A relaxed randomized averaging block extended Bregman–Kaczmarz method for combined optimization problems

Abstract Randomized Kaczmarz-type methods are widely used for their simplicity and efficiency in solving large-scale linear systems and optimization problems. However, their applicability is limited when dealing with inconsistent systems or incorporating structural information such as sparsity. In this work, we propose a relaxed randomized averaging block extended Bregman–Kaczmarz (rRABEBK) method for solving a broad class of combined optimization problems. The proposed method integrates an averaging block strategy with two relaxation parameters to accelerate convergence and enhance numerical stability. We establish a rigorous convergence theory showing that rRABEBK achieves linear convergence in expectation, with explicit constants that quantify the effect of the relaxation mechanism, and a provably faster rate than the classical randomized extended Bregman–Kaczmarz method. Our method can be readily adapted to sparse least-squares problems and extended to both consistent and inconsistent systems without modification. Complementary numerical experiments corroborate the theoretical findings and demonstrate that rRABEBK significantly outperforms the existing Kaczmarz-type algorithms in terms of both iteration complexity and computational efficiency, highlighting both its practical and theoretical advantages.