function that returns the input that maximizes the expression.
finding argmax
direct optimization
Typical maximization system. Take derivative, set it to 0, solve, plug in, solve. THis is pretty bad during times are not differentiable.
gradient ascent
We take steps following the direction
\begin{equation} \theta_{1j} = \theta_{0j} + \eta \pdv{LL(\theta_{0})}{\theta_{0j}} \end{equation}
additional information
argmax of log
see argmax of log