Learning Low-Dimensional Embeddings for Black-Box Optimization

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Main Authors: Busetto, Riccardo, Mejari, Manas, Forgione, Marco, Bemporad, Alberto, Piga, Dario
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Published: 2025
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author Busetto, Riccardo
Mejari, Manas
Forgione, Marco
Bemporad, Alberto
Piga, Dario
author_facet Busetto, Riccardo
Mejari, Manas
Forgione, Marco
Bemporad, Alberto
Piga, Dario
contents When gradient-based methods are impractical, black-box optimization (BBO) provides a valuable alternative. However, BBO often struggles with high-dimensional problems and limited trial budgets. In this work, we propose a novel approach based on meta-learning to pre-compute a reduced-dimensional manifold where optimal points lie for a specific class of optimization problems. When optimizing a new problem instance sampled from the class, black-box optimization is carried out in the reduced-dimensional space, effectively reducing the effort required for finding near-optimal solutions.
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spellingShingle Learning Low-Dimensional Embeddings for Black-Box Optimization
Busetto, Riccardo
Mejari, Manas
Forgione, Marco
Bemporad, Alberto
Piga, Dario
Systems and Control
Machine Learning
When gradient-based methods are impractical, black-box optimization (BBO) provides a valuable alternative. However, BBO often struggles with high-dimensional problems and limited trial budgets. In this work, we propose a novel approach based on meta-learning to pre-compute a reduced-dimensional manifold where optimal points lie for a specific class of optimization problems. When optimizing a new problem instance sampled from the class, black-box optimization is carried out in the reduced-dimensional space, effectively reducing the effort required for finding near-optimal solutions.
title Learning Low-Dimensional Embeddings for Black-Box Optimization
topic Systems and Control
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01112