# On the Convergence of Block Coordinate Descent Type Methods

@article{Beck2013OnTC,
title={On the Convergence of Block Coordinate Descent Type Methods},
author={Amir Beck and Luba Tetruashvili},
journal={SIAM J. Optim.},
year={2013},
volume={23},
pages={2037-2060}
}
• Published 16 October 2013
• Mathematics, Computer Science
• SIAM J. Optim.
In this paper we study smooth convex programming problems where the decision variables vector is split into several blocks of variables. We analyze the block coordinate gradient projection method in which each iteration consists of performing a gradient projection step with respect to a certain block taken in a cyclic order. Global sublinear rate of convergence of this method is established and it is shown that it can be accelerated when the problem is unconstrained. In the unconstrained…
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