gradient descent

noun

A first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.

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Meanings

noungradient descent (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemathematicsA first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.

    Thus, in gradient descent, on each epoch, we perform the parameter update.

    2019, Sudharsan Ravichandiran, Hands-On Deep Learning Algorithms with Python, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 92

Translations

Polish gradient prosty
  • gradient prostyTranslations
Swedish gradientsökning
  • gradientsökningTranslations
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