Sampling and Update Frequencies in Proximal Variance-Reduced Stochastic Gradient Methods

Martin Morin () and Pontus Giselsson ()
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Martin Morin: Lund University
Pontus Giselsson: Lund University

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2025, vol. 205, issue 3, No 17, 23 pages

Abstract: Abstract Variance-reduced stochastic gradient methods have gained popularity in recent times. Several variants exist with different strategies for storing and sampling gradients, and this work concerns the interactions between these two aspects. We present a general proximal variance-reduced gradient method and analyze it under strong convexity assumptions. Special cases of the algorithm include SAGA, L-SVRG, and their proximal variants. Our analysis sheds light on epoch-length selection and the need to balance the convergence of the iterates with how often gradients are stored. The analysis improves on other convergence rates found in the literature and produces a new and faster converging sampling strategy for SAGA. Problem instances for which the predicted rates are the same as the practical rates are presented together with problems based on real-world data.

Keywords: SAGA; L-SVRG; Variance-reduced; Stochastic gradient; Sampling; Epoch length; Primary: 65K05; 90C06; 90C25; 90C30; 68Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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