AWhat changed
Noisy experiments could be organized into a convergent iterative search for an unknown target.
Scientific scope
The 1951 procedure under stated conditions; stochastic gradient and modern variants are excluded.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. This is the 1951 procedure and its convergence-in-probability result under stated conditions. Modern stochastic-gradient variants are separate.
Contributors
- Herbert Robbins · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Sutton Monro · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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