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gradient descent

gradient descent noun: a first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.

Noun

gradient descent (uncountable)

  1. A 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

Questions about gradient descent

What does gradient descent mean?
Gradient descent means a first-order iterative optimization algorithm for finding a local minimum of a differentiable function.
What part of speech is gradient descent?
Gradient descent is a noun.

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