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Title: Tail probability estimates of continuous-time simulated annealing processes

We study the convergence rate of a continuous-time simulated annealing process \begin{document}$ (X_t; \, t \ge 0) $\end{document} for approximating the global optimum of a given function \begin{document}$ f $\end{document}. We prove that the tail probability \begin{document}$ \mathbb{P}(f(X_t) > \min f +\delta) $\end{document} decays polynomial in time with an appropriately chosen cooling schedule of temperature, and provide an explicit convergence rate through a non-asymptotic bound. Our argument applies recent development of the Eyring-Kramers law on functional inequalities for the Gibbs measure at low temperatures.

 
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Award ID(s):
2113779
NSF-PAR ID:
10336723
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Journal Name:
Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization
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0
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0
ISSN:
2155-3289
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Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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