nando de freitas rnhercsubcca alternative stochastic approximation also use active learning framework see eg section iii httpwwwcsubccanandopapersaplrsspdf apologies selfpromotion references 13 15 29 30 32 paper good luck nando nphralviissinicaedutw wrote might want take look book adaptive algorithms stochastic approximations benveniste metivier prioutet 1990 chunnan quoting ronen brafman want find maximum fx1xn n typically large sample value f samples noisy wonder anyone provide pointers results study done various assumptions f thanks ronen message sent using imp internet messaging program _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai thu 07 aug 2008 192323 0700 uai optimizing stochastic function