Iteratively Re-weighted Least Squares minimization: Proof of faster than linear rate for sparse recovery

Ingrid Daubechies, Ronald DeVore, Massimo Fornasier, Sinan Güntürk

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Abstract

Given an m × N matrix Φ, with m < N, the system of equations Φx = y is typically underdetermined and has infinitely many solutions. Various forms of optimization can extract a "best" solution. One of the oldest is to select the one with minimal l2 norm. It has been shown that in many applications a better choice is the minimal l1 norm solution. This is the case in Compressive Sensing, when sparse solutions are sought. The minimal l1 norm solution can be found by using linear programming; an alternative method is Iterative Re-weighted Least Squares (IRLS), which in some cases is numerically faster. The main step of IRLS finds, for a given weight w, the solution with smallest l2(w) norm; this weight is updated at every iteration step: if x(n) is the solution at step n, then w(n) is defined by wi(n):= 1/|xi(n)|, i = 1,..., N. We give a specific recipe for updating weights that avoids technical shortcomings in other approaches, and for which we can prove convergence under certain conditions on the matrix Φ known as the Restricted Isometry Property. We also show that if there is a sparse solution, then the limit of the proposed algorithm is that sparse solution. It is also shown that whenever the solution at a given iteration is sufficiently close to the limit, then the remaining steps of the algorithm converge exponentially fast. In the standard version of the algorithm, designed to emulate l1-minimization, the exponenital rate is linear; in adapted versions aimed at 1T-minimization with T <1, we prove faster than linear rate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCISS 2008, The 42nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems
Pages26-29
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventCISS 2008, 42nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems - Princeton, NJ, United States
Duration: Mar 19 2008Mar 21 2008

Publication series

NameCISS 2008, The 42nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems

Other

OtherCISS 2008, 42nd Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPrinceton, NJ
Period3/19/083/21/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Control and Systems Engineering

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