LFD Book Forum About the Problem 3.17b

#1
10-12-2012, 09:41 AM
 rpistu Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 10

I don’t quite understand the Problem 3.17b. What the meaning of minimize E1 over all possible (∆u, ∆v). Instead, I think it should minimize E(u+∆u,v+∆v), starting from the point (u,v)=(0,0). Is the optimal column vector [∆u,∆v]T is corresponding to the vt in the gradient descent algorithm (here, as the problem said, it is -∆E(u,v)), the norm ||(∆u,∆v)||=0.5 corresponding to the step size ɧ, and (u,v) corresponding to the weight vector w? Then, what the meaning of compute the optimal (∆u, ∆v)?
#2
10-12-2012, 02:26 PM
 magdon RPI Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Troy, NY, USA. Posts: 595

is a function of . You want to choose (the vector to move in) to minimize . The negative gradient direction is going to be the direction to move (this is shown in the chapter) and you have to rescale that so the step size is 0.5.

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 Originally Posted by rpistu I don’t quite understand the Problem 3.17b. What the meaning of minimize E1 over all possible (∆u, ∆v). Instead, I think it should minimize E(u+∆u,v+∆v), starting from the point (u,v)=(0,0). Is the optimal column vector [∆u,∆v]T is corresponding to the vt in the gradient descent algorithm (here, as the problem said, it is -∆E(u,v)), the norm ||(∆u,∆v)||=0.5 corresponding to the step size ɧ, and (u,v) corresponding to the weight vector w? Then, what the meaning of compute the optimal (∆u, ∆v)?
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#3
10-13-2012, 08:17 PM
 rpistu Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 10

Yes, E1 is a function of ∆u, ∆v, but it is also a function of u, v. Then, what is the u, v in this function? Still use (0, 0) as part (a) said? Also, what is the ininital value of ∆u, ∆v? In the textbook, it sets w to w(0) at step 0.

Further, does the norm ||(∆u,∆v)||=0.5 means that for each iteration we should ensure that the values of ∆u,∆v meet this resuirements? Another point is that in textbook, we need specify the step size ɧ. However, we could not see any information about the step size.

I don't quite understand the description of the question (Problem 3.17b), so I have so many questions. Could you probably clarify it for me?

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 Originally Posted by magdon is a function of . You want to choose math]\Delta u,\Delta v[/math] (the vector to move in) to minimize . The negative gradient direction is going to be the direction to move (this is shown in the chapter) and you have to rescale that so the step size is 0.5.
#4
10-14-2012, 05:43 AM
 magdon RPI Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Troy, NY, USA. Posts: 595

Yes, in this problem you can use (u,v)=(0,0) from part (a).

||(∆u,∆v)||=0.5 means that the step size .

In the chapter we considered two step sizes. First where the step size was fixed at . Second where the step size is proportional to the norm of the gradient. Here, for part (b) the step size is fixed at 0.5.

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 Originally Posted by rpistu Yes, E1 is a function of ∆u, ∆v, but it is also a function of u, v. Then, what is the u, v in this function? Still use (0, 0) as part (a) said? Also, what is the ininital value of ∆u, ∆v? In the textbook, it sets w to w(0) at step 0. Further, does the norm ||(∆u,∆v)||=0.5 means that for each iteration we should ensure that the values of ∆u,∆v meet this resuirements? Another point is that in textbook, we need specify the step size ɧ. However, we could not see any information about the step size. I don't quite understand the description of the question (Problem 3.17b), so I have so many questions. Could you probably clarify it for me?
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#5
10-14-2012, 04:36 PM
 rpistu Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 10

I have almost understund the problem. But still have a question that what the meaning of the resulting of E(u+∆u,v+∆v) in Part (b), (e-i), and (e-ii). Is it a number or a formula?

Also what the difference of the two parts of (e). One is to minimize E2, the other is to minimize E(u+∆u,v+∆v). So, what the difference of those two?

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 Originally Posted by magdon Yes, in this problem you can use (u,v)=(0,0) from part (a). ||(∆u,∆v)||=0.5 means that the step size . In the chapter we considered two step sizes. First where the step size was fixed at . Second where the step size is proportional to the norm of the gradient. Here, for part (b) the step size is fixed at 0.5.
#6
10-14-2013, 10:40 AM
 luwei0917 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3

I think for part b. we got
Then use . Replace u with and v with we will get a numerical result.

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