Optimal algorithms for global optimization in case of unknown Lipschitz constant

  • Authors:
  • Matthias Horn

  • Affiliations:
  • Mathematisches Institut, Universität Jena, D-07737 Jena, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Complexity - Special issue: Algorithms and complexity for continuous problems Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, September 2004
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We consider the global optimization problem for d-variate Lipschitz functions which, in a certain sense, do not increase too slowly in a neighborhood of the global minimizer(s). On these functions, we apply optimization algorithms which use only function values. We propose two adaptive deterministic methods. The first one applies in a situation when the Lipschitz constant L is known. The second one applies if L is unknown. We show that for an optimal method, adaptiveness is necessary and that randomization (Monte Carlo) yields no further advantage. Both algorithms presented have the optimal rate of convergence.