Gradient Descent Simulator

This project provides a visual simulation of the gradient descent algorithm for linear regression. It includes both Python and MATLAB implementations.

Files

• computeCost.m: MATLAB function to compute the cost for linear regression.
• gradientDescent.m: MATLAB function to perform gradient descent on the input data.
• testgradient.m: MATLAB script to test the gradient descent function with some example data.
• testgradient2.m: MATLAB script to visualize the cost function and the path of gradient descent.
• gradescent.py: Python/Dash app to visualize the gradient descent algorithm.

Usage

MATLAB

Run the testgradient.m or testgradient2.m scripts in MATLAB.

Python

Run the gradescent.py script. This will start a Dash app that you can view in your web browser.

Requirements

• MATLAB for the MATLAB scripts.
• Python 3 and the following Python libraries for the Python script:
  • numpy
  • dash
  • plotly