2024 Cornell Optimization Open Textbook Feedback

Computational complexity

• References were not provided to support applications on computer science and quantum computing.

Heuristic algorithms

• Adding more details to the Application Section is recommended.
• Please use FigureX as a reference in the text.
• Avoid using contraction (e.g., there's) in scientific writing.

Local branching

• The title should be “Problem Solution” instead of ”Problem Resolution“.
• The added figure is too small for viewing from the main page and also lacks captions and explanations.
• There are still some formatting issues with the subtitles. For example, some are in bold form while others are not in the content.

Trust-region methods

• Please label the figures with numbers and direct readers to the figures in text.
• References were not well formatted (e.g., Yuan, Y. (2015b)).

Quadratic programming

• An inappropriate nonconvex example was used in the Wiki Page. The problem is an MIQP problem instead of a single QP problem.
• Some symbols used in the pseudocodes still lack explanation.

Subgradient optimization

• References were not well formatted.
• Symbols used in equations lack explanations.
• The application section was not well drafted and supported by references.

Eight step procedures

• For the algorithm description, it would be better to have a pseudocode or a flow chart to summarize it.
• Please use Latex equation editor for equations.
• Please number and label all figures and tables, use FigureX, TableX as a reference in the text.
• Please place references after the period at the end of each sentence and avoid after the optimization problems. This goes for all the sections in the wiki.

Nondifferentiable Optimization

• Most contents are from previous year. The Wiki page should be your original content.
• It is also recommended to revise the citation format based on our example files.
• Please add the case of non convex functions.
• Please add references to support the content in the Introduction section. In-text citations are required.
• Please use Latex equation editor for typing symbols and equations.
• The Numerical Example section is incomplete.
• Application and Conclusion sections are missing.

Evolutionary multimodal optimization

• Please include more citations in Algorithm Discussion section to support the contents.
• Please use FigureX as a reference in the text.

Stackelberg leadership model

• Please use flowchart/pseudocode for representing the steps of algorithm
• Check the consistency of abbreviations (e.g. what is PAWS?)

Quadratic constrained quadratic programming

• Form of in-text citation is not proper
• Abbreviations should be introduced only once throughout all sections (e.g., QCQP, QP, SDP)
• Avoid using pronouns (e.g., we) in scientific writing.

Derivative free optimization

• Please try to include a flowchart or pseudocode for illustration of the algorithm.
• If DFO is defined in the previous sections, please use such abbreviations consistently (same for other abbreviations).

Signomial problems

• There is a lack of numerical examples for illustrating the global optimization method introduced on the Wiki page.
• The clarification of the equations used in the Introduction section needs to be improved.

Adadelta

• There is an extra line of citation links in the References section.

Adafactor

• The clarity of the alghrithm and numerical example session needs to be improved. It is convenient to list all equations, but not good to present it to others.
• More citations are needed for supporting your statement.

AdamW

• For the application section, it would be good to emphasize the advantages of AdamW compared to other approach by citing the quantitative results from previous literature.
• Avoid using pronouns (e.g., we, let's) in scientific writing.

Adamax

• The pseudocode was not well defined. More explanations and logical flow are needed.
• Citations need to be included in the punctuation like period.
• Since this is a modified version of Adam, a comparison with Adam is needed for the numerical example.
• A machine learning case is needed since this is an algorithm designed for machine learning models.

FTRL algorithm

• It is very difficult to clarify different levels of subtitles based on the text.
• References were not well formatted. For example, "[1]" is added to many references with no meaning.
• Some symbols used in the equation lack explanations.

LossscaleOptimizer

• More citations are needed for supporting the statement and applications.

Nadam

• The result figures of the numerical example have not been placed in the proper place.
• The numerical example and application parts are still not representative of illustrating NDAM's performance for machine learning models.

Beyesian optimization

• Citation form (in text) should be double checked.

Genetic algorithm

• Please provide some citations for supporting your statement (e.g. in Introduction)

Simulated annealing

• Once the abbr. is defined please use it throughout the context (e.g. SA)
• Avoid using pronouns (e.g., we) in scientific writing.

Particle swarm optimization

• The caption was missed for the iteration results.

Differential evolution

• Once abbreviations are introduced, please make sure the full term do not appear throughout the context.
• Visualization section is not necessary. Figures should be embedded in the Wiki page.
• Conclusion and References sections should not belong to Application section.
• References are already shown at the bottom of the page. The extra list should be removed.