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New research analyzes convergence of sign-based optimization algorithms

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A new research paper explores the convergence properties of sign-based random reshuffling algorithms for nonconvex optimization. The study analyzes the SignRR algorithm, a variant of signSGD that processes data sequentially after reshuffling, and demonstrates that this reshuffling does not fully correct the bias introduced by discarding gradient magnitudes. The paper provides a finite-time bound for SignRR and proposes SignRVR, a variance-reduced alternative, which offers an improved stationarity bound. AI

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhen Qin, Zhishuai Liu, Pan Xu ·

    Convergence of Sign-based Random Reshuffling Algorithms for Nonconvex Optimization

    arXiv:2310.15976v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: signSGD is attractive in nonconvex optimization because it communicates sign-valued rather than full-precision gradients. Several standard analyses assume independent stochastic-gradient samples, whereas a common finite-su…

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