On the complexity of parallel coordinate descent

Rachael Tappenden*, Martin Takáč, Peter Richtárik

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Abstract

In this work we study the parallel coordinate descent method (PCDM) proposed by Richtárik and Takáč [Parallel coordinate descent methods for big data optimization, Math. Program. Ser. A (2015), pp. 1–52] for minimizing a regularized convex function. We adopt elements from the work of Lu and Xiao [On the complexity analysis of randomized block-coordinate descent methods, Math. Program. Ser. A 152(1–2) (2015), pp. 615–642], and combine them with several new insights, to obtain sharper iteration complexity results for PCDM than those presented in [Richtárik and Takáč, Parallel coordinate descent methods for big data optimization, Math. Program. Ser. A (2015), pp. 1–52]. Moreover, we show that PCDM is monotonic in expectation, which was not confirmed in [Richtárik and Takáč, Parallel coordinate descent methods for big data optimization, Math. Program. Ser. A (2015), pp. 1–52], and we also derive the first high probability iteration complexity result where the initial levelset is unbounded.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)372-395
Number of pages24
JournalOptimization Methods and Software
Volume33
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 4 2018

Keywords

  • block coordinate descent
  • composite minimization
  • convex optimization
  • iteration complexity
  • monotonic algorithm
  • parallelization
  • rate of convergence
  • unbounded levelset

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Control and Optimization
  • Applied Mathematics

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