arXiv Machine Learning By A. Ch. Madhusudanarao, Rahul Singh

Stationary Bias and Extrapolation in Nonlinear Two-Timescale Stochastic Approximation

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arXiv:2610. 10246v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Constant-step stochastic approximation generally has a nonzero stationary mean error that persists under time averaging.

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Nonlinear Two-Time-Scale Stochastic Approximation: A Sharp Phase Transition and How to Beat It

arXiv:2606. 14488v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent finite-time analyses of nonlinear two-time-scale stochastic approximation show that under contractive assumptions the slow iterate $Y_k$ with stepsizes $\beta_k=\Theta(k^{-1})$ and $\alpha_k=\Theta(k^{-a})$, $a\in(1/2,1)$, generally satisfies a mean-square rate of order $k^{-a}$; decoupled $k^{-1}$ rates require strong local linearity.

By Dhruv Sarkar, Vaneet Aggarwal