Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: In solving linear systems of equations of the form $Ax=b$, corruptions present in $b$ affect stochastic iterative algorithms' ability to reach the true solution $x^\ast$ to the uncorrupted linear system. The randomized Kaczmarz method converges in expectation to $x^\ast$ up to an error horizon dependent on the conditioning of $A$ and the supremum norm of the corruption in $b$. To avoid this error horizon in the sparse corruption setting, previous works have proposed quantile-based adaptations that make iterative methods robust. Our work first establishes a new convergence rate for the quantile-based random Kaczmarz (qRK) and double quantile-based random Kaczmarz (dqRK) methods, which, under certain conditions, improves upon known bounds. We further consider the more practical setting in which the vector $b$ includes both non-sparse ``noise" and sparse ``corruption". Error horizon bounds for qRK and dqRK are derived and shown to produce a smaller error horizon compared to their non-quantile-based counterparts, further demonstrating the advantages of quantile-based methods.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Battaglia, Emeric, Ma, Anna
Language: English
Topic: Matrix Theory and Algorithms
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6979351832
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