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Question from someone who is not super knowledgable about this subject - is this conceptually similar to using ML to solve linear equations? I.e. randomly guess

by k2xl 6y ago

Question from someone who is not super knowledgable about this subject - is this conceptually similar to using ML to solve linear equations? I.e. randomly guess and update weights... Is there a field of research in using ML approaches for this type of problem?

jl2718 6y ago
Ax=b could certainly be solved with gradient descent methods popular in ML, but this is a lot more direct than that. It’s a little more like solving random pieces until it all comes together.
vendiddy 6y ago
If the same class of problems need to get solved on a regular basis, could the guessing algorithm get smarter with each iteration using ML techniques? Seems like if the algorithm is applied to a particular domain, there could be efficiencies gained from optimizing what guesses to rule out. Not very knowledgeable about the subject though.