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We propose a multi-swarm approach to approximate the Pareto front of general multi-objective optimization problems that is based on the Consensus-based Optimization method (CBO). The algorithm is motivated step by step beginning with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-30 Kathrin Klamroth , Michael Stiglmayr , Claudia Totzeck

A self-interacting dynamics that mimics the standard Consensus-Based Optimization (CBO) model is introduced. This single-particle dynamics is shown to converge to a unique invariant measure that approximates the global minimum of a given…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-18 Hui Huang , Hicham Kouhkouh

We calibrate parameters of neural networks that model forces in interaction dynamics with the help of the Consensus-based global optimization method (CBO). We state the general framework of interaction particle systems driven by neural…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-13 Simone Göttlich , Claudia Totzeck

We propose an algorithm to approximate solutions of global optimization problems in Sobolev spaces that follows the spirit of Consensus-based algorithms in finite dimensions. The main ingredient are Gaussian processes. In fact, we exploit…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Mahmoud Khatab , Claudia Totzeck

Global optimization of a non-convex objective function often appears in large-scale machine-learning and artificial intelligence applications. Recently, consensus-based optimization (in short CBO) methods have been introduced as one of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-21 Seung-Yeal Ha , Shi Jin , Doheon Kim

We present stochastic consensus and convergence of the discrete consensus-based optimization (CBO) algorithm with random batch interactions and heterogeneous external noises. Despite the wide applications and successful performance in many…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-02 Dongnam Ko , Seung-Yeal Ha , Shi Jin , Doheon Kim

This paper investigates some aspects of a recently proposed nonlinear mathematical model of opinion dynamics. The main objective is to identify the network structures that maximize the average equilibrium opinion (HMO). We prove that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-19 David N. Reynolds , Pedro J. Torres

In this work we are interested in stochastic particle methods for multi-objective optimization. The problem is formulated using parametrized, single-objective sub-problems which are solved simultaneously. To this end a consensus based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-03 Giacomo Borghi , Michael Herty , Lorenzo Pareschi

We introduce a new stochastic differential model for global optimization of nonconvex functions on compact hypersurfaces. The model is inspired by the stochastic Kuramoto-Vicsek system and belongs to the class of Consensus-Based…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-29 Massimo Fornasier , Hui Huang , Lorenzo Pareschi , Philippe Sünnen

Decentralized optimization is well studied for smooth unconstrained problems. However, constrained problems or problems with composite terms are an open direction for research. We study structured (or composite) optimization problems, where…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-10 Alexander Rogozin , Anton Novitskii , Alexander Gasnikov

In this paper, we introduce a novel variant of the CBO method that incorporates jumps according to an $\alpha$-stable stochastic process in a kinetic framework. This extension gives rise to nonlocal stochastic effects, which improve the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Pedro Aceves-Sanchez , Giacomo Albi , Federica Ferrarese , Michael Herty

We present the Bayesian consensus filter (BCF) for tracking a moving target using a networked group of sensing agents and achieving consensus on the best estimate of the probability distributions of the target's states. Our BCF framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay , Soon-Jo Chung

We introduce a novel first-order stochastic swarm intelligence (SI) model in the spirit of consensus formation models, namely a consensus-based optimization (CBO) algorithm, which may be used for the global optimization of a function in…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-10-06 René Pinnau , Claudia Totzeck , Oliver Tse , Stephan Martin

This article explores distributed convex optimization with globally-coupled constraints, where the objective function is a general nonsmooth convex function, the constraints include nonlinear inequalities and affine equalities, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Zixuan Liu , Xuyang Wu , Dandan Wang , Jie Lu

Faithfully simulating the dynamics of open quantum systems requires efficiently addressing the challenge of an infinite Hilbert space. Inspired by the shifted boson operator technique used in ground-state studies of the spin-boson model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Yang Zhao , Lipeng Chen

A consensus-based optimization (CBO) algorithm, which enables derivative and mesh-free optimization, is presented to localize a bioluminescent source. The light propagation is modeled by the radiative transfer equation approximated by…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-11-04 Jan Friedrich , Sarah Schraven , Fabian Kiessling , Michael Herty

Zero-order optimization has recently received significant attention for designing optimal trajectories and policies for robotic systems. However, most existing methods (e.g., MPPI, CEM, and CMA-ES) are local in nature, as they rely on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Xudong Sun , Armand Jordana , Massimo Fornasier , Jalal Etesami , Majid Khadiv

In this paper we consider a continuous description based on stochastic differential equations of the popular particle swarm optimization (PSO) process for solving global optimization problems and derive in the large particle limit the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-11 Sara Grassi , Lorenzo Pareschi

We investigate the implementation of a new stochastic Kuramoto-Vicsek-type model for global optimization of nonconvex functions on the sphere. This model belongs to the class of Consensus-Based Optimization. In fact, particles move on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Massimo Fornasier , Hui Huang , Lorenzo Pareschi , Philippe Sünnen

Bayesian optimization is a class of data efficient model based algorithms typically focused on global optimization. We consider the more general case where a user is faced with multiple problems that each need to be optimized conditional on…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-11-04 Michael Pearce , Janis Klaise , Matthew Groves