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most citedA Unified Single-loop Alternating Gradient Projection Algorithm for Nonconvex-Concave and Convex-Nonconcave Minimax Problems

47 citations · 62 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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math.OC2022

Iterative Minimax Games with Coupled Linear Constraints

Huiling Zhang, Zi Xu, Yu-Hong Dai

The study of nonconvex minimax games has gained significant momentum in machine learning and decision science communities due to their fundamental connections to adversarial traini…

math.OC2022

Zeroth-Order Alternating Gradient Descent Ascent Algorithms for a Class of Nonconvex-Nonconcave Minimax Problems

Zi Xu, Zi-Qi Wang, Jun-Lin Wang +1

In this paper, we consider a class of nonconvex-nonconcave minimax problems, i.e., NC-PL minimax problems, whose objective functions satisfy the Polyak-Łojasiewicz (PL) condition w…

math.OC2022

Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation: towards one-measurement per iteration

Shiru Li, Yong Xia, Zi Xu

When measuring the value of a function to be minimized is not only expensive but also with noise, the popular simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) algorithm re…

math.OC2020★ 47 cited

A Unified Single-loop Alternating Gradient Projection Algorithm for Nonconvex-Concave and Convex-Nonconcave Minimax Problems

Zi Xu, Huiling Zhang, Yang Xu +1

Much recent research effort has been directed to the development of efficient algorithms for solving minimax problems with theoretical convergence guarantees due to the relevance o…

cs.IT2019

On the Equivalence of Semidifinite Relaxations for MIMO Detection with General Constellations

Ya-Feng Liu, Zi Xu, Cheng Lu

The multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detection problem is a fundamental problem in modern digital communications. Semidefinite relaxation (SDR) based algorithms are a popular…

cs.IT2017★ 3 cited

Joint Multicast Beamforming and User Scheduling in Large-scale Antenna Systems

L. Zhou, Z. Xu, W. Jiang +1

This paper studies the joint multicast beamforming and user scheduling problem, with the objective of minimizing total transmitting power across multiple channels by jointly assign…

math.OC2014★ 11 cited

An Improved Analysis of Semidefinite Approximation Bound for Nonconvex Nonhomogeneous Quadratic Optimization with Ellipsoid Constraints

Yong Xia, Shu Wang, Zi Xu

We consider the problem of approximating nonconvex quadratic optimization with ellipsoid constraints (ECQP). We show some SDP-based approximation bounds for special cases of (ECQP)…

math.OC2014

Semidefinite Relaxation for Two Mixed Binary Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs: Algorithms and Approximation Bounds

Zi Xu, Mingyi Hong

This paper develops new semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation techniques for two classes of mixed binary quadratically constrained quadratic programs (MBQCQP) and analyzes thei…

math.OC2013★ 1 cited

Semidefinite approximation for mixed binary quadratically constrained quadratic programs

Zi Xu, Mingyi Hong, Zhi-Quan Luo

Motivated by applications in wireless communications, this paper develops semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation techniques for some mixed binary quadratically constrained quadr…

cs.IT2012

Joint User Grouping and Linear Virtual Beamforming: Complexity, Algorithms and Approximation Bounds

Mingyi Hong, Zi Xu, Meisam Razaviyayn +1

In a wireless system with a large number of distributed nodes, the quality of communication can be greatly improved by pooling the nodes to perform joint transmission/reception. In…