no code implementations • 23 Jun 2023 • Eric Hans Lee, Bolong Cheng, Michael McCourt
Efficiently solving multi-objective optimization problems for simulation optimization of important scientific and engineering applications such as materials design is becoming an increasingly important research topic.
1 code implementation • 20 Apr 2021 • Ryan Turner, David Eriksson, Michael McCourt, Juha Kiili, Eero Laaksonen, Zhen Xu, Isabelle Guyon
It was based on tuning (validation set) performance of standard machine learning models on real datasets.
1 code implementation • 24 Feb 2020 • Eric Hans Lee, David Eriksson, Bolong Cheng, Michael McCourt, David Bindel
Non-myopic acquisition functions consider the impact of the next $h$ function evaluations and are typically computed through rollout, in which $h$ steps of BO are simulated.
no code implementations • 10 Jun 2019 • Michael McCourt, Ian Dewancker
Many circumstances of practical importance have performance or success metrics which exist implicitly---in the eye of the beholder, so to speak.
no code implementations • 23 May 2019 • Jungtaek Kim, Michael McCourt, Tackgeun You, Saehoon Kim, Seungjin Choi
We propose a practical Bayesian optimization method over sets, to minimize a black-box function that takes a set as a single input.
1 code implementation • 9 Jan 2018 • Ian Dewancker, Jakob Bauer, Michael McCourt
Many real-world engineering problems rely on human preferences to guide their design and optimization.
no code implementations • 12 Dec 2017 • Ruben Martinez-Cantin, Kevin Tee, Michael McCourt
In this paper, we present an empirical evaluation of Bayesian optimization methods in the presence of outliers.
no code implementations • 18 Jul 2017 • Ruben Martinez-Cantin, Michael McCourt, Kevin Tee
Bayesian optimization has recently attracted the attention of the automatic machine learning community for its excellent results in hyperparameter tuning.
no code implementations • 14 Dec 2016 • Ian Dewancker, Michael McCourt, Scott Clark
The engineering of machine learning systems is still a nascent field; relying on a seemingly daunting collection of quickly evolving tools and best practices.
no code implementations • 14 Dec 2016 • Ian Dewancker, Michael McCourt, Samuel Ainsworth
Real-world engineering systems are typically compared and contrasted using multiple metrics.
Optimization and Control 90C29, 90B50
no code implementations • 19 May 2016 • Ian Dewancker, Michael McCourt, Scott Clark, Patrick Hayes, Alexandra Johnson, George Ke
Bayesian optimization is an elegant solution to the hyperparameter optimization problem in machine learning.
no code implementations • 31 Mar 2016 • Ian Dewancker, Michael McCourt, Scott Clark, Patrick Hayes, Alexandra Johnson, George Ke
Empirical analysis serves as an important complement to theoretical analysis for studying practical Bayesian optimization.