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Autori principali: Zhu, Yunlang, Guo, Lingjun, Khatti, Zahra, Qu, Xiaoyi, Wu, Chia-Yuan, Zebiane, Lara, Curtis, Frank E.
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06945
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author Zhu, Yunlang
Guo, Lingjun
Khatti, Zahra
Qu, Xiaoyi
Wu, Chia-Yuan
Zebiane, Lara
Curtis, Frank E.
author_facet Zhu, Yunlang
Guo, Lingjun
Khatti, Zahra
Qu, Xiaoyi
Wu, Chia-Yuan
Zebiane, Lara
Curtis, Frank E.
contents An algorithm is proposed for solving optimization problems arising in neural network training for supervised learning. The unique feature of the algorithm is the use of an auxiliary loss, in addition to the original loss employed for model training. The purpose of the auxiliary loss is to provide a mechanism for creating a low-order Hessian-type approximation for the original loss. The proposed algorithm employs the resulting low-order second-derivative approximation terms in place of the second-order momentum terms (i.e., squared elements of the gradient of the loss function) in an overall scheme that has computational cost on par with an Adam-type approach. Whereas the squared elements of a gradient vector do not necessarily approximate second-order derivatives well, by careful construction of the auxiliary loss, second-order derivative-type approximations for the original loss can be computed and employed by the algorithm in an efficient manner. A convergence guarantee is provided for the proposed algorithm that is on par with guarantees available for similar stochastic diagonal-scaling methods. The results of numerical experiments show situations when the proposed algorithm outperforms Adam and other popular modern optimizers.
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spellingShingle Low-Order Explicit Hessian Imitation Method for Large-Scale Supervised Machine Learning
Zhu, Yunlang
Guo, Lingjun
Khatti, Zahra
Qu, Xiaoyi
Wu, Chia-Yuan
Zebiane, Lara
Curtis, Frank E.
Optimization and Control
An algorithm is proposed for solving optimization problems arising in neural network training for supervised learning. The unique feature of the algorithm is the use of an auxiliary loss, in addition to the original loss employed for model training. The purpose of the auxiliary loss is to provide a mechanism for creating a low-order Hessian-type approximation for the original loss. The proposed algorithm employs the resulting low-order second-derivative approximation terms in place of the second-order momentum terms (i.e., squared elements of the gradient of the loss function) in an overall scheme that has computational cost on par with an Adam-type approach. Whereas the squared elements of a gradient vector do not necessarily approximate second-order derivatives well, by careful construction of the auxiliary loss, second-order derivative-type approximations for the original loss can be computed and employed by the algorithm in an efficient manner. A convergence guarantee is provided for the proposed algorithm that is on par with guarantees available for similar stochastic diagonal-scaling methods. The results of numerical experiments show situations when the proposed algorithm outperforms Adam and other popular modern optimizers.
title Low-Order Explicit Hessian Imitation Method for Large-Scale Supervised Machine Learning
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06945