Variable Metric Stochastic Approximation Theory
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We provide a variable metric stochastic approximation theory. In doing so, we provide a convergence theory for a large class of online variable metric methods including the recently introduced online versions of the BFGS algorithm and its limited-memory LBFGS variant. We also discuss the implications of our results for learning from expert advice.
Journal: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics