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A note on the convergence of deterministic gradient sampling in nonsmooth optimization

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  • Bennet Gebken

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Approximation of subdifferentials is one of the main tasks when computing descent directions for nonsmooth optimization problems. In this article, we propose a bisection method for weakly lower semismooth functions which is able to compute new subgradients that improve a given approximation in case a direction with insufficient descent was computed. Combined with a recently proposed deterministic gradient sampling approach, this yields a deterministic and provably convergent way to approximate subdifferentials for computing descent directions.

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  • Bennet Gebken, 2024. "A note on the convergence of deterministic gradient sampling in nonsmooth optimization," Computational Optimization and Applications, Springer, vol. 88(1), pages 151-165, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:coopap:v:88:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s10589-024-00552-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10589-024-00552-0
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