We consider a variable metric linesearch based proximal gradient method for the minimization of the sum of a smooth, possibly nonconvex function plus a convex, possibly nonsmooth term. We prove convergence of this iterative algorithm to a critical point if the objective function satisfies the Kurdyka-Lojasiewicz property at each point of its domain, under the assumption that a limit point exists. The proposed method is applied to a wide collection of image processing problems and our numerical tests show that our algorithm results to be flexible, robust and competitive when compared to recently proposed approaches able to address the optimization problems arising in the considered applications.
One of the most popular approaches for the minimization of a convex functional given by the sum of a differentiable term and a nondifferentiable one is the forward-backward method with extrapolation. The main reason making this method very appealing for a wide range of applications is that it achieves a O(1/k 2 ) convergence rate in the objective function values, which is optimal for a first order method. Recent contributions on this topic are related to the convergence of the iterates to a minimizer and the possibility of adopting a variable metric in the proximal step. Moreover, it has been also proved that the objective function convergence rate is actually o(1/k 2 ). However, these results are obtained under the assumption that the minimization subproblem involved in the backward step is computed exactly, which is clearly not realistic in a variety of relevant applications. In this paper, we analyze the convergence properties when both variable metric and inexact computation of the backward step are allowed. To do this, we adopt a suitable inexactness criterion and we devise implementable conditions on both the accuracy of the inexact backward step computation and the variable metric selection, so that the o(1/k 2 ) rate and the convergence of the iterates are preserved. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is also validated with a numerical experience showing the effects of the combination of inexactness with variable metric techniques.
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