tensorflow / tensorflow/probability
Feature request: Adding Backtracking Line Search
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Description
I noticed that the line search function had the Hager Zhang search built in and I was wondering if it's ok to add the Backtracking Line search Algorithm to it as algorithms such as FISTA and ISTA use it?
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The issue names no file, test, or entry point; start by locating the existing Hager Zhang line-search implementation. Clarify the intended Backtracking Line Search API and its relationship to FISTA and ISTA, then define the integration and validation requirements before implementation.
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Assessment
- Domain
- machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100