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The trust region method is an algorithm traditionally used in the field of derivative free optimization. The method works by iteratively constructing surrogate models (often linear or quadratic functions) to approximate the true objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-12 Ky Vu , Pierre-Louis Poirion , Claudia D'Ambrosio , Leo Liberti

This paper proposes a random subspace trust-region algorithm for general convex-constrained derivative-free optimization (DFO) problems. Similar to previous random subspace DFO methods, the convergence of our algorithm requires a certain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Yiwen Chen , Warren Hare , Amy Wiebe

We present a new framework for statistical inference on Riemannian manifolds that achieves high-order accuracy, addressing the challenges posed by non-Euclidean parameter spaces frequently encountered in modern data science. Our approach…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-03 Chengzhu Huang , Anru R. Zhang

We develop and analyze a method for stochastic simulation optimization based on Gaussian process models within a trust-region framework. We focus on settings where the variance of the objective function is large, making accurate estimation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Mickael Binois , Jeffrey Larson

Under interpolation-type assumptions such as the strong growth condition, stochastic optimization methods can attain convergence rates comparable to full-batch methods, but their performance, particularly for SGD, remains highly sensitive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Aike Yang , Hao Wang

We propose a nonsmooth trust-region method for solving optimization problems with locally Lipschitz continuous functions, with application to problems constrained by variational inequalities of the second kind. Under suitable assumptions on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-17 Constantin Christof , Juan Carlos De Los Reyes , Christian Meyer

In this work, we consider methods for large-scale and nonconvex unconstrained optimization. We propose a new trust-region method whose subproblem is defined using a so-called "shape-changing" norm together with densely-initialized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-11 Johannes J. Brust , Jennifer B. Erway , Roummel F. Marcia

We present a globally convergent method for the solution of frictionless large deformation contact problems for hyperelastic materials. The discretisation uses the mortar method which is known to be more stable than node-to-segment…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-07 Jonathan Youett , Oliver Sander , Ralf Kornhuber

In order to cope with the increased data volumes generated by modern radio interferometers such as LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) or SKA (Square Kilometre Array), fast and efficient calibration algorithms are essential. Traditional radio…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Sarod Yatawatta

For solving large-scale non-convex problems, we propose inexact variants of trust region and adaptive cubic regularization methods, which, to increase efficiency, incorporate various approximations. In particular, in addition to approximate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-21 Zhewei Yao , Peng Xu , Farbod Roosta-Khorasani , Michael W. Mahoney

Fitting an unknown number of hyperplanes to data is a fundamental yet challenging problem in machine learning, characterized by its non-convexity, non-differentiability, and unknown model order. Existing approaches often struggle with local…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Zhiqin Cheng , Yu Zhan , Mingjin Zhang , Lingbo Liu , Liang Lin

This paper addresses the global optimization of the sum of the Rayleigh quotient and the generalized Rayleigh quotient on the unit sphere. While various methods have been proposed for this problem, they fail to reliably converge to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Dominik Friml , Pavel Václavek

We present an augmented Lagrangian trust-region method to efficiently solve constrained optimization problems governed by large-scale nonlinear systems with application to partial differential equation-constrained optimization. At each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-24 Tianshu Wen , Matthew J. Zahr

For nonlinear equations, the homotopy methods (continuation methods) are popular in engineering fields since their convergence regions are large and they are quite reliable to find a solution. The disadvantage of the classical homotopy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-29 Xin-long Luo , Hang Xiao , Jia-hui Lv

We propose a stochastic first-order trust-region method with inexact function and gradient evaluations for solving finite-sum minimization problems. Using a suitable reformulation of the given problem, our method combines the inexact…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-25 Stefania Bellavia , Natasa Krejic , Benedetta Morini , Simone Rebegoldi

Motivated by TRACE algorithm [Curtis et al. 2017], we propose a trust region algorithm for finding second order stationary points of a linearly constrained non-convex optimization problem. We show the convergence of the proposed algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-16 Maher Nouiehed , Meisam Razaviyayn

Bringing together nonlinear optimization with polyhedral and integrality constraints enables versatile modeling, but poses significant computational challenges. We investigate a method to address these problems based on sequential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Alberto De Marchi

In this article, we consider solvers for large-scale trust-region subproblems when the quadratic model is defined by a limited-memory symmetric rank-one (L-SR1) quasi-Newton matrix. We propose a solver that exploits the compact…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-15 Johannes Brust , Jennifer B. Erway , Roummel F. Marcia

An algorithm is proposed for solving stochastic and finite sum minimization problems. Based on a trust region methodology, the algorithm employs normalized steps, at least as long as the norms of the stochastic gradient estimates are within…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-27 Frank E. Curtis , Katya Scheinberg , Rui Shi

In this paper (part 1), we describe a derivative-free trust-region method for solving unconstrained optimization problems. We will discuss a method when we relax the model order assumption and use artificial neural network techniques to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Mostafa Rezapour , Thomas Asaki