Automated Random Embedding for Practical Bayesian Optimization with Unknown Effective Dimension

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Auteurs principaux: Qian, Hong, Shu, Xiang, Xia, Xiang, Liu, Xuhui, Fu, Yangde, Liang, Bei, Wang, Huibin, Dou, Liang
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author Qian, Hong
Shu, Xiang
Xia, Xiang
Liu, Xuhui
Fu, Yangde
Liang, Bei
Wang, Huibin
Dou, Liang
author_facet Qian, Hong
Shu, Xiang
Xia, Xiang
Liu, Xuhui
Fu, Yangde
Liang, Bei
Wang, Huibin
Dou, Liang
contents Bayesian optimization is widely employed for optimizing complex black-box functions but struggles with the curse of dimensionality. Random embedding, as a dimension reduction strategy, simplifies tasks that possess the effective dimension by optimizing within a low-dimensional subspace. However, determining the effective dimension of a task in advance remains a significant challenge, which influences the selection of the subspace dimensionality and the optimization performance. Traditional methods use fixed subspace dimensions provided by experts or rely on trial and error to estimate subspace dimensions with resources consumed. To this end, this paper proposes an automated random embedding for high-dimensional Bayesian optimization with unknown effective dimension, called Dynamic Shared Embedding Bayesian Optimization (DSEBO). DSEBO starts with a low dimension and switches to a higher subspace if the solutions in the current subspace show preliminary convergence. DSEBO dynamically determines the dimension of the next subspace based on the quality of the solutions in different subspaces and shares the queried solutions with the new subspace for a better initialization. Theoretically, we derive a regret bound for DSEBO and demonstrate that DSEBO can better balance approximation and optimization errors. Extensive experiments on functions with dimensionality of varying magnitudes and real-world tasks with unknown effective dimensions reveal that, compared with state-of-the-art methods, alternating optimization across different subspaces results in significant improvements in high-dimensional optimization, both in terms of optimization regret and time.
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spellingShingle Automated Random Embedding for Practical Bayesian Optimization with Unknown Effective Dimension
Qian, Hong
Shu, Xiang
Xia, Xiang
Liu, Xuhui
Fu, Yangde
Liang, Bei
Wang, Huibin
Dou, Liang
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Bayesian optimization is widely employed for optimizing complex black-box functions but struggles with the curse of dimensionality. Random embedding, as a dimension reduction strategy, simplifies tasks that possess the effective dimension by optimizing within a low-dimensional subspace. However, determining the effective dimension of a task in advance remains a significant challenge, which influences the selection of the subspace dimensionality and the optimization performance. Traditional methods use fixed subspace dimensions provided by experts or rely on trial and error to estimate subspace dimensions with resources consumed. To this end, this paper proposes an automated random embedding for high-dimensional Bayesian optimization with unknown effective dimension, called Dynamic Shared Embedding Bayesian Optimization (DSEBO). DSEBO starts with a low dimension and switches to a higher subspace if the solutions in the current subspace show preliminary convergence. DSEBO dynamically determines the dimension of the next subspace based on the quality of the solutions in different subspaces and shares the queried solutions with the new subspace for a better initialization. Theoretically, we derive a regret bound for DSEBO and demonstrate that DSEBO can better balance approximation and optimization errors. Extensive experiments on functions with dimensionality of varying magnitudes and real-world tasks with unknown effective dimensions reveal that, compared with state-of-the-art methods, alternating optimization across different subspaces results in significant improvements in high-dimensional optimization, both in terms of optimization regret and time.
title Automated Random Embedding for Practical Bayesian Optimization with Unknown Effective Dimension
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.23473