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19 results for nonconvex-concave

Paper proposes an algorithm to solve complex minimax problems efficiently.

problem Stochastic nonconvex-concave minimax problems in various fields.
method Accelerated first-order regularized momentum descent ascent algorithm (FORMDA).
result Achieves best-known complexity bound of ildeO(ε6.5) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(\varepsilon ^{-6.5}) for single-loop algorithms.

We consider nonconvex-concave minimax problems, minxmaxyYf(x,y)\min_{\mathbf{x}} \max_{\mathbf{y} \in \mathcal{Y}} f(\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{y}), where ff is nonconvex in x\mathbf{x} but concave in y\mathbf{y} and Y\mathcal{Y} is a convex and bounded set. One of the most popular algorithms for solving this problem is the celebrated…

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Develops shuffling gradient-based methods for nonconvex-concave minimax optimization.

problem Nonconvex-concave minimax optimization problems.
method Two shuffling gradient-based algorithms for nonconvex-linear and nonconvex-strongly concave settings.
result Achieves state-of-the-art oracle complexity in nonconvex optimization and best-known complexity bounds for nonconvex-strongly concave setting.

New algorithm computes optimal transport barycenter efficiently.

problem Computing optimal transport barycenter for high-dimensional probability distributions.
method Wasserstein-Descent H˙1\dot{\mathbb{H}}^1-Ascent (WDHA) algorithm.
result Exact barycenter computation in nearly linear time and linear space complexity.

Two algorithms solve nonconvex minimax problems with linear constraints, achieving complexity guarantees.

problem Nonconvex minimax problems with coupled linear constraints.
method Zeroth-order primal-dual alternating projected gradient (ZO-PDAPG) and zeroth-order regularized momentum primal-dual projected gradient (ZO-RMPDPG) algorithms.
result Iteration complexity guarantees for solving nonconvex-(strongly) concave minimax problems with coupled linear constraints.

The paper analyzes generalization bounds for NC-SC/NC-C stochastic minimax optimization.

problem Generalization analysis of nonconvex-(strongly)-concave stochastic minimax optimization.
method Established algorithm-agnostic and algorithm-dependent generalization bounds via uniform convergence and stability arguments.
result Sample complexities and generalization bounds for NC-SC and NC-C settings.

SREDA optimizes complex machine learning problems with fewer evaluations.

problem Finding an optimal point in nonconvex-strongly-concave minimax problems.
method Stochastic Recursive Gradient Descent Ascent (SREDA) with variance reduction.
result Achieves optimal stochastic gradient complexity of O(κ^3ε^-3).

Paper solves minimax optimization gap with near-optimal algorithms.

problem Designing efficient algorithms for smooth and strongly-convex-strongly-concave minimax problems.
method Accelerated proximal point method and accelerated solver for minimax proximal steps.
result First algorithm with gradient complexity matching the lower bound up to logarithmic factors.

Two single-timescale algorithms improve TD learning with nonlinear approximations.

problem Optimizing TD learning with nonlinear smooth function approximation.
method Proposes two single-timescale single-loop algorithms with momentum and variance reduction.
result Achieves O(ε4)O(\varepsilon^{-4}) sample complexity for the first algorithm and O(ε3)O(\varepsilon^{-3}) for the second.

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.

Paper explores generalization of minimax learners, proposing a new metric.

problem Understanding how minimax learners perform on unseen data.
method Proposes a new metric, the primal gap, to study generalization of minimax learners.
result Derives generalization error bounds for the primal gap in nonconvex-concave settings.