arXiv Machine Learning

Optimal-Point Variance Reduction For Bayesian Optimization With Regret Guarantee

arXiv:2606. 00956v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper studies a one-step lookahead Bayesian optimization (BO) method and its theoretical guarantee.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 2

Local Preferential Bayesian Optimization

arXiv:2606. 02351v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) is a popular and effective approach for tuning expensive, noisy experiments, but requires the formulation of an explicit objective function.

By Johanna Menn, Miriam Kober, Paul Brunzema, David Stenger, Sebastian Trimpe
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 3

Frugal Bayesian Optimization: Scalable Surrogates for Data- and Resource-Limited Discovery

arXiv:2607. 29225v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian Optimization (BO) is widely adopted for data-efficient optimization in scientific and engineering applications, yet its computational cost is rarely evaluated alongside optimization performance.

By Panagiotis Krokidas, Christoforos Rekatsinas, Vassilis Sioros, Grigorios M. Chatziathanasiou, Efi-Maria Papia, George Giannakopoulos
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 7

Local Constrained Bayesian Optimization

arXiv:2603. 07965v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) for high-dimensional constrained problems remains a significant challenge due to the curse of dimensionality.

By Jing Jingzhe, Fan Zheyi, Szu Hui Ng, Qingpei Hu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8

$\alpha$-PFN: Fast Entropy Search via In-Context Learning

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