A multilevel stochastic regularized first-order method with application to finite sum minimization

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Marini, Filippo, Porcelli, Margherita, Riccietti, Elisa
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2024
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866917105779081216
author Marini, Filippo
Porcelli, Margherita
Riccietti, Elisa
author_facet Marini, Filippo
Porcelli, Margherita
Riccietti, Elisa
contents In this paper, we propose a multilevel stochastic framework for the solution of nonconvex unconstrained optimization problems. The proposed approach uses random regularized first-order models that exploit an available hierarchical description of the problem, being either in the classical variable space or in the function space, meaning that different levels of accuracy for the objective function are available. We propose a convergence analysis showing an almost sure global convergence of the method to a first order stationary point. The numerical behavior is tested on the solution of finite sum minimization problems. Differently from classical deterministic multilevel schemes, our stochastic method does not require the finest approximation to coincide with the original objective function along all the optimization process. This allows for significantly decreasing their cost, for instance in data-fitting problems, where considering all the data at each iteration can be avoided.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2412_11630
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle A multilevel stochastic regularized first-order method with application to finite sum minimization
Marini, Filippo
Porcelli, Margherita
Riccietti, Elisa
Optimization and Control
Numerical Analysis
In this paper, we propose a multilevel stochastic framework for the solution of nonconvex unconstrained optimization problems. The proposed approach uses random regularized first-order models that exploit an available hierarchical description of the problem, being either in the classical variable space or in the function space, meaning that different levels of accuracy for the objective function are available. We propose a convergence analysis showing an almost sure global convergence of the method to a first order stationary point. The numerical behavior is tested on the solution of finite sum minimization problems. Differently from classical deterministic multilevel schemes, our stochastic method does not require the finest approximation to coincide with the original objective function along all the optimization process. This allows for significantly decreasing their cost, for instance in data-fitting problems, where considering all the data at each iteration can be avoided.
title A multilevel stochastic regularized first-order method with application to finite sum minimization
topic Optimization and Control
Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11630