2 papers
math.OC2026
Operator Calculus for Population-Based Optimization: Modular Convergence and Finite-Population Guarantees
Pekka Malo, Lauri Viitasaari, Patrik Nummi +3
Population-based optimizers combine update rules such as mutation, selection, and recombination. When one rule changes, it is often unclear which convergence guarantees survive or…
cs.LG2024
The Price of Failure Risk: Clipped Barrier Policy Gradients with Convex Regularization
Pekka Malo, Lauri Viitasaari, Antti Suominen +2
In many control problems, actions consume a resource budget, such as a wear allowance, and the probability of exhausting it within a given horizon must stay below a tolerance. A si…