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We propose a stochastic nonconvex optimization algorithm that achieves almost sure $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(\epsilon^{-1.5})$ iteration complexity for problems with smooth objective functions and gradients only observable with noise. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Yunsoo Ha , Sara Shashaani , Quoc Tran-dinh

A trust-region algorithm using inexact function and derivatives values is introduced for solving unconstrained smooth optimization problems. This algorithm uses high-order Taylor models and allows the search of strong approximate minimizers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-14 C. Cartis , N. I. M. Gould , Ph. L. Toint

In many important machine learning applications, the standard assumption of having a globally Lipschitz continuous gradient may fail to hold. This paper delves into a more general $(L_0, L_1)$-smoothness setting, which gains particular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-07 Chenghan Xie , Chenxi Li , Chuwen Zhang , Qi Deng , Dongdong Ge , Yinyu Ye

A stochastic second-order trust region method is proposed, which can be viewed as a second-order extension of the trust-region-ish (TRish) algorithm proposed by Curtis et al. (INFORMS J. Optim. 1(3) 200-220, 2019). In each iteration, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Frank E. Curtis , Rui Shi

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

We develop a trust-region method for efficiently minimizing the sum of a smooth function, a nonsmooth convex function, and the composition of a finite-valued support function with a smooth function. Optimization problems with this structure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Drew P. Kouri

The trust-region (TR) method is renowned historically for its robustness in nonconvex problems and extraordinary numerical performance, but the study of its performance in convex optimization is somehow limited. This paper complements the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Yuntian Jiang , Chang He , Chuwen Zhang , Dongdong Ge , Bo Jiang , Yinyu Ye

We study the Inexact Restoration framework with random models for minimizing functions whose evaluation is subject to errors. We propose a constrained formulation that includes well-known stochastic problems and an algorithm applicable when…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Benedetta Morini , Simone Rebegoldi

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

Although widely adopted, existing approaches for fine-tuning pre-trained language models have been shown to be unstable across hyper-parameter settings, motivating recent work on trust region methods. In this paper, we present a simplified…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-10 Armen Aghajanyan , Akshat Shrivastava , Anchit Gupta , Naman Goyal , Luke Zettlemoyer , Sonal Gupta

We present an algorithm to perform trust-region-based optimization for nonlinear unconstrained problems. The method selectively uses function and gradient evaluations at different floating-point precisions to reduce the overall energy…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Richard J Clancy , Matt Menickelly , Jan Hückelheim , Paul Hovland , Prani Nalluri , Rebecca Gjini

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

In this work, we present a heretofore unseen application of Ising machines to perform trust region-based optimisation with box constraints. This is done by considering a specific form of opto-electronic oscillator-based coherent Ising…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Sayantan Pramanik , Kaumudibikash Goswami , Sourav Chatterjee , M Girish Chandra

We present an adaptive trust-region method for unconstrained optimization that allows inexact solutions to the trust-region subproblems. Our method is a simple variant of the classical trust-region method of \citet{sorensen1982newton}. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Fadi Hamad , Oliver Hinder

Stochastic variational inference allows for fast posterior inference in complex Bayesian models. However, the algorithm is prone to local optima which can make the quality of the posterior approximation sensitive to the choice of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-05-29 Lucas Theis , Matthew D. Hoffman

Intrinsic noise in objective function and derivatives evaluations may cause premature termination of optimization algorithms. Evaluation complexity bounds taking this situation into account are presented in the framework of a deterministic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-07 Stefania Bellavia , Gianmarco Gurioli , Benedetta Morini , Philippe L. Toint

We develop a stochastic trust-region algorithm for minimizing the sum of a possibly nonconvex Lipschitz-smooth function that can only be evaluated stochastically and a nonsmooth, deterministic, convex function. This algorithm, which we call…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-06 Robert J. Baraldi , Aurya Javeed , Drew P. Kouri , Katya Scheinberg

We investigate a trust-region algorithm to solve a nonconvex optimization problem with $L^p$-regularization for $p\in(0,1)$. The algorithm relies on descent properties of a so-called generalized Cauchy point that can be obtained efficiently…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-22 Harbir Antil , Anna Lentz

We present a stochastic trust-region model-based framework in which its radius is related to the probabilistic models. Especially, we propose a specific algorithm, termed STRME, in which the trust-region radius depends linearly on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-30 Xiaoyu Wang , Ya-xiang Yuan

Stochastic minimax optimization has drawn much attention over the past decade due to its broad applications in machine learning, signal processing and game theory. In some applications, the probability distribution of uncertainty depends on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Yan Gao , Yongchao Liu , Zili Luo