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Arising in semi-parametric statistics, control applications, and as sub-problems in global optimization methods, certain optimization problems can have objective functions requiring numerical integration to evaluate, yet gradient function…

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Post-training with reinforcement learning (RL) has recently shown strong promise for advancing multimodal agents beyond supervised imitation. However, RL remains limited by poor data efficiency, particularly in settings where interaction…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Chengxuan Lu , Zhenquan Zhang , Shukuan Wang , Qunzhi Lin , Baigui Sun , Yang Liu

This paper propose a new frame work for finding global minima which we call optimization by cut. In each iteration, it takes some samples from the feasible region and evaluates the objective function at these points. Based on the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-14 Yuanyuan Liu

In this paper, we will provide an introduction to the derivative-free optimization algorithms which can be potentially applied to train deep learning models. Existing deep learning model training is mostly based on the back propagation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-23 Jiawei Zhang

Electromagnetismlike Optimization (EMO) is a global optimization algorithm, particularly well suited to solve problems featuring nonlinear and multimodal cost functions. EMO employs searcher agents that emulate a population of charged…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-05-21 Erik Cuevas , Diego Oliva , Daniel Zaldivar , Marco Perez , Gonzalo Pajares

Given its vast application on online social networks, Influence Maximization (IM) has garnered considerable attention over the last couple of decades. Due to the intricacy of IM, most current research concentrates on estimating the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Zonghan Zhang , Zhiqian Chen

In this paper we propose an extension of the classical Sobol' estimator for the estimation of variance based sensitivity indices. The approach assumes a linear correlation model between the input variables which is used to decompose the…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-08-12 Thomas Most

This paper presents a new complex optimization problem in the field of automatic design of advanced industrial systems and proposes a hybrid optimization approach to solve the problem. The problem is multi-objective as it aims at finding…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Václav Jirkovský , Jiří Kubalík , Petr Kadera , Arnd Schirrmann , Andreas Mitschke , Andreas Zindel

The aim of this study is to find the optimum of a linear fractional function over the efficient set of a multi-objective linear fractional integer program without generating all efficient solutions. By its nature, it is a global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Fatma Zohra Ouail , Mohamed El-Amine Chergui

In this work, we propose a novel optimization model termed "sum-of-minimum" optimization. This model seeks to minimize the sum or average of $N$ objective functions over $k$ parameters, where each objective takes the minimum value of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Lisang Ding , Ziang Chen , Xinshang Wang , Wotao Yin

In decision-making problems, the outcome of an intervention often depends on the causal relationships between system components and is highly costly to evaluate. In such settings, causal Bayesian optimization (CBO) can exploit the causal…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-02-21 Shriya Bhatija , Paul-David Zuercher , Jakob Thumm , Thomas Bohné

Global optimisation problems in high-dimensional and infinite dimensional spaces arise in various real-world applications such as engineering, economics, geophysics, biology, machine learning, optimal control, etc. Among stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-06 Andrew Yu. Morozov , Oleg Kuzenkov , Simran K. Sandhu

This paper is concerned with a recently developed paradigm for population-based optimization, termed particle filter optimization (PFO). This paradigm is attractive in terms of coherence in theory and easiness in mathematical analysis and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-11-26 Bin Liu , Yaochu Jin

Global sensitivity analysis of complex numerical simulators is often limited by the small number of model evaluations that can be afforded. In such settings, surrogate models built from a limited set of simulations can substantially reduce…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-01-21 Guerlain Lambert , Céline Helbert , Claire Lauvernet

In this paper, the global optimization problem $\min_{y\in S} F(y)$ with $S$ being a hyperinterval in $\Re^N$ and $F(y)$ satisfying the Lipschitz condition with an unknown Lipschitz constant is considered. It is supposed that the function…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-14 Daniela Lera , Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

Many mathematical models involve input parameters, which are not precisely known. Global sensitivity analysis aims to identify the parameters whose uncertainty has the largest impact on the variability of a quantity of interest. One of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-11-21 Pierre Etoré , Clémentine Prieur , Dang Khoi Pham , Long Li

Let $X:=(X_1, \ldots, X_p)$ be random objects (the inputs), defined on some probability space $(\Omega,{\mathcal{F}}, \mathbb P)$ and valued in some measurable space $E=E_1\times\ldots \times E_p$. Further, let $Y:=Y = f(X_1, \ldots, X_p)$…

Applications · Statistics 2013-11-15 Fabrice Gamboa , Alexandre Janon , Thierry Klein , Agnès Lagnoux

In the field of computer experiments sensitivity analysis aims at quantifying the relative importance of each input parameter (or combinations thereof) of a computational model with respect to the model output uncertainty. Variance…

Computation · Statistics 2014-05-23 Bruno Sudret , Chu Van Mai

This paper proposes a new algorithm for solving constrained global optimization problems where both the objective function and constraints are one-dimensional non-differentiable multiextremal Lipschitz functions. Multiextremal constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-07-27 Yaroslav D. Sergeyev

Inspired by the well-established variance-based methods for global sensitivity analysis, we develop a local total sensitivity index that decomposes the global total sensitivity conditions by independent variables' values. We employ this…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-07-21 Brian W. Bush , Joanne Wendelberger , Rebecca Hanes