distinguish Dissent wiktionary descentDescent may refer to In genealogy and inheritance Common descent , concept in evolutionary biology Kinship and descent , one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology ... diagram disambiguation Inheritance law and property In mathematics Infinite descent , a method going back to Fermat to solve Diophantine equations Descent category theory , an idea extending the notion of gluing in topology Hadamard s method of descent , a technique for solving partial differential equations Gradient descent , a first order optimization algorithm going back to Newton Other uses Descent aircraft , the decrease of an aircraft in altitude during flight Descent font , the distance that a typeface descends below the baseline in typography As a proper name In film The Descent , a 2005 horror film The Descent Part 2 , the 2009 sequel to the 2005 film Descent 2005 film Descent 2005 film , a television film on the Sci Fi Channel Descent 2007 film Descent 2007 film , a thriller starring Rosario Dawson In gaming Descent video game Descent video game , first in a series from Interplay Entertainment and Parallax Software Descent II , sequel to DescentDescent 3 , sequel to Descent II Descent FreeSpace The Great War , a computer game by Volition Inc Descent Journeys in the Dark , a 2005 board game by Fantasy Flight Games In literature The Descent novel The Descent novel , by Jeff Long Descent , caving magazine from Wild Places Publishing first published in 1969 In music Descent , an album by the band This Burning Effigy In television Descent The Outer Limits Descent The Outer Limits , an episode of the science fiction television series The Outer Limits Descent Stargate SG 1 Descent Stargate SG 1 , an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG 1 Descent Star Trek The Next Generation Descent Star Trek The Next Generation , a two part episode of Star Trek The Next Generation See also Dissent homophone disambiguation de Descent fr Descent hu Descent egy rtelm s t ... more details
dablink For the book by Jeff Long, see The Descent novel . For other similarly named films, see Descent 2005 film and Descent 2007 film . For other uses, see Descent . Infobox film name The Descent image ... http boxofficemojo.com movies ?id descent.htm ref The Descent is a 2005 British horror film written ... at the studio. The Descent opened commercially 8 July 2005 in the United Kingdom. It premiered in the 2006 ... reviews 2 film 4369 fall frights the descent film review.html Fall Frights THE DESCENT ... wary of being typecast as a horror film director, though he eventually agreed to make The Descent , emphasizing ... Filming While The Descent was set in North America, the film was shot entirely in the United Kingdom ... film The Thing , and Deliverance as influences in establishing tension in The Descent . The director ... t get any worse, make it worse. ref name blues Simon Bowles designed the maze of caves for The Descent ... rock that was developed for this production. Production of The Descent was in competition with an American film of a similar premise, The Cave film The Cave . The Descent was originally scheduled to be released ... before its competitor. Filmmakers of The Descent decided to release the film before The Cave , so ... The Descent was released in North America with approximately a minute cut from the end. In the American ... America , the Descent retains the original ending, with Sarah awakening back in the cave facing her ... File Crawlies.jpg 350 px caption Crawlers, as portrayed in The Descent left and The Descent 2 right classification Cave dwelling hominid first The Descent last The Descent Part 2 created by Neil ... Director Neil Marshall first chose to have a dark cave as the setting for his horror film The Descent ... last Morrison title Descent into hell work The Northern Echo publisher Newsquest date 2005 07 07 ref ... of The Descent 2 work Fangoria publisher Starlog Group accessdate 2008 06 26 archiveurl http web.archive.org ... News Corporation date 2006 12 16 ref The crawlers reappear in The Descent Part 2 , a sequel by Jon ... more details
Descent into Chaos may refer to Descent into Chaos Nightrage album Descent into Chaos Nightrage album , 2005 Descent into Chaos Legion of the Damned album Descent into Chaos Legion of the Damned album , 2011 Descent into Chaos The United States and the Failure of Nation Building... Book by Ahmed Rashid 2008, ISBN 978 0 670 01970 0 disambiguation ... more details
In aviation , the top of descent , also referred to as the TOD or T D , is the computed transition from the cruise phase of a flight to the descent phase, the point at which the planned descent to final approach altitude is initiated. The top of descent is usually calculated by an on board flight management system , and is designed to provide the most economical descent to approach altitude, or to meet some other objective fastest descent, greatest range, etc. . The top of descent may be calculated manually as long as the distance, air speed, and current altitude are known. See also Flight management system Autopilot Top of climb Category Flight phases de Top of Descent pt TOD avia o ... more details
update date November 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Descent Into Madness Type Album Artist Faith Assembly Cover Faith Assembly Descent into Madness.jpg Background orange Released January 22, 2008 Recorded 2003 2007 Genre synthpop Length Label A Different Drum Producer Mark Stacy Descent into Madness is the fourth album by Faith Assembly . Track listing Descent into Madness Amnesia Charlatan Dark Horse Fade to Black Carry Me Flight Ever After Mercenary Straight Jacket DEFAULTSORT Descent Into Madness Category Faith Assembly albums Category 2008 albums ... more details
