稀疏正则化部分最优传输的加速算法

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Abstract:Partial Optimal Transport (POT) extends the classical optimal transport problem by relaxing the strict mass conservation constraint, enabling its use in a wide range of real-world applications. In many of these settings, sparse transport plans are preferred for their interpretability and computational benefits. While smooth and strongly convex regularizers - such as quadratic or elastic net - have been vastly used in various machine learning applications to induce sparsity and accelerate computation, they have received less algorithmic attention compared to entropic approaches for computational POT. In this paper, we propose a new optimization framework that leverages these regularizers through a penalty-based reformulation, enabling efficient gradient-based updates while preserving the structure of the original problem. Our method accommodates a broad class of regularizers that promote structured and sparse transport plans. Building on this formulation, we design an accelerated first-order algorithm that alternates between smooth updates and simple projection steps. Through empirical benchmarks on color transfer, domain adaptation, and point cloud registration, our approach consistently outperforms established baselines - achieving lower transport cost, higher sparsity, and faster convergence - making it a practical and scalable solution for modern transport problems.

Submission history

From: Khoa Nguyen [view email]
[v1] Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:25:53 UTC (16,455 KB)
[v2] Fri, 2 Oct 2026 07:20:45 UTC (1 KB) (withdrawn)