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A note on the convergence of deterministic gradient sampling in nonsmooth optimization

Optimization and Control 2024-02-07 v2

Abstract

Approximation of subdifferentials is one of the main tasks when computing descent directions for nonsmooth optimization problems. In this article, we propose a bisection method for weakly lower semismooth functions which is able to compute new subgradients that improve a given approximation in case a direction with insufficient descent was computed. Combined with a recently proposed deterministic gradient sampling approach, this yields a deterministic and provably convergent way to approximate subdifferentials for computing descent directions.

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@article{arxiv.2312.12032,
  title  = {A note on the convergence of deterministic gradient sampling in nonsmooth optimization},
  author = {Bennet Gebken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.12032},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

This version of the article has been accepted for publication after peer review, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10589-024-00552-0

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