Find out why backpropagation and gradient descent are key to prediction in machine learning, then get started with training a simple neural network using gradient descent and Java code.

Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the kernel ridge regression technique to predict a single ...

Why does gradient descent work? Specifically, what can we guarantee about the point it converges to? In addition to gradient descent, we explore a large variety of optimization methods. What are the ...

Gradient descent is an essential tool of modern applied research, but there are many common problems for which it does not work well. But before this research, there was no comprehensive understanding ...

Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of the kernel ridge regression technique to predict a single numeric value. The demo uses stochastic gradient descent, one of two ...