Gradient descent — For the analytical method called steepest descent see Method of steepest descent. Gradient descent is an optimization algorithm. To find a local minimum of a function using gradient descent, one takes steps proportional to the negative of the… … Wikipedia
Minimum degree algorithm — In numerical analysis the minimum degree algorithm is an algorithm used to permute the rows and columns of a symmetric sparse matrix before applying the Cholesky decomposition, to reduce the number of non zeros in the Cholesky factor. This… … Wikipedia
Conjugate gradient method — A comparison of the convergence of gradient descent with optimal step size (in green) and conjugate vector (in red) for minimizing a quadratic function associated with a given linear system. Conjugate gradient, assuming exact arithmetic,… … Wikipedia
Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm — In mathematics and computing, the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (LMA)[1] provides a numerical solution to the problem of minimizing a function, generally nonlinear, over a space of parameters of the function. These minimization problems arise… … Wikipedia
Gauss–Newton algorithm — The Gauss–Newton algorithm is a method used to solve non linear least squares problems. It can be seen as a modification of Newton s method for finding a minimum of a function. Unlike Newton s method, the Gauss–Newton algorithm can only be used… … Wikipedia
Nonlinear conjugate gradient method — In numerical optimization, the nonlinear conjugate gradient method generalizes the conjugate gradient method to nonlinear optimization. For a quadratic function : The minimum of f is obtained when the gradient is 0: . Whereas linear conjugate… … Wikipedia
Criss-cross algorithm — This article is about an algorithm for mathematical optimization. For the naming of chemicals, see crisscross method. The criss cross algorithm visits all 8 corners of the Klee–Minty cube in the worst case. It visits 3 additional… … Wikipedia
Expectation-maximization algorithm — An expectation maximization (EM) algorithm is used in statistics for finding maximum likelihood estimates of parameters in probabilistic models, where the model depends on unobserved latent variables. EM alternates between performing an… … Wikipedia
Biconjugate gradient method — In mathematics, more specifically in numerical analysis, the biconjugate gradient method is an algorithm to solve systems of linear equations :A x= b.,Unlike the conjugate gradient method, this algorithm does not require the matrix A to be self… … Wikipedia
Xiaolin Wu's line algorithm — is an algorithm for line antialiasing, which was presented in the article An Efficient Antialiasing Technique in the July 1991 issue of Computer Graphics , as well as in the article Fast Antialiasing in the June 1992 issue of Dr. Dobb s Journal… … Wikipedia
Genetic algorithm — A genetic algorithm (GA) is a search heuristic that mimics the process of natural evolution. This heuristic is routinely used to generate useful solutions to optimization and search problems. Genetic algorithms belong to the larger class of… … Wikipedia