Convergence properties of an Objective-Function-Free Optimization regularization algorithm, including an $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon^{-3/2})$ complexity bound
An adaptive regularization algorithm for unconstrained nonconvex optimization is presented in which the objective function is never evaluated, but only derivatives are used. This algorithm belongs to the class of adaptive regularization methods, for which optimal worst-case complexity results are known for the standard framework where the objective function is evaluated. It is shown in … Read more