A Hamilton-Jacobi-based proximal operator.
A Hamilton-Jacobi-based proximal operator.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2220469120
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发表时间:
2023-04-04
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Fung, Samy Wu
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作者:
Osher, Stanley;Heaton, Howard;Fung, Samy Wu
Many objective functions do not admit explicit formulas for their proximal operators. Moreover, these operators often cannot be estimated using exact gradients (e.g., when objectives are accessible via an oracle). In this work, we give a formula for accurately approximating proximal operators using only (possibly noisy) objective function samples. First-order optimization algorithms are widely used today. Two standard building blocks in these algorithms are proximal operators (proximals) and gradients. Although gradients can be computed for a wide array of functions, explicit proximal formulas are known for only limited classes of functions. We provide an algorithm, HJ-Prox, for accurately approximating such proximals. This is derived from a collection of relations between proximals, Moreau envelopes, Hamilton–Jacobi (HJ) equations, heat equations, and Monte Carlo sampling. In particular, HJ-Prox smoothly approximates the Moreau envelope and its gradient. The smoothness can be adjusted to act as a denoiser. Our approach applies even when functions are accessible only by (possibly noisy) black box samples. We show that HJ-Prox is effective numerically via several examples.
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