EUROPT 2025
Abstract Submission

97. Derivative-free Penalty-IPM for nonsmooth constrained optimization

Invited abstract in session MD-1: Derivative-Free Optimization Methods for challenging applications: Handling Nonsmoothness and Constraints, stream Zeroth and first-order optimization methods.

Monday, 16:30-18:30
Room: B100/1001

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Andrea Brilli
Department of Computer Control and Management Engineering “A. Ruberti”, Sapienza University of Rome
2. Youssef Diouane
Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
3. Sébastien Le Digabel
Polytechnique Montréal
4. Giampaolo Liuzzi
DIAG - Sapienza University of Rome
5. Christophe Tribes
Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

Abstract

We propose an Penalty-Interior Point method to solve nonsmooth constrained optimization problems. The unconstrained subproblems are solved using a derivative-free Mesh Adaptive Direct Search approach. Assuming local Lipschitz continuity of the limit points, we prove various stationarity properties using regularity conditions for the constraints. The approach has been implemented into the NOMAD solver, and we have performed experiments to compare the new strategy against existing ones.

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Status: accepted


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