Liwei Zhang

Linear Rate Convergence of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for Convex Composite Quadratic and Semi-Definite Programming

  • Deren Han
  • Defeng Sun
  • Liwei Zhang
    • Categories Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization, Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming, Nonlinear Optimization Tags , , , , ,

    In this paper, we aim to provide a comprehensive analysis on the linear rate convergence of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for solving linearly constrained convex composite optimization problems. Under a certain error bound condition, we establish the global linear rate of convergence for a more general semi-proximal ADMM with the dual steplength … Read more

    On the upper Lipschitz property of the KKT mapping for nonlinear semidefinite optimization

  • Liwei Zhang
  • Yule Zhang
    • Categories Semi-definite Programming Tags , , , ,

    In this note, we prove that the KKT mapping for nonlinear semidefinite optimization problem is upper Lipschitz continuous at the KKT point, under the second-order sufficient optimality conditions and the strict Robinson constraint qualification. Article Download View On the upper Lipschitz property of the KKT mapping for nonlinear semidefinite optimization

    Quantitative Stability Analysis of Stochastic Quasi-Variational Inequality Problems and Applications

  • Huifu Xu
  • Liwei Zhang
  • Jie Zhang
    • Categories Stochastic Programming Tags , , ,

    We consider a parametric stochastic quasi-variational inequality problem (SQVIP for short) where the underlying normal cone is de ned over the solution set of a parametric stochastic cone system. We investigate the impact of variation of the probability measure and the parameter on the solution of the SQVIP. By reformulating the SQVIP as a natural equation … Read more

    A SMOOTHING MAJORIZATION METHOD FOR hBc$ MATRIX MINIMIZATION

  • Yue Lu
  • Liwei Zhang
  • Jia Wu
    • Categories Convex and Nonsmooth Optimization, Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming Tags , , , ,

    We discuss the $l_2$-$l_p$ (with $p\in (0,1)$ matrix minimization for recovering low rank matrix. A smoothing approach is developed for solving this non-smooth, non-Lipschitz and non-convex optimization problem, in which the smoothing parameter is used as a variable and a majorization method is adopted to solve the smoothing problem. The convergence theorem shows that any … Read more

    The Second Order Directional Derivative of Symmetric Matrix-valued Functions

  • Xiantao Xiao
  • Liwei Zhang
  • Ning Zhang
    • Categories Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming

    This paper focuses on the study of the second-order directional derivative of a symmetric matrix-valued function of the form $F(X)=P\mbox{diag}[f(\lambda_1(X)),\cdots,f(\lambda_n(X))]P^T$. For this purpose, we first adopt a direct way to derive the formula for the second-order directional derivative of any eigenvalue of a matrix in Torki \cite{Tor01}; Second, we establish a formula for the (parabolic) … Read more

    The Rate of Convergence of the Augmented Lagrangian Method for Nonlinear Semidefinite Programming

  • Jie Sun
  • Defeng Sun
  • Liwei Zhang
    • Categories Linear, Cone and Semidefinite Programming, Nonlinear Optimization Tags , , ,

    We analyze the rate of local convergence of the augmented Lagrangian method for nonlinear semidefinite optimization. The presence of the positive semidefinite cone constraint requires extensive tools such as the singular value decomposition of matrices, an implicit function theorem for semismooth functions, and certain variational analysis on the projection operator in the symmetric-matrix space. Without … Read more