Projection-Based Regularized Dual Averaging for Stochastic Optimization

Asahi Ushio, Masahiro Yukawa

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Abstract

We propose a novel stochastic-optimization framework based on the regularized dual averaging (RDA) method. The proposed approach differs from the previous studies of RDA in three major aspects. First, the squared-distance loss function to a 'random' closed convex set is employed for stability. Second, a sparsity-promoting metric (used implicitly by a certain proportionate-type adaptive filtering algorithm) and a quadratically-weighted \ell -1 regularizer are used simultaneously. Third, the step size and regularization parameters are both constant due to the smoothness of the loss function. These three differences yield an excellent sparsity-seeking property, high estimation accuracy, and insensitivity to the choice of the regularization parameter. Numerical examples show the remarkable advantages of the proposed method over the existing methods (including AdaGrad and the adaptive proximal forward-backward splitting method) in applications to regression and classification with real/synthetic data.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8680689
Pages (from-to)2720-2733
Number of pages14
JournalIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Volume67
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019 May 15

Keywords

  • Online learning
  • orthogonal projection
  • proximity operator
  • regularized stochastic optimization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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