EUROPT 2025
Abstract Submission

495. Complexity of a Riemannian Direct-search algorithm

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. Bastien Cavarretta
LAMSADE, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
2. Clément Royer
LAMSADE, Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
3. Florian Yger
INSA Rouen, LITIS
4. Florentin Goyens
UCLouvain

Abstract

Direct-search algorithms are derivative-free optimization techniques that operate by polling the variable space along specific directions forming a positive spanning set (PSS). We investigate the construction of PSSs when the variables are constrained to a Riemannian manifold, and polling must be performed along tangent directions. We show that projecting a PSS from the ambient space to the tangent space may lead to worse complexity guarantees than generating directions directly in the tangent space. Our numerical experiments illustrate the practical benefit of the latter construction.

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Status: accepted


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