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5 papers

math.OC2026

A family of spectral conjugate gradient algorithms derived by least-squares approximations based on a modified quasi--Newton update with application to a revised robust binary classification model

Saman Babaie-Kafaki, Maryam Khoshsimaye-Bargard, Ahmad Mousavi

We develop a spectral three-term modification of the classic Hestenes--Stiefel conjugate gradient algorithm, preserving its anti-jamming characteristic and, simultaneously, taking…

math.OC2026

From a Scalar to a Matrix Setting for the Dai--Liao Parameter

Saman Babaie--Kafaki, Morteza Kimiaei, Zohre Aminifard

As is well known, both the numerical performance and the theoretical properties of the Dai--Liao conjugate gradient algorithm are highly dependent on the adjustment of its key para…

math.OC2026

An Approximate Conjugate Subgradient Algorithm with Matrix Parameter for Derivative-Free Nonsmooth Optimization Problems

Morteza Kimiaei, Saman Babaie-Kafaki, Zohre Aminifard

We propose a derivative-free matrix conjugate-subgradient method for unconstrained nonsmooth optimization of locally Lipschitz functions. The method constructs discrete gradients u…

math.OC2026

Diagonal Hessian Approximation Based on Conjugacy Condition for Noisy Derivative-Free Optimization Problems in High Dimensions

Morteza Kimiaei, Saman Babaie--Kafaki

We consider large-scale noisy derivative-free optimization (DFO) problems in which only function values are available and gradient or subgradient information cannot be reliably est…

math.OC2026

An efficient penalty decomposition algorithm for minimization over sparse symmetric sets

Ahmad Mousavi, Morteza Kimiaei, Saman Babaie-Kafaki +1

This paper proposes an improved quasi-Newton penalty decomposition algorithm for the minimization of continuously differentiable functions, possibly nonconvex, over sparse symmetri…