Using second-order information in gradient sampling methods for nonsmooth optimization

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Main Author: Gebken, Bennet
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contents In this article, we introduce a novel concept for second-order information of a nonsmooth function inspired by the Goldstein eps-subdifferential. It comprises the coefficients of all existing second-order Taylor expansions in an eps-ball around a given point. Based on this concept, we define a model of the objective as the maximum of these Taylor expansions, and derive a sampling scheme for its approximation in practice. Minimization of this model induces a simple descent method, for which we show convergence for the case where the objective is convex or of max-type. While we do not prove any rate of convergence of this method, numerical experiments suggest superlinear behavior with respect to the number of oracle calls of the objective.
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spellingShingle Using second-order information in gradient sampling methods for nonsmooth optimization
Gebken, Bennet
Optimization and Control
90C56, 90C30, 49J52
In this article, we introduce a novel concept for second-order information of a nonsmooth function inspired by the Goldstein eps-subdifferential. It comprises the coefficients of all existing second-order Taylor expansions in an eps-ball around a given point. Based on this concept, we define a model of the objective as the maximum of these Taylor expansions, and derive a sampling scheme for its approximation in practice. Minimization of this model induces a simple descent method, for which we show convergence for the case where the objective is convex or of max-type. While we do not prove any rate of convergence of this method, numerical experiments suggest superlinear behavior with respect to the number of oracle calls of the objective.
title Using second-order information in gradient sampling methods for nonsmooth optimization
topic Optimization and Control
90C56, 90C30, 49J52
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.04579