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In this paper, we consider black-box multiobjective optimization problems in which all objective functions are not given analytically. In multiobjective optimization, it is important to produce a set of uniformly distributed discrete…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-11 Kwang-Hui Ju , Ju-Song Kim

We study a multi-objective scheduling problem on two dedicated processors. The aim is to minimize simultaneously the makespan, the total tardiness and the total completion time. This NP-hard problem requires the use of well-adapted methods.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Adel Kacem , Abdelaziz Dammak

In this paper we characterize sharp time-data tradeoffs for optimization problems used for solving linear inverse problems. We focus on the minimization of a least-squares objective subject to a constraint defined as the sub-level set of a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-06 Samet Oymak , Benjamin Recht , Mahdi Soltanolkotabi

We propose a nested weighted Tchebycheff Multi-objective Bayesian optimization framework where we build a regression model selection procedure from an ensemble of models, towards better estimation of the uncertain parameters of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Arpan Biswas , Claudio Fuentes , Christopher Hoyle

Single-objective black box optimization (also known as zeroth-order optimization) is the process of minimizing a scalar objective $f(x)$, given evaluations at adaptively chosen inputs $x$. In this paper, we consider multi-objective…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Daniel Golovin , Qiuyi Zhang

We consider the problem of optimizing a grey-box objective function, i.e., nested function composed of both black-box and white-box functions. A general formulation for such grey-box problems is given, which covers the existing grey-box…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-03 Wenjie Xu , Yuning Jiang , Bratislav Svetozarevic , Colin N. Jones

We present a new multi-objective optimization approach for synthesizing interpretations that "explain" the behavior of black-box machine learning models. Constructing human-understandable interpretations for black-box models often requires…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-18 Hazem Torfah , Shetal Shah , Supratik Chakraborty , S. Akshay , Sanjit A. Seshia

Optimizing nonlinear systems involving expensive computer experiments with regard to conflicting objectives is a common challenge. When the number of experiments is severely restricted and/or when the number of objectives increases,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-07-16 David Gaudrie , Rodolphe Le Riche , Victor Picheny , Benoit Enaux , Vincent Herbert

Multi-objective combinatorial optimization seeks Pareto-optimal solutions over exponentially large discrete spaces, yet existing methods sacrifice generality, scalability, or theoretical guarantees. We reformulate it as an online learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Esha Singh , Dongxia Wu , Chien-Yi Yang , Tajana Rosing , Rose Yu , Yi-An Ma

In multi-objective optimization, computing the entire non-dominated set (also known as the Pareto front or the Pareto frontier) is often intractable. However, for any multiplicative factor greater than one, an approximation set can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Levin Nemesch , Stefan Ruzika , Clemens Thielen , Alina Wittmann

This paper is devoted to a study of infinite horizon optimal control problems with time discounting and time averaging criteria in discrete time. It is known that these problems are related to certain infinite-dimensional linear programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Ilya Shvartsman

The purpose of this work is to illustrate how the theory of Muckenhoupt weights, Muckenhoupt weighted Sobolev spaces and the corresponding weighted norm inequalities can be used in the analysis and discretization of PDE constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-05 Harbir Antil , Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado

Performance optimization of deep learning models is conducted either manually or through automatic architecture search, or a combination of both. On the other hand, their performance strongly depends on the target hardware and how…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-23 Vahid Partovi Nia , Alireza Ghaffari , Mahdi Zolnouri , Yvon Savaria

Variational inequalities are a universal optimization paradigm that is interesting in itself, but also incorporates classical minimization and saddle point problems. Modern realities encourage to consider stochastic formulations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-27 Alexander Pichugin , Maksim Pechin , Aleksandr Beznosikov , Alexander Gasnikov

We study the multi-armed bandit problem with arms which are Markov chains with rewards. In the finite-horizon setting, the celebrated Gittins indices do not apply, and the exact solution is intractable. We provide approximation algorithms…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-09-14 Will Ma

We consider a decision-making problem to evaluate absolute ratings of alternatives from the results of their pairwise comparisons according to two criteria, subject to constraints on the ratings. We formulate the problem as a bi-objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-08 Nikolai Krivulin

We study the multi-objective linear contextual bandit problem, where multiple possible conflicting objectives must be optimized simultaneously. We propose \texttt{MOL-TS}, the \textit{first} Thompson Sampling algorithm with Pareto regret…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-12-02 Somangchan Park , Heesang Ann , Min-hwan Oh

Many existing branch and bound algorithms for multiobjective optimization problems require a significant computational cost to approximate the entire Pareto optimal solution set. In this paper, we propose a new branch and bound algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-20 Weitian Wu , Xinmin Yang

In multi-objective optimization, a single decision vector must balance the trade-offs between many objectives. Solutions achieving an optimal trade-off are said to be Pareto optimal: these are decision vectors for which improving any one…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-07 Abhishek Roy , Geelon So , Yi-An Ma

We consider multicriteria problems of evaluating absolute ratings (scores, priorities, weights) of given alternatives for making decisions, which are compared in pairs under several criteria. Given matrices of pairwise comparisons of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Nikolai Krivulin