lagrangian method.
result Achieved faster convergence rates for convex optimization problems with locally Lipschitz gradient.

Paper proposes a new method to find approximate SOSP for nonconvex constrained optimization problems.

problem Finding a second-order stationary point of nonconvex equality constrained optimization.
method Newton-CG based augmented Lagrangian method with a new Newton-CG subproblem solver.
result Achieves better complexity guarantees for finding approximate SOSP with high probability.

Improves robustness of high-dimensional regression with rank objective and group lasso regularization.

problem Heavy-tailed noise and outliers in high-dimensional regression.
method Non-smooth Wilcoxon score based rank objective, group lasso regularization, data-driven tuning rule, proximal augmented Lagrangian method.
result Robust estimator with finite-sample error bound and efficient computational method.

A new algorithm solves bilevel optimization with linear constraints.

problem Solving bilevel optimization problems with coupled linear constraints.
method Penalty and augmented Lagrangian methods reformulate the problem; a single-loop, first-order algorithm proposed.
result Improved convergence rates compared to prior methods.