Gradient-Based Algorithms for Zeroth-Order Optimization

Prashanth L.A., Shalabh Bhatnagar 

Gradient-Based Algorithms for Zeroth-Order Optimization
Foundations and Trends in Optimization, Vol. 8: No. 1–3, pp 1-332, 2025
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Stochastic Recursive Algorithms for Optimization:

Simultaneous Perturbation Methods

S. Bhatnagar, H.L. Prasad, L.A. Prashanth 

Stochastic Recursive Algorithms for Optimization: Simultaneous Perturbation Methods
Series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Vol. 434, 302 pages, 2013
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