Solving Finite-sum Coupled Compositional Optimization via Multi-block-Single-probe Estimator
Traditional variance reduction methods (e.g., SPIDER, SARAH, STORM) have been extensively investigated for improving the convergence rates of stochastic optimization. These techniques typically maintain a sequence of estimators for a single function (or gradient) across iterations. However, what if we need to track multiple functions, but can only access stochastic samples of $\mathcal{O}(1)$ functions at each iteration? This scenario arises in an important emerging family of finite-sum coupled compositional optimization (FCCO) problems of the form $\frac{1}{m}\sum_{i=1}^m f_i(g_i(\mathbf{w}))$, where each $g_i$ is accessible only through a stochastic oracle. The key challenge is to track...
| Authors | Wei Jiang, Sifan Yang, Yibo Wang et al. |
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| Primary category | cs.LG |
| Published | 14 September 2026 |
| Last updated at source | 14 September 2026 |
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