In numerical optimization, the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS) algorithm is an iterative method for solving unconstrained nonlinear optimization...
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alternatives have been proposed. The popular Berndt–Hall–Hall–Hausman algorithm approximates the Hessian with the outer product of the expected gradient...
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Limited-memory BFGS (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
an optimization algorithm in the collection of quasi-Newton methods that approximates the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm (BFGS) using a limited...
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formula is quite effective, but it was soon superseded by the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno formula, which is its dual (interchanging the roles of y and...
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Gradient descent (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
Preconditioning Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula Nelder–Mead method Gauss–Newton algorithm Hill climbing Quantum...
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such as Newton's method or quasi-Newton methods like the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm. The approach has been applied to solve a wide range of...
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Stan (software) (section Algorithms)
Optimization algorithms: Limited-memory BFGS (L-BFGS) (Stan's default optimization algorithm) Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm (BFGS) Laplace's...
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guaranteed.[citation needed] Davidon–Fletcher–Powell (DFP) algorithm Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS) algorithm Henningsen, A.; Toomet, O. (2011)...
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Newton's method in optimization Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS) method Broyden, C. G. (1965). "A Class of Methods for...
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Nonlinear conjugate gradient method (redirect from Fletcher-Reeves)
descent Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm Conjugate gradient method L-BFGS (limited memory BFGS) Nelder–Mead method Wolfe conditions Fletcher, R.;...
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specialization in logic Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm, a method for solving nonlinear optimization problems Goldfarb Seligman & Co., the largest...
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developers of the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm. In 1992, he and J. J. Forrest developed the steepest edge simplex method. Goldfarb is National...
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Quasi-Newton method (redirect from Quasi-Newton algorithm)
(suggested independently by Broyden, Fletcher, Goldfarb, and Shanno, in 1970), and its low-memory extension L-BFGS. The Broyden's class is a linear combination...
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Nelder–Mead method (redirect from Nelder-Mead algorithm)
Nonlinear conjugate gradient method Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno or BFGS method Differential evolution Pattern search (optimization)...
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quasi-Newton method, such as that due to Davidon, Fletcher and Powell or Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS method) an estimate of the full Hessian ∂...
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Golden-section search (redirect from Golden ratio algorithm)
but very robust. The technique derives its name from the fact that the algorithm maintains the function values for four points whose three interval widths...
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In mathematics and computing, the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (LMA or just LM), also known as the damped least-squares (DLS) method, is used to solve...
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A greedy algorithm is any algorithm that follows the problem-solving heuristic of making the locally optimal choice at each stage. In many problems, a...
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Sequential quadratic programming (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
h(x_{k})^{T}d\geq 0\\&g(x_{k})+\nabla g(x_{k})^{T}d=0.\end{array}}} The SQP algorithm starts from the initial iterate ( x 0 , λ 0 , σ 0 ) {\displaystyle (x_{0}...
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Column generation (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
Column generation or delayed column generation is an efficient algorithm for solving large linear programs. The overarching idea is that many linear programs...
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List of numerical analysis topics (redirect from List of eigenvalue algorithms)
Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula — update of the Jacobian in which the matrix remains positive definite Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm — rank-two...
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computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems...
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computer science and operations research, approximation algorithms are efficient algorithms that find approximate solutions to optimization problems...
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Hill climbing (redirect from Hill-climbing algorithm)
technique which belongs to the family of local search. It is an iterative algorithm that starts with an arbitrary solution to a problem, then attempts to...
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Dinic's algorithm or Dinitz's algorithm is a strongly polynomial algorithm for computing the maximum flow in a flow network, conceived in 1970 by Israeli...
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Dantzig's simplex algorithm (or simplex method) is a popular algorithm for linear programming.[failed verification] The name of the algorithm is derived from...
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Mathematics of neural networks in machine learning (category Classification algorithms)
backpropagation); quasi-Newton (Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno, one step secant); Levenberg–Marquardt and conjugate gradient (Fletcher–Reeves update, Polak–Ribiére...
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Quadratic programming (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
Lagrangian, conjugate gradient, gradient projection, extensions of the simplex algorithm. In the case in which Q is positive definite, the problem is a special...
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Affine scaling (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
In mathematical optimization, affine scaling is an algorithm for solving linear programming problems. Specifically, it is an interior point method, discovered...
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Fourier–Motzkin elimination (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
a mathematical algorithm for eliminating variables from a system of linear inequalities. It can output real solutions. The algorithm is named after Joseph...
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