The proximal alternating linearized minimization(PALM)method suits well for solving blockstructured optimization problems,which are ubiquitous in real applications.In the cases where subproblems do not have closed-for...The proximal alternating linearized minimization(PALM)method suits well for solving blockstructured optimization problems,which are ubiquitous in real applications.In the cases where subproblems do not have closed-form solutions,e.g.,due to complex constraints,infeasible subsolvers are indispensable,giving rise to an infeasible inexact PALM(PALM-I).Numerous efforts have been devoted to analyzing the feasible PALM,while little attention has been paid to the PALM-I.The usage of the PALM-I thus lacks a theoretical guarantee.The essential difficulty of analysis consists in the objective value nonmonotonicity induced by the infeasibility.We study in the present work the convergence properties of the PALM-I.In particular,we construct a surrogate sequence to surmount the nonmonotonicity issue and devise an implementable inexact criterion.Based upon these,we manage to establish the stationarity of any accumulation point,and moreover,show the iterate convergence and the asymptotic convergence rates under the assumption of the Lojasiewicz property.The prominent advantages of the PALM-I on CPU time are illustrated via numerical experiments on problems arising from quantum physics and 3-dimensional anisotropic frictional contact.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12125108,11971466,11991021,11991020,12021001 and 12288201)Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.ZDBS-LY-7022)CAS(the Chinese Academy of Sciences)AMSS(Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science)-PolyU(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)Joint Laboratory of Applied Mathematics.
文摘The proximal alternating linearized minimization(PALM)method suits well for solving blockstructured optimization problems,which are ubiquitous in real applications.In the cases where subproblems do not have closed-form solutions,e.g.,due to complex constraints,infeasible subsolvers are indispensable,giving rise to an infeasible inexact PALM(PALM-I).Numerous efforts have been devoted to analyzing the feasible PALM,while little attention has been paid to the PALM-I.The usage of the PALM-I thus lacks a theoretical guarantee.The essential difficulty of analysis consists in the objective value nonmonotonicity induced by the infeasibility.We study in the present work the convergence properties of the PALM-I.In particular,we construct a surrogate sequence to surmount the nonmonotonicity issue and devise an implementable inexact criterion.Based upon these,we manage to establish the stationarity of any accumulation point,and moreover,show the iterate convergence and the asymptotic convergence rates under the assumption of the Lojasiewicz property.The prominent advantages of the PALM-I on CPU time are illustrated via numerical experiments on problems arising from quantum physics and 3-dimensional anisotropic frictional contact.
