2 papers
math.OC2025
A black-box optimization method with polynomial-based kernels and quadratic-optimization annealing
Yuki Minamoto, Yuya Sakamoto
We introduce kernel-QA, a black-box optimization (BBO) method that constructs surrogate models analytically using low-order polynomial kernels within a quadratic unconstrained bina…
cond-mat.stat-mech2025
Black-box optimization using factorization and Ising machines
Ryo Tamura, Yuya Seki, Yuki Minamoto +4
Black-box optimization (BBO) is used in materials design, drug discovery, and hyperparameter tuning in machine learning. The world is experiencing several of these problems. In thi…