arXiv:2606. 07841v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Black-box variational inference (BBVI) is a methodology for posterior approximation that relies on stochastic optimization.
By Trevor Campbell, Jonathan H. Huggins, Kyurae Kim, Charles C. Margossian
The paper investigates how fast predictive regret guarantees of exact Bayesian online learning can be maintained when using approximate posterior methods. It establishes a general theorem linking the cumulative cost of posterior approximation to the contraction radius of the exact Gibbs posterior and the Wasserstein distance between approximate and exact posteriors. Three concrete online learning scenarios—linear models, infinite‑dimensional exponential families, and Gaussian process regression—illustrate that appropriately accurate approximations (projected Langevin, truncation, and sparse variational posteriors) preserve fast regret bounds while reducing computational demands.
By Ilsang Ohn
arXiv:2606. 01081v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Decision-focused learning (DFL) trains predictive models by optimizing downstream decision quality rather than standalone prediction accuracy.
By Wyame Benslimane, Tinghan Ye, Pascal Van Hentenryck, Paul Grigas
arXiv:2609.01493v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Black-Box Optimization (BBO) has found broad applications, but evolutionary algorithms and Bayesian optimization face efficiency challenges as real-w...
By Chao Qian, Chen-Guang Wang, Rong-Xi Tan, Ke Xue
arXiv:2609.26021v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Dynamic black-box optimization presents significant challenges for Bayesian Optimization (BO), as the objective function evolves over time, causing opt...
By Merlin Angel Kelly, Rishan Patel, Alexander Thomas, Ziyue Zhu, Zikun Quan, Tom Carlson, Youngjun Cho
arXiv:2601. 07094v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) iteratively fits a Gaussian process (GP) surrogate to accumulated evaluations and selects new queries via an acquisition function.
By Jiguang Li, Hengrui Luo
arXiv:2607. 10694v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the problem of optimal continual fine-tuning for a pre-trained Foundation Model deployed at a resource-limited device.
By Thomas Tsouparopoulos, Iordanis Koutsopoulos
arXiv:2606. 17489v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in edge-cloud inference systems to handle diverse user tasks with heterogeneous accuracy, latency, and cost profiles.
By Yin Huang, Qingsong Liu, Jie Xu
arXiv:2607. 28408v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This thesis studies policy learning in interactive systems where an agent observes a context, selects an action from a very large set, and receives partial feedback.
By Imad Aouali
arXiv:2606. 23977v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Efficient sorter diversion control of automated material handling systems (MHS) is critical for optimizing operational efficiency in large-scale warehouse environments.
By Tina Dongxu Li, Mouhacine Benosman, Ken Meszaros, Trevor Dardik
arXiv:2606. 05606v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM post-training often relies on reinforcement learning methods that sample multiple rollouts per prompt, yet most existing approaches use a fixed rollout budget for every prompt, despite large differences in the training signal different prompts provide.
By Yiming Zong, Yige Wang, Jiashuo Jiang
arXiv:2511. 02570v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) is a widely used approach to hyperparameter optimization (HPO).
By Lukas Fehring, Marcel Wever, Maximilian Splieth\"over, Leona Hennig, Henning Wachsmuth, Marius Lindauer