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Optimisation

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Optimisation is one of the most fundamental areas of numerical computing. From simple root finding to advanced machine learning, optimisation is everywhere. In this chapter, we will give you a brief overview of this topic and how the OCaml numerical library, Owl, supports basic optimisation methods.

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Wang, L., Zhao, J., Mortier, R. (2022). Optimisation. In: OCaml Scientific Computing. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97645-3_9

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