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Past exam of the continuous optimisation course of the University of Oxford 2025 2 a ii Solution by
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At , choose , , , and the current radius . A bounded symmetric matrix approximation to the Hessian matrix can also be used. Stop if the gradient is sufficiently small; otherwise approximately solve the trust-region subproblem to obtain with and at least a fixed Fraction of Cauchy decrease. Its predicted decrease is then positive, so calculate the trust-region acceptance ratioFix , , and a maximum radius . One valid update is:
- If , reject the trial: and .
- Otherwise accept . If additionally and the step reaches the boundary, enlarge the radius to ; otherwise keep it unchanged.
The trust region controls the reliability of the model; the ratio decides whether that reliability was borne out by the actual objective function.
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