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A Stochastic Operator Framework for Optimization and Learning with Sub-Weibull Errors
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Decision and Control Systems (Automatic Control). KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Centres, Digital futures.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5634-8802
University of British Columbia, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of Padova, Department of Information Engineering, Padova, Italy.
University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, and Affiliate Faculty of the Department of Applied Mathematics, Boulder, CO, USA.
2024 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, ISSN 0018-9286, E-ISSN 1558-2523, Vol. 69, no 12, p. 8722-8737Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This article proposes a framework to study the convergence of stochastic optimization and learning algorithms. The framework is modeled over the different challenges that these algorithms pose, such as 1) the presence of random additive errors (e.g., due to stochastic gradients), and 2) random coordinate updates (e.g., due to asynchrony in distributed set-ups). The article covers both convex and strongly convex problems, and it also analyzes online scenarios, involving changes in the data and costs. This article relies on interpreting stochastic algorithms as the iterated application of stochastic operators, thus allowing us to use the powerful tools of operator theory. In particular, we consider operators characterized by additive errors with sub-Weibull distribution (which parameterize a broad class of errors by their tail probability), and random updates. In this framework, we derive convergence results in mean and high probability, by providing bounds to the distance of the current iteration from a solution of the optimization or learning problem. The contributions are discussed in light of federated learning applications.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024. Vol. 69, no 12, p. 8722-8737
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Federated learning, high probability convergence, inexact optimization, online optimization, stochastic operators
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Control Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367204DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2024.3419186ISI: 001370188100013Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85197044320OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367204DiVA, id: diva2:1984299
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