Comparison of Two Kinds of Prediction-Correction Methods for Monotone Variational Inequalities

In this paper, we study the relationship between the forward-backward splitting method and the extra-gradient method for monotone variational inequalities. Both of the methods can be viewed as prediction-correction methods. The only difference is that they use different search directions in the correction-step. Our analysis explains theoretically why the extra-gradient methods usually outperform the forward-backward splitting methods. We suggest some modifications for the two methods and numerical results are given to verify the superiority of the modified methods.