An efficient hybrid conjugate gradient method with an adaptive strategy and applications in image restoration problems

In this study, we introduce a novel hybrid conjugate gradient method with an adaptive strategy called asHCG method. The asHCG method exhibits the following characteristics. (i) Its search direction guarantees sufficient descent property without dependence on any line search. (ii) It possesses strong convergence for the uniformly convex function using a weak Wolfe line search, and under the same line search, it achieves global convergence for the general function. (iii) Employing the Armijo line search, it provides an approximate guarantee for worst-case complexity for the uniformly convex function. The numerical results demonstrate promising and encouraging performances in both unconstrained optimization problems and image restoration problems.