Convergence analysis of stochastic higher-order majorization-minimization algorithms
Majorization-minimization schemes are a broad class of iterative methods targeting general optimization problems, including nonconvex, nonsmooth and stochastic. These algorithms minimize successively a sequence of upper bounds of the objective function so that along the iterations the objective valu...
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Published in | Optimization methods & software Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 384 - 413 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Abingdon
Taylor & Francis
03.03.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Majorization-minimization schemes are a broad class of iterative methods targeting general optimization problems, including nonconvex, nonsmooth and stochastic. These algorithms minimize successively a sequence of upper bounds of the objective function so that along the iterations the objective value decreases. We present a stochastic higher-order algorithmic framework for minimizing the average of a very large number of sufficiently smooth functions. Our stochastic framework is based on the notion of stochastic higher-order upper bound approximations of the finite-sum objective function and minibatching. We derive convergence results for nonconvex and convex optimization problems when the higher-order approximation of the objective function yields an error that is p times differentiable and has Lipschitz continuous p derivative. More precisely, for general nonconvex problems we present asymptotic stationary point guarantees and under Kurdyka-Lojasiewicz property we derive local convergence rates ranging from sublinear to linear. For convex problems with uniformly convex objective function, we derive local (super)linear convergence results for our algorithm. Compared to existing stochastic (first-order) methods, our algorithm adapts to the problem's curvature and allows using any batch size. Preliminary numerical tests support the effectiveness of our algorithmic framework. |
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ISSN: | 1055-6788 1029-4937 |
DOI: | 10.1080/10556788.2023.2256447 |