Prediction-Correction Algorithm for Time-Varying Smooth Non-Convex Optimization

Abstract: Time-varying optimization problems are prevalent in various engineering fields, and the ability to solve them accurately in real-time is becoming increasingly important. The prediction-correction algorithms used in smooth time-varying optimization can achieve better accuracy than that of the time-varying gradient descent (TVGD) algorithm. However, none of the existing prediction-correction algorithms can be applied to general non-strongly-convex functions, and most of them are not computationally efficient enough to solve large-scale problems. Here, we propose a new prediction-correction algorithm that is applicable to large-scale and general non-convex problems and that is more accurate than TVGD. Furthermore, we present convergence analyses of the TVGD and proposed prediction-correction algorithms for non-strongly-convex functions for the first time. In numerical experiments using synthetic and real datasets, the proposed algorithm is shown to be able to reduce the convergence error as the theoretical analyses suggest and outperform the existing algorithms.