Question

What is gradient descent?

(a) method to find the absolute minimum of a function

(b) method to find the absolute maximum of a function

(c) maximum or minimum, depends on the situation

(d) none of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in homework.

My question comes from Hopfield Model-1 in chapter Feedback Neural Networks of Neural Networks

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) method to find the absolute minimum of a function

Explanation: Gradient descent gives absolute minimum of a function.