arXiv:2603. 29730v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present mlr3mbo, a modular toolbox for Bayesian optimization in R.
By Marc Becker, Lennart Schneider, Martin Binder, Lars Kotthoff, Bernd Bischl
The paper introduces a novel technique called "persistence of memory" to enhance stochastic subspace methods for large‑scale optimisation. By using a weakly correlated guidance vector that is refreshed only at wide intervals, the method provides a structured direction for random subspace descent. The authors demonstrate that this guidance can be efficiently computed in sparse or minibatch settings and present the first theoretical analysis of classical SSD methods for sparse functions, showing alignment with low‑lying Hessian eigenvectors near the optimum.
By Subhroshekhar Ghosh, Clement Z. Q. Ng, Pierre-Louis Poirion, Akiko Takeda
arXiv:2603. 24567v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Constrained optimization in high-dimensional black-box settings is difficult due to expensive evaluations, the lack of gradient information, and complex feasibility regions.
By Raju Chowdhury, Tanmay Sen, Biswabrata Pradhan
arXiv:2606. 30228v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern engineering workflows increasingly rely on massive parallel simulation, driving the need for scalable, large-batch Bayesian Optimization (BO).
By Maximilian Bloor, Liyuan Xu, Hrvoje Stojic, Victor Picheny
arXiv:2312. 06173v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Merging models fine-tuned from a common, extensively pre-trained large model but specialized for different tasks has been demonstrated as a cheap and scalable strategy to construct a multi-task model that performs well across diverse tasks.
By Anke Tang, Xianglin Luo, Li Shen, Yong Luo, Liang Ding, Han Hu, Bo Du, Dacheng Tao
arXiv:2511. 16340v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Efficient Gaussian process (GP) inference is critical for sequential decision-making tasks such as active learning, online prediction, and Bayesian optimization.
By Alan Yufei Dong, Jihao Andreas Lin, Jos\'e Miguel Hern\'andez-Lobato