autodifferentiation

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ differentiation

Noun

autodifferentiation (uncountable)

  1. (mathematics, computing) The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
    Synonym: automatic differentiation
    • 2021, Joe Papa, PyTorch Pocket Reference (page 48)
      The backward() function uses PyTorch's automatic differentiation package, torch.autograd, to differentiate and compute gradients of tensors based on the chain rule. Here's a simple example of autodifferentiation.
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Derived terms
  • autodiff
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