Machine Learning

A Gentle Introduction to Optimization / Mathematical Programming

Whether it is a supervised learning problem or an unsupervised problem, there will be some optimization algorithm working in the background. Almost any classification, regression or clustering problem can be cast as an optimization problem.

In this tutorial, you will discover what is optimization and concepts related to it.

After completing this tutorial, you will know:

  • What is Mathematical programming or optimization
  • Difference between a maximization and minimization problems
  • Difference between local and global optimal solutions
  • Difference between constrained and unconstrained optimization
  • Difference between linear and non-linear programming
  • Examples of optimization

Let’s get started.