# A flexible coordinate descent method

@article{Fountoulakis2018AFC,
title={A flexible coordinate descent method},
author={Kimon Fountoulakis and Rachael Tappenden},
journal={Computational Optimization and Applications},
year={2018},
volume={70},
pages={351-394}
}
• Published 14 July 2015
• Computer Science
• Computational Optimization and Applications
We present a novel randomized block coordinate descent method for the minimization of a convex composite objective function. The method uses (approximate) partial second-order (curvature) information, so that the algorithm performance is more robust when applied to highly nonseparable or ill conditioned problems. We call the method Flexible Coordinate Descent (FCD). At each iteration of FCD, a block of coordinates is sampled randomly, a quadratic model is formed about that block and the model…
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