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Gradient Descent: By-Vineet Ahuja BCA-V1-E 00221102021

Gradient descent is an iterative optimization algorithm used to minimize functions by moving iteratively towards the steepest descent direction. It plays a crucial role in machine learning by adjusting model parameters during training. At its core, gradient descent relies on calculating the partial derivatives of the loss function with respect to the model's parameters to update them in the direction of minimum error. It is widely used for training neural networks and solving optimization problems in diverse domains.

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Gradient Descent: By-Vineet Ahuja BCA-V1-E 00221102021

Gradient descent is an iterative optimization algorithm used to minimize functions by moving iteratively towards the steepest descent direction. It plays a crucial role in machine learning by adjusting model parameters during training. At its core, gradient descent relies on calculating the partial derivatives of the loss function with respect to the model's parameters to update them in the direction of minimum error. It is widely used for training neural networks and solving optimization problems in diverse domains.

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Gradient Descent

By-VINEET AHUJA
BCA-V1-E
00221102021
Introduction to Gradient
Descent
Gradient descent is a fundamental optimization algorithm used to minimize a
function by iteratively moving towards the steepest descent. It's widely employed
in machine learning and deep learning for model training and updating parameter
values.
What is Gradient Descent?
1 Iterative Optimization 2 Role in Machine Learning
Gradient descent is an iterative It plays a crucial role in training
optimization algorithm used to find the machine learning models by adjusting
minimum of a function. model parameters.

3 Mathematical Underpinning
At its core, gradient descent relies on the partial derivatives of the loss function with respect
to the model’s parameters.
The intuition behind Gradient Descent

Step-Based Optimization Function Optimization Search for Local


Minimum
Gradient descent involves It's based on the principle of
taking steps in the direction that continuously minimizing the The goal is to find the
minimizes the function. error or cost function. parameter values at which the
function reaches the minimum
value.
Types of Gradient Descent algorithms
Batch Gradient Descent Stochastic Gradient Mini-batch Gradient
Descent Descent
It computes the gradient of the
cost function w.r.t. to the entire It updates the parameters for It strikes a balance by computing
dataset. each training example. the gradients on small, random
subsets of the training data.
Advantages and disadvantages of
Gradient Descent
Advantages Disadvantages
Efficient in high-dimensional spaces. Sensitive to the learning rate.
Applications of Gradient Descent
1 Neural Network 2 Financial Modeling 3 Optimization
Training Problems
It's applied in financial
It's extensively used for industries for forecasting It's utilized to solve
training complex neural and risk management. optimization problems in
network architectures. diverse domains.
Challenges and considerations in
implementing Gradient Descent
Convergence Issues Overfitting Computational
Complexity
Choosing an appropriate Managing the risk of overfitting
learning rate and preventing during training. Addressing the computational
divergence. demands in large-scale
applications.
Conclusion and key takeaways

3 2 5
Optimization Real-World Impact Continuous Improvement
Gradient descent is a powerful It's a foundational algorithm in Understanding its nuances is
optimization method. real-world applications. crucial for efficient model
training.
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