The process of using mathematical techniques such as [gradient descent](/pages/Gradient%20descent.txt) to find the minimum of a [convex function](/pages/Convex%20function.txt). A great deal of research in [machine learning](/pages/Machine%20learning.txt) has focused on formulating various problems as convex optimization problems and in solving those problems more efficiently.[^1]

## Footnotes

[^1]: https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/glossary#convex_optimization