arXiv:2606. 08438v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) is a widely used approach for black-box optimization that uses a Gaussian process (GP) as a surrogate and guides sequential evaluations via an acquisition function, with the ultimate goal of locating the global optimum $\mathbf{x}^{\star}$.
By Yilin Zheng, Haowei Wang, Szu Hui Ng, Enlu Zhou
arXiv:2505. 04757v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper introduces a novel approach to contextual stochastic optimization, integrating operations research and machine learning to address decision-making under uncertainty.
By Louis Bouvier, Thibault Prunet, Vincent Lecl\`ere, Axel Parmentier
arXiv:2607. 18282v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian Optimization is widely used for expensive black-box optimization, yet its success often depends on choosing a kernel that matches the objective's unknown structure.
By Weibo Huang, Cheng Hua
arXiv:2606. 07134v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Information-theoretic acquisition functions such as Entropy Search (ES) offer a principled exploration-exploitation framework for Bayesian optimization (BO).
By Herilalaina Rakotoarison, Steven Adriaensen, Tom Viering, Carl Hvarfner, Samuel M\"uller, Frank Hutter, Eytan Bakshy
arXiv:2607. 23448v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Expensive constrained optimization problems in real-world industry design often involve constraint thresholds that are difficult to determine in advance.
By Jin Wang, Xi Lin, Handing Wang
arXiv:2606. 19587v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We propose a scalable method for training prediction (machine learning) models in the predict-then-optimize paradigm, where model outputs serve as coefficients for a subsequent linear optimization task.
By Beichen Wan, Mo Liu
arXiv:2607. 26680v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown remarkable success across a wide range of complex tasks.
By Mingxuan Che, Tsung-Yuan Tseng, Theresa Eimer, Marius Lindauer, Alexander von Rohr
arXiv:2606. 03831v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper investigates non-stationary online learning using the metric of interval regret, which requires an online algorithm to perform well over every time interval.
By Yan-Feng Xie, Shuche Wang, Peng Zhao, Zhi-Hua Zhou
arXiv:2607. 26562v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study optimization under performative prediction, where deploying a model affects the future data distribution.
By Hiroki Hamaguchi, Yuya Hikima, Hiroshi Sawada, Akiko Takeda
arXiv:2606. 06043v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Follow-the-regularized-leader framework has shown effectiveness and flexibility in online learning problems, where the choice of learning rates are known to be crucial.
By Jongyeong Lee, Junya Honda, Shinji Ito, Chansoo Kim
arXiv:2508. 00775v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The design of many classical optimization algorithms is driven by the certification of linear convergence rates over classes of optimization problems.
By Andrea Martin, Ian R. Manchester, Luca Furieri
We study PAC-Bayes derandomization for smooth loss functions. Our goal is to obtain generalization bounds that hold with high probability for deterministic predictors by exploiting smoothness properties of both the loss and the predictor class.