An Introduction to Bi-level Optimization: Foundations and Applications in Signal Processing and Machine Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00788v3
• Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:30:24 GMT
• Title: An Introduction to Bi-level Optimization: Foundations and Applications in Signal Processing and Machine Learning
• Authors: Yihua Zhang, Prashant Khanduri, Ioannis Tsaknakis, Yuguang Yao, Mingyi Hong, Sijia Liu
• Abstract summary: Bi-level optimization (BLO) has taken center stage in some exciting developments in the area of signal processing (SP) and machine learning (ML) BLO is a classical optimization problem that involves two levels of hierarchy (i.e., upper and lower levels) Prominent applications of BLO range from resource allocation for wireless systems to adversarial machine learning.
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• Abstract: Recently, bi-level optimization (BLO) has taken center stage in some very exciting developments in the area of signal processing (SP) and machine learning (ML). Roughly speaking, BLO is a classical optimization problem that involves two levels of hierarchy (i.e., upper and lower levels), wherein obtaining the solution to the upper-level problem requires solving the lower-level one. BLO has become popular largely because it is powerful in modeling problems in SP and ML, among others, that involve optimizing nested objective functions. Prominent applications of BLO range from resource allocation for wireless systems to adversarial machine learning. In this work, we focus on a class of tractable BLO problems that often appear in SP and ML applications. We provide an overview of some basic concepts of this class of BLO problems, such as their optimality conditions, standard algorithms (including their optimization principles and practical implementations), as well as how they can be leveraged to obtain state-of-the-art results for a number of key SP and ML applications. Further, we discuss some recent advances in BLO theory, its implications for applications, and point out some limitations of the state-of-the-art that require significant future research efforts. Overall, we hope that this article can serve to accelerate the adoption of BLO as a generic tool to model, analyze, and innovate on a wide array of emerging SP and ML applications.

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