Revisiting norm optimization for multi-objective black-box problems: a finite-time analysis

Abstract The complexity of Pareto fronts imposes a great challenge on the convergence analysis of multi-objective optimization methods. While most theoretical convergence studies have addressed finite-set and/or discrete problems, others have provided probabilistic guarantees, assumed...

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Main Authors: Al-Dujaili, Abdullah, Suresh, S.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131494
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Summary:Abstract The complexity of Pareto fronts imposes a great challenge on the convergence analysis of multi-objective optimization methods. While most theoretical convergence studies have addressed finite-set and/or discrete problems, others have provided probabilistic guarantees, assumed a total order on the solutions, or studied their asymptotic behaviour. In this paper, we revisit the Tchebycheff weighted method in a hierarchical bandits setting and provide a finite-time bound on the Pareto-compliant additive $$\epsilon $$ ϵ -indicator. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is one of few that establish a link between weighted sum methods and quality indicators in finite time.