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most citedA Two-Stage Active-Set Algorithm for Bound-Constrained Optimization

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math.OC2025

Full Convergence of Regularized Methods for Unconstrained Optimization

Andrea Cristofari

Typically, the sequence of points generated by an optimization algorithm may have multiple limit points. Under convexity assumptions, however, (sub)gradient methods are known to ge…

math.OC2025

Worst-Case Complexity of High-Order Algorithms for Pareto-Front Reconstruction

Andrea Cristofari, Marianna De Santis, Stefano Lucidi +1

In this paper, we are concerned with a worst-case complexity analysis of a-posteriori algorithms for unconstrained multiobjective optimization. Specifically, we propose an algorith…

math.OC2024

Probabilistic Iterative Hard Thresholding for Sparse Learning

Matteo Bergamaschi, Andrea Cristofari, Vyacheslav Kungurtsev +1

For statistical modeling wherein the data regime is unfavorable in terms of dimensionality relative to the sample size, finding hidden sparsity in the ground truth can be critical…

math.OC2024

Block cubic Newton with greedy selection

Andrea Cristofari

A second-order block coordinate descent method is proposed for the unconstrained minimization of an objective function with a Lipschitz continuous Hessian. At each iteration, a blo…

math.OC2024

Complexity results and active-set identification of a derivative-free method for bound-constrained problems

Andrea Brilli, Andrea Cristofari, Giampaolo Liuzzi +1

In this paper, we analyze a derivative-free line search method designed for bound-constrained problems. Our analysis demonstrates that this method exhibits a worst-case complexity…

math.OC2022

A decomposition method for lasso problems with zero-sum constraint

Andrea Cristofari

In this paper, we consider lasso problems with zero-sum constraint, commonly required for the analysis of compositional data in high-dimensional spaces. A novel algorithm is propos…

math.OC2021

Minimization over the l1-ball using an active-set non-monotone projected gradient

Andrea Cristofari, Marianna De Santis, Stefano Lucidi +1

The l1-ball is a nicely structured feasible set that is widely used in many fields (e.g., machine learning, statistics and signal analysis) to enforce some sparsity in the model so…

math.OC2021

An augmented Lagrangian method exploiting an active-set strategy and second-order information

Andrea Cristofari, Gianni Di Pillo, Giampaolo Liuzzi +1

In this paper, we consider nonlinear optimization problems with nonlinear equality constraints and bound constraints on the variables. For the solution of such problems, many augme…

math.OC2021

Active-set identification with complexity guarantees of an almost cyclic 2-coordinate descent method with Armijo line search

Andrea Cristofari

In this paper, it is established finite active-set identification of an almost cyclic 2-coordinate descent method for problems with one linear coupling constraint and simple bounds…

math.OC2020

A derivative-free method for structured optimization problems

Andrea Cristofari, Francesco Rinaldi

Structured optimization problems are ubiquitous in fields like data science and engineering. The goal in structured optimization is using a prescribed set of points, called atoms,…

math.OC2018★ 11 cited

An almost cyclic 2-coordinate descent method for singly linearly constrained problems

Andrea Cristofari

A block decomposition method is proposed for minimizing a (possibly non-convex) continuously differentiable function subject to one linear equality constraint and simple bounds on…

math.OC2017★ 7 cited

On global minimizers of quadratic functions with cubic regularization

Andrea Cristofari, Tayebeh Dehghan Niri, Stefano Lucidi

In this paper, we analyze some theoretical properties of the problem of minimizing a quadratic function with a cubic regularization term, arising in many methods for unconstrained…

math.OC2017★ 7 cited

An Active-Set Algorithmic Framework for Non-Convex Optimization Problems over the Simplex

Andrea Cristofari, Marianna De Santis, Stefano Lucidi +1

In this paper, we describe a new active-set algorithmic framework for minimizing a non-convex function over the unit simplex. At each iteration, the method makes use of a rule for…

math.OC2016★ 3 cited

Data Filtering for Cluster Analysis by -Norm Regularization

Andrea Cristofari

A data filtering method for cluster analysis is proposed, based on minimizing a least squares function with a weighted -norm penalty. To overcome the discontinuity of the o…

math.OC2016★ 26 cited

A Two-Stage Active-Set Algorithm for Bound-Constrained Optimization

Andrea Cristofari, Marianna De Santis, Stefano Lucidi +1

In this paper, we describe a two-stage method for solving optimization problems with bound constraints. It combines the active-set estimate described in [Facchinei and Lucidi, 1995…