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We propose a stochastic trust-region method for unconstrained nonconvex optimization that incorporates stochastic variance-reduced gradients (SVRG) to accelerate convergence. Unlike classical trust-region methods, the proposed algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Yuchen Fang , Xinshou Zheng , Javad Lavaei

In this article, we develop a trust-region technique to find critical points of unconstrained set optimization problems with the objective set-valued map defined by finitely many twice continuously differentiable functions. The technique is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-10 Suprova Ghosh , Debdas Ghosh , Christiane Tammer , Xiaopeng Zhao

Despite the fact that offline methods for Large Language Models (LLMs) alignment do not require a direct reward model, they remain susceptible to overoptimization. This issue arises when the trained model deviates excessively from the…

There is emerging evidence that trust-region (TR) algorithms are very effective at solving derivative-free nonconvex stochastic optimization problems in which the objective function is a Monte Carlo (MC) estimate. A recent strand of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Giovanni Amici , Sara Shashaani , Pranav Jain

In this contribution we device and analyze improved variants of the non-conforming dual approach for trust-region reduced basis (TR-RB) approximation of PDE-constrained parameter optimization that has recently been introduced in [Keil et…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Stefan Banholzer , Tim Keil , Luca Mechelli , Mario Ohlberger , Felix Schindler , Stefan Volkwein

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

We introduce a two-level trust-region method (TLTR) for solving unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems. Our method uses a composite iteration step, which is based on two distinct search directions. The first search direction is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Andrea Angino , Alena Kopaničáková , Rolf Krause

We consider trust-region methods for solving optimization problems where the objective is the sum of a smooth, nonconvex function and a nonsmooth, convex regularizer. We extend the global convergence theory of such methods to include…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-10 Minh N. Dao , Hung M. Phan , Lindon Roberts

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

We consider Riemannian inequality-constrained optimization problems. Such problems inherit the benefits of Riemannian approach developed in the unconstrained setting and naturally arise from applications in control, machine learning, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Mitsuaki Obara , Takayuki Okuno , Akiko Takeda

This paper addresses some trust-region methods equipped with nonmonotone strategies for solving nonlinear unconstrained optimization problems. More specifically, the importance of using nonmonotone techniques in nonlinear optimization is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-12 Masoud Ahookhosh , Susan Ghaderi

The Low Order-Value Optimization (LOVO) problem involves minimizing the minimum among a finite number of function values within a feasible set. LOVO has several practical applications such as robust parameter estimation, protein alignment,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Anderson E. Schwertner , Francisco N. C. Sobral

In this paper, we propose a new and efficient nonmonotone adaptive trust region algorithm to solve unconstrained optimization problems. This algorithm incorporates two novelties: it benefits from a radius dependent shrinkage parameter for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Ahmad Kamandi , Keyvan Amini

This work introduces a new method to efficiently solve optimization problems constrained by partial differential equations (PDEs) with uncertain coefficients. The method leverages two sources of inexactness that trade accuracy for speed:…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-20 Matthew J. Zahr , Kevin T. Carlberg , Drew P. Kouri

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

Trust region policy optimization (TRPO) is a popular and empirically successful policy search algorithm in Reinforcement Learning (RL) in which a surrogate problem, that restricts consecutive policies to be 'close' to one another, is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-13 Lior Shani , Yonathan Efroni , Shie Mannor

This paper introduces new perspectives on analog design space search. To minimize the time-to-market, this endeavor better cast as constraint satisfaction problem than global optimization defined in prior arts. We incorporate model-based…

We consider nonlinearly constrained optimization problems and discuss a generic double-loop framework consisting of four algorithmic ingredients that unifies a broad range of nonlinear optimization solvers. This framework has been…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-17 David Kiessling , Sven Leyffer , Charlie Vanaret

The Trust Region Subproblem is a fundamental optimization problem that takes a pivotal role in Trust Region Methods. However, the problem, and variants of it, also arise in quite a few other applications. In this article, we present a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-19 Uria Mor , Boris Shustin , Haim Avron

A trust-region algorithm is presented for finding approximate minimizers of smooth unconstrained functions whose values and derivatives are subject to random noise. It is shown that, under suitable probabilistic assumptions, the new method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-03 S. Bellavia , G. Gurioli , B. Morini , Ph. L. Toint