<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper deals with subsampled spectral gradient methods for minimizing finite sums. Subsample function and gradient approximations are employed in order to reduce the overall computational cost of the classical spectral gradient methods. The global convergence is enforced by a nonmonotone line search procedure. Global convergence is proved provided that functions and gradients are approximated with increasing accuracy. R-linear convergence and worst-case iteration complexity is investigated in case of strongly convex objective function. Numerical results on well known binary classification problems are given to show the effectiveness of this framework and analyze the effect of different spectral coefficient approximations arising from the variable sample nature of this procedure.</p></abstract>

This paper deals with subsampled spectral gradient methods for minimizing finite sums. Subsample function and gradient approximations are employed in order to reduce the overall computational cost of the classical spectral gradient methods. The global convergence is enforced by a nonmonotone line search procedure. Global convergence is proved provided that functions and gradients are approximated with increasing accuracy. R-linear convergence and worst-case iteration complexity is investigated in case of strongly convex objective function. Numerical results on well known binary classification problems are given to show the effectiveness of this framework and analyze the effect of different spectral coefficient approximations arising from the variable sample nature of this procedure.

Subsampled Nonmonotone Spectral Gradient Methods

Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of Sciences

Communications in Applied and Industrial Mathematics

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This paper deals with subsampled spectral gradient methods for minimizing finite sums. Subsample function and gradient approximations are employed in order to...

Subsampled Nonmonotone Spectral Gradient Methods

Pubblicato online: 01 feb 2020

Pagine: 19 - 34

Ricevuto: 12 ott 2018

Accettato: 13 nov 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/caim-2020-0002

Parole chiave
spectral gradient methods, subsampling strategies, global convergence, nonmonotone line search

© 2020 Stefania Bellavia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Subsampled Nonmonotone Spectral Gradient Methods

Pubblicato online: 01 feb 2020

Pagine: 19 - 34

Ricevuto: 12 ott 2018

Accettato: 13 nov 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/caim-2020-0002

Parole chiavespectral gradient methods, subsampling strategies, global convergence, nonmonotone line search

© 2020 Stefania Bellavia et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
spectral gradient methods, subsampling strategies, global convergence, nonmonotone line search