A derivative-free optimization algorithm for the efficient minimization of functions obtained via statistical averaging

Pooriya Beyhaghi (), Ryan Alimo () and Thomas Bewley ()
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Pooriya Beyhaghi: University of California, San Diego
Ryan Alimo: University of California, San Diego
Thomas Bewley: University of California, San Diego

Computational Optimization and Applications, 2020, vol. 76, issue 1, No 1, 31 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper considers the efficient minimization of the infinite time average of a stationary ergodic process in the space of a handful of design parameters which affect it. Problems of this class, derived from physical or numerical experiments which are sometimes expensive to perform, are ubiquitous in engineering applications. In such problems, any given function evaluation, determined with finite sampling, is associated with a quantifiable amount of uncertainty, which may be reduced via additional sampling. The present paper proposes a new optimization algorithm to adjust the amount of sampling associated with each function evaluation, making function evaluations more accurate (and, thus, more expensive), as required, as convergence is approached. The work builds on our algorithm for Delaunay-based Derivative-free Optimization via Global Surrogates ($${\varDelta }$$Δ-DOGS, see JOGO https://doi.org/10.1007/s10898-015-0384-2). The new algorithm, dubbed $$\alpha $$α-DOGS, substantially reduces the overall cost of the optimization process for problems of this important class. Further, under certain well-defined conditions, rigorous proof of convergence to the global minimum of the problem considered is established.

Keywords: Derivative-free optimization; Statistical averaging; Delaunay triangulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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