<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Nonlinear Optimisation on Arshad Siddiqui</title><link>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/</link><description>Recent content in Nonlinear Optimisation on Arshad Siddiqui</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Challenges in Gradient-Based Optimisation</title><link>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/optimisation-challenges/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/optimisation-challenges/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="challenges-in-gradient-based-optimisation">
 Challenges in Gradient-Based Optimisation
 
 &lt;a class="anchor" href="#challenges-in-gradient-based-optimisation">#&lt;/a>
 
&lt;/h1>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>Local optima and flat regions&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Differential curvature&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Difficult topologies (cliffs and valleys)&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;hr>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/">Home&lt;/a> | &lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/">
 Nonlinear Optimisation
&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)</title><link>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/stochastic-gradient-descent/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/stochastic-gradient-descent/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="stochastic-gradient-descent-sgd">
 Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)
 
 &lt;a class="anchor" href="#stochastic-gradient-descent-sgd">#&lt;/a>
 
&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>SGD uses mini-batches to trade exact gradients for speed and generalisation.&lt;/p>
&lt;hr>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/">Home&lt;/a> | &lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/">
 Nonlinear Optimisation
&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Momentum-Based Learning</title><link>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/momentum-methods/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/momentum-methods/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="momentum-based-learning">
 Momentum-Based Learning
 
 &lt;a class="anchor" href="#momentum-based-learning">#&lt;/a>
 
&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>Momentum smooths updates and helps traverse valleys efficiently.&lt;/p>
&lt;hr>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/">Home&lt;/a> | &lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/">
 Nonlinear Optimisation
&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Adaptive Methods: AdaGrad, RMSProp, Adam</title><link>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/adaptive-methods/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/adaptive-methods/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="adaptive-methods-adagrad-rmsprop-adam">
 Adaptive Methods: AdaGrad, RMSProp, Adam
 
 &lt;a class="anchor" href="#adaptive-methods-adagrad-rmsprop-adam">#&lt;/a>
 
&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>Adaptive methods adjust learning rates per-parameter.&lt;/p>
&lt;hr>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/">Home&lt;/a> | &lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/">
 Nonlinear Optimisation
&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Tuning Hyperparameters and Preprocessing</title><link>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/hyperparameter-tuning/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/hyperparameter-tuning/</guid><description>&lt;h1 id="tuning-hyperparameters-and-preprocessing">
 Tuning Hyperparameters and Preprocessing
 
 &lt;a class="anchor" href="#tuning-hyperparameters-and-preprocessing">#&lt;/a>
 
&lt;/h1>
&lt;ul>
&lt;li>Learning rate schedules&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Initialisation&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Tuning hyperparameters&lt;/li>
&lt;li>Importance of feature preprocessing&lt;/li>
&lt;/ul>
&lt;hr>
&lt;p>&lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/">Home&lt;/a> | &lt;a href="https://arshadhs.github.io/docs/ai/010-maths/020-calculus/06-nonlinear-optimisation/">
 Nonlinear Optimisation
&lt;/a>&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>