A Regularized Semi-Smooth Newton Method with Projection Steps for Composite Convex Programs

The goal of this paper is to study approaches to bridge the gap between first-order and second-order type methods for composite convex programs. Our key observations are: (1) Many well-known operator splitting methods, such as forward–backward splitting and Douglas–Rachford splitting, actually defin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of scientific computing Jg. 76; H. 1; S. 364 - 389
Hauptverfasser: Xiao, Xiantao, Li, Yongfeng, Wen, Zaiwen, Zhang, Liwei
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Springer US 01.07.2018
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ISSN:0885-7474, 1573-7691
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Zusammenfassung:The goal of this paper is to study approaches to bridge the gap between first-order and second-order type methods for composite convex programs. Our key observations are: (1) Many well-known operator splitting methods, such as forward–backward splitting and Douglas–Rachford splitting, actually define a fixed-point mapping; (2) The optimal solutions of the composite convex program and the solutions of a system of nonlinear equations derived from the fixed-point mapping are equivalent. Solving this kind of system of nonlinear equations enables us to develop second-order type methods. These nonlinear equations may be non-differentiable, but they are often semi-smooth and their generalized Jacobian matrix is positive semidefinite due to monotonicity. By combining with a regularization approach and a known hyperplane projection technique, we propose an adaptive semi-smooth Newton method and establish its convergence to global optimality. Preliminary numerical results on ℓ 1 -minimization problems demonstrate that our second-order type algorithms are able to achieve superlinear or quadratic convergence.
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ISSN:0885-7474
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DOI:10.1007/s10915-017-0624-3