Feature selection for neural networks using group lasso regularization

H Zhang, J Wang, Z Sun, JM Zurada… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an embedded/integrated feature selection method based on neural networks
with Group Lasso penalty. Group Lasso regularization is considered to produce sparsity on …

Smoothing methods for nonsmooth, nonconvex minimization

X Chen - Mathematical programming, 2012 - Springer
We consider a class of smoothing methods for minimization problems where the feasible set
is convex but the objective function is not convex, not differentiable and perhaps not even …

Lower Bound Theory of Nonzero Entries in Solutions of - Minimization

X Chen, F Xu, Y Ye - SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, 2010 - SIAM
Recently, variable selection and sparse reconstruction are solved by finding an optimal
solution of a minimization model, where the objective function is the sum of a data-fitting …

Alternating direction method of multipliers for a class of nonconvex and nonsmooth problems with applications to background/foreground extraction

L Yang, TK Pong, X Chen - SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 2017 - SIAM
In this paper, we study a general optimization model, which covers a large class of existing
models for many applications in imaging sciences. To solve the resulting possibly …

A new family of hybrid three-term conjugate gradient methods with applications in image restoration

X Jiang, W Liao, J Yin, J Jian - Numerical Algorithms, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, based on the hybrid conjugate gradient method and the convex combination
technique, a new family of hybrid three-term conjugate gradient methods are proposed for …

Two efficient nonlinear conjugate gradient methods with restart procedures and their applications in image restoration

XZ Jiang, YH Zhu, JB Jian - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Nonlinear conjugate gradient method (CGM) is one of the most efficient iterative methods for
dealing with large-scale optimization problems. In this paper, based on the Fletcher–Reeves …

Non-Lipschitz -Regularization and Box Constrained Model for Image Restoration

X Chen, MK Ng, C Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Image …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonsmooth nonconvex regularization has remarkable advantages for the restoration of
piecewise constant images. Constrained optimization can improve the image restoration …

Complexity analysis of interior point algorithms for non-Lipschitz and nonconvex minimization

W Bian, X Chen, Y Ye - Mathematical Programming, 2015 - Springer
We propose a first order interior point algorithm for a class of non-Lipschitz and nonconvex
minimization problems with box constraints, which arise from applications in variable …

Nonconvex TV-Models in Image Restoration: Analysis and a Trust-Region Regularization--Based Superlinearly Convergent Solver

M Hintermüller, T Wu - SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 2013 - SIAM
A nonconvex variational model is introduced which contains the \ell_q-``norm,” q∈(0,1), of
the gradient of the underlying image in the regularization part together with a least squares …

Two-stage image segmentation based on nonconvex ℓ2− ℓp approximation and thresholding

T Wu, J Shao, X Gu, MK Ng, T Zeng - Applied Mathematics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Image segmentation is of great importance in image processing. In this paper, we propose a
two-stage image segmentation strategy based on the nonconvex ℓ 2− ℓ p approximation of …