An optimally fast objective-function-free minimization algorithm using random subspaces

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Main Authors: Bellavia, S., Gratton, S., Morini, B., Toint, Ph. L.
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author Bellavia, S.
Gratton, S.
Morini, B.
Toint, Ph. L.
author_facet Bellavia, S.
Gratton, S.
Morini, B.
Toint, Ph. L.
contents An algorithm for unconstrained non-convex optimization is described, which does not evaluate the objective function and in which minimization is carried out, at each iteration, within a randomly selected subspace. It is shown that this random approximation technique does not affect the method's convergence nor its evaluation complexity for the search of an $ε$-approximate first-order critical point, which is $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-(p+1)/p})$, where $p$ is the order of derivatives used. A variant of the algorithm using approximate Hessian matrices is also analysed and shown to require at most $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-2})$ evaluations. Preliminary numerical tests show that the random-subspace technique can significantly improve performance when used with $p=2$ in the correct context, making it very competitive when compared to standard first-order algorithms.
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spellingShingle An optimally fast objective-function-free minimization algorithm using random subspaces
Bellavia, S.
Gratton, S.
Morini, B.
Toint, Ph. L.
Optimization and Control
60G99, 65K05, 68M20, 68Q17, 90C26
G.6.1; F.2.1
An algorithm for unconstrained non-convex optimization is described, which does not evaluate the objective function and in which minimization is carried out, at each iteration, within a randomly selected subspace. It is shown that this random approximation technique does not affect the method's convergence nor its evaluation complexity for the search of an $ε$-approximate first-order critical point, which is $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-(p+1)/p})$, where $p$ is the order of derivatives used. A variant of the algorithm using approximate Hessian matrices is also analysed and shown to require at most $\mathcal{O}(ε^{-2})$ evaluations. Preliminary numerical tests show that the random-subspace technique can significantly improve performance when used with $p=2$ in the correct context, making it very competitive when compared to standard first-order algorithms.
title An optimally fast objective-function-free minimization algorithm using random subspaces
topic Optimization and Control
60G99, 65K05, 68M20, 68Q17, 90C26
G.6.1; F.2.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.16580