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Plot of the Rosenbrock function of two variables. Here =, =, and the minimum value of zero is at (,). In mathematical optimization, the Rosenbrock function is a non-convex function, introduced by Howard H. Rosenbrock in 1960, which is used as a performance test problem for optimization algorithms. [1]
The geometric interpretation of Newton's method is that at each iteration, it amounts to the fitting of a parabola to the graph of () at the trial value , having the same slope and curvature as the graph at that point, and then proceeding to the maximum or minimum of that parabola (in higher dimensions, this may also be a saddle point), see below.
The following is an example of a possible implementation of Newton's method in the Python (version 3.x) programming language for finding a root of a function f which has derivative f_prime. The initial guess will be x 0 = 1 and the function will be f ( x ) = x 2 − 2 so that f ′ ( x ) = 2 x .
The gradient descent can take many iterations to compute a local minimum with a required accuracy, if the curvature in different directions is very different for the given function. For such functions, preconditioning, which changes the geometry of the space to shape the function level sets like concentric circles, cures the slow convergence ...
In mathematical analysis, the maximum and minimum [a] of a function are, respectively, the greatest and least value taken by the function. Known generically as extremum , [ b ] they may be defined either within a given range (the local or relative extrema) or on the entire domain (the global or absolute extrema) of a function.
From the start, Cincinnati-based Kroger and Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons said the merger was necessary to stay efficient and competitive in a grocery industry increasingly dominated by ...
Least absolute deviations (LAD), also known as least absolute errors (LAE), least absolute residuals (LAR), or least absolute values (LAV), is a statistical optimality criterion and a statistical optimization technique based on minimizing the sum of absolute deviations (also sum of absolute residuals or sum of absolute errors) or the L 1 norm of such values.
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