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Stochastic Adversarial Noise in the "Black Box" Optimization Problem

Optimization and Control 2023-04-18 v1

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of the solution of a stochastic convex black box optimization problem. Where the black box problem means that the gradient-free oracle only returns the value of objective function, not its gradient. We consider non-smooth and smooth setting of the solution to the black box problem under adversarial stochastic noise. For two techniques creating gradient-free methods: smoothing schemes via L1L_1 and L2L_2 randomizations, we find the maximum allowable level of adversarial stochastic noise that guarantees convergence. Finally, we analyze the convergence behavior of the algorithms under the condition of a large value of noise level.

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@article{arxiv.2304.07861,
  title  = {Stochastic Adversarial Noise in the "Black Box" Optimization Problem},
  author = {Aleksandr Lobanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.07861},
  year   = {2023}
}
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