Abstract
We describe a class of adaptive algorithms for approximating the global minimum of a continuous function on the unit interval. The limiting distribution of the error is derived under the assumption of Wiener measure on the objective functions. For any δ > 0, we construct an algorithm which has error converging to zero at rate n-(1 - δ) in the number of function evaluations n. This convergence rate contrasts with the n11/2 rate of previously studied nonadaptive methods.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 711-730 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Annals of Applied Probability |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Keywords
- Average complexity
- Brownian motion
- Global optimization