arXiv:2508.00775eess.SYcs.LG2025-08被引 5

提出可保证线性收敛的优化算法学习方法,提升平均性能同时不失最坏情况保障。

Learning to optimize with guarantees: a complete characterization of linearly convergent algorithms

  • 用基准算法加可训练衰减项,统一表征所有线性收敛算法。
  • 在病态线性方程组与模型预测控制中优于经典优化器。
  • 适合需兼顾性能与收敛性保障的优化场景。

许多经典优化算法的设计依赖于在特定问题类上证明线性收敛率。本文关注如何在特定问题实例分布下提升算法的平均性能。尽管可通过在算法更新中嵌入可训练组件来实现,但关键挑战在于保持整个问题类上的最坏情况保证。针对复合优化问题类,我们证明所有线性收敛算法均可通过一个基准线性收敛算法及其一组可训练的指数衰减修正项进行参数化;关键的是,该参数化排除了所有不线性收敛的算法,且仅排除这些算法。本结果适用于改进梯度下降(非凸、梯度主导函数)、Nesterov加速法(光滑强凸函数)及投影梯度法(多面体可行集)等经典算法的平均性能。我们展示了如何利用该表征实现带线性收敛和可行性保证的优化算法学习。数值实验表明,在求解病态线性方程组以及在线性动态系统上运行模型预测控制时,该方法优于经典优化器。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The design of many classical optimization algorithms is driven by the certification of linear convergence rates over classes of optimization problems. In this paper, we consider the problem of improving the average-case performance of an algorithm over a specific distribution of problem instances. While this task can be tackled by embedding trainable components into the algorithm updates, a key challenge is to preserve worst-case guarantees across the entire problem class. For classes of composite optimization problems, we show that all linearly convergent algorithms can be parametrized in terms of a baseline linearly convergent algorithm, and a set of trainable, exponentially-decaying modifications to its update rule; crucially, this parametrization excludes all-and only-the algorithms that do not converge linearly. Our results apply to improving the average-case performance of classical algorithms such as gradient descent for nonconvex, gradient-dominated functions; Nesterov's accelerated method for smooth, strongly convex functions; and projected gradient methods for optimization over polyhedral feasible sets. We illustrate how our characterization can be used for learning to optimize with linear convergence and feasibility guarantees. Numerical results showcase benefits over classical optimizers when solving ill-conditioned systems of linear equations and running a model predictive control scheme on a linear dynamical system.

优化算法线性收敛可学习优化保证学习

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