Practice Advanced Gradient-based Optimizers (2.4) - Optimization Methods
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Advanced Gradient-Based Optimizers

Practice - Advanced Gradient-Based Optimizers

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is momentum in optimization?

💡 Hint: Think of momentum as keeping you moving in the direction of your last update.

Question 2 Easy

What does Adagrad do?

💡 Hint: Consider how frequently a parameter has been modified.

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Question 1

What does momentum do in optimization?

Increases learning rate
Adds previous updates to current updates
Decreases gradient size

💡 Hint: Remember how momentum increases forward movement.

Question 2

True or False: Nesterov Accelerated Gradient does not consider previous updates.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about predictions versus reactions.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider a model that struggles to converge using standard gradient descent. How would you choose an optimizer from those discussed and why?

💡 Hint: Consider the advantages of adapting learning rates and smoothing updates.

Challenge 2 Hard

If given a dataset with highly variable features, which optimizer would you prefer and why?

💡 Hint: Think about which methods thrive in noisy landscapes.

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