Lower bound on complexity of optimization of continuous functions

James M. Calvin

doi:10.1016/j.jco.2003.06.004

Lower bound on complexity of optimization of continuous functions

James M. Calvin

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Abstract

This paper considers the problem of approximating the minimum of a continuous function using a fixed number of sequentially selected function evaluations. A lower bound on the complexity is established by analyzing the average case for the Brownian bridge.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	773-795
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of Complexity
Volume	20
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jco.2003.06.004
State	Published - Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Algebra and Number Theory
Statistics and Probability
Numerical Analysis
General Mathematics
Control and Optimization
Applied Mathematics

Keywords

Average case complexity
Global optimization
Wiener measure

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Lower bound on complexity of optimization of continuous functions

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