• DocumentCode
    769772
  • Title

    An alternative proof for convergence of stochastic approximation algorithms

  • Author

    Kulkarni, S.R. ; Horn, C.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    419
  • Lastpage
    424
  • Abstract
    An alternative proof for convergence of stochastic approximation algorithms is provided. The proof is completely deterministic, very elementary (involving only basic notions of convergence), and direct in that it remains in a discrete setting. An alternative form of the Kushner-Clark condition is introduced and utilized and the results are the first to prove necessity for general gain sequences in a Hilbert space setting
  • Keywords
    Hilbert spaces; approximation theory; convergence of numerical methods; Hilbert space; convergence; deterministic proof; general gain sequences; stochastic approximation algorithms; Adaptive control; Algorithm design and analysis; Approximation algorithms; Convergence; Differential equations; Hilbert space; Stochastic processes; Stochastic resonance; Stochastic systems; System identification;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/9.486642
  • Filename
    486642