DocumentCode
764102
Title
Convergence of simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation for nondifferentiable optimization
Author
He, Ying ; Fu, Michael C. ; Marcus, Steven I.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Volume
48
Issue
8
fYear
2003
Firstpage
1459
Lastpage
1463
Abstract
We consider simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation for function minimization. The standard assumption for convergence is that the function be three times differentiable, although weaker assumptions have been used for special cases. However, all work that we are aware of at least requires differentiability. We relax the differentiability requirement and prove convergence using convex analysis.
Keywords
approximation theory; convergence of numerical methods; interpolation; optimisation; convex analysis; function minimization; nondifferentiable optimization; simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation; subgradient; Approximation algorithms; Convergence; Cost function; Decision making; Finite difference methods; Helium; Minimization methods; Research and development; Semiconductor device noise; Stochastic processes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAC.2003.815008
Filename
1220767
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