Bigfinishbox title Angelique s Descent series Dark Shadows number 1&2 cover writer Lara Parker abridged Stuart Manning writer Stuart Manning director Darren Gross producer Stuart Manning br Jason Haigh Ellery length 140 minutes Dark Shadows Angelique s Descent is a Big Finish Productions abridged reading of Lara Parker s own novel, based on the long running American horror fiction horror soap opera series Dark Shadows . Plot Angelique Bouchard grew up on the island of Martinique but it was a meeting with Barnabas Collins that was to change her life... Cast Angelique Bouchard Collins Angelique Lara Parker Barnabas Collins Andrew Collins actor Andrew Collins Trivia Empty section date July 2010 External links http bigfinish.com 1 Dark Shadows Angeliques Descent Part 1 Audiobook Angelique s Descent Part 1 Innocence http bigfinish.com 2 Dark Shadows Angeliques Descent Part 2 Audiobook Angelique s Descent Part 2 Betrayal Dark Shadows Category Dark Shadows audio plays Category 2007 audio plays ... more details
About the video game the British 2009 horror movie The Descent 2 the episode of Star Trek The Next Generation Descent Star Trek The Next Generation Part II refimprove date July 2011 Original research date July 2010 Infobox VG title Descent II image Image DescentII DOS.jpg 256px developer Parallax Software ... computer keyboard Keyboard , mouse computing Mouse , Joystick , game controller Controller Descent ... to Descent video game Descent , Descent II added more weapon types, vastly improved robot types and AI. It was followed by Descent 3 . The trademark for Descent was allowed to lapse by Interplay in 2002, ref cite web title USPTO entry for the Descent game trademark url http tarr.uspto.gov ... web title USPTO entry for the Descent game trademark 2008 url http tarr.uspto.gov tarr?regser serial&entry ... in the original Descent , he stops in the Asteroid belt for refueling. Dravis then contacts him and blackmails ... to Descent , Descent II added more weapon types, different enemy types, different mines, laser reflecting force field walls, and transporter areas. In response to complaints that Descent s levels were mostly dull and lacked creativity, Descent II s levels were designed with a theme in mind ... no basis in research or evidence. Multiplayer Like Doom video game Doom , Descent offers excellent competitive multiplayer game play over a local area network LAN . Descent is also touted as being ... to meet in a standalone client, more and more people began to play Descent and Descent II over the Internet. Descent II was especially popular online due to its support for short packets and variable ... presented in Descent II, but the most prominent feature is a friendly robot Guide Bot. Guide Bot is present ... Descent and Descent II use a software renderer. Descent II however was also able to take advantage ... 3D acceleration as well. The original Descent uses indexed 8 bit color in DOS s display mode 13h , using ..., such as 640 480. Descent II allows the resolution maximum to be stretched to 800 600, or 1280 1024 ... more details
Descent Glacier Coord 77 51 S 162 52 E source GNIS display inline,title is a short, steep glacier between Briggs Hill and Condit Glacier , flowing northwest from Descent Pass into Ferrar Glacier , in Victoria Land . It was so named because of the adventurous descent made here by the party led by Albert Armitage of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901 04 . The name seems to have been first used on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 13 . ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 3770 name Descent Glacier accessdate 2012 01 12 ref References reflist usgs gazetteer id 3770 Category Glaciers of Victoria Land Category Scott Coast ScottCoast geo stub ... more details
Descent Pass Coord 77 51 S 163 5 E source GNIS display inline,title is a pass leading from Blue Glacier Antarctica Blue Glacier to Ferrar Glacier , in Victoria Land , Antarctica . It was so named by the party led by Albert Armitage of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901 04 , because of the adventurous descent to Ferrar Glacier made here via Descent Glacier in 1902. ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 3771 name Descent Pass accessdate 2012 01 12 ref References reflist usgs gazetteer id 3771 Category Mountain passes of Victoria Land Category Scott Coast ScottCoast geo stub ... more details
Infobox VG title Descent 3 image Image D3 Box Art.jpg 256px developer Outrage Entertainment publisher ... Keyboard and Mouse computing Mouse , Joystick , Gamepad Descent 3 is the third game in the line of Descent video game Descent computer games, well known for the use of six degrees of freedom and true 3D rendering technology. Descent 3 constituted a major technical upgrade over its two predecessors ... and advanced lighting. Although previous attempts to create fan made sequels to Descent 3 were scrapped ... gameinfo d4 faq.asp title Descent IV Invasion FAQ accessdate 2007 01 07 archiveurl http web.archive.org ... Descent IV Canceled accessdate 2007 01 07 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20020603155416 http ... plans to create a descent 4 sequel if it secures funding for the game s development. ref name Resurgence ... Jim, Descent, MDK, Dark Alliance if it can get the money. publisher Gamespot.com date 2007 11 13 accessdate 2007 11 17 ref An official expansion pack was released, entitled Descent 3 Mercenary , and fans of the game have also made other modifications. Story see also Descent II Storyline The storyline of Descent 3 is shown through several cutscenes throughout the game, as well as in in game mission briefings and debriefings. Previously in Descent II , Material Defender 1032 had narrowly escaped ... earth, while the Material Defender returns to Earth. Changes from Descent and Descent II Image ... Descent 3 utilizes an indoor and outdoor engine in tandem, collectively called the Fusion Engine ... , Descent 3 does not rely on Brush video game brushes three dimensional bodies forming the level walls ... Descent 3 campaign now take place on or in various stellar bodies scattered throughout the system ... , or on Earth itself. Robots Many robots in Descent 3 are completely new or redesigned versions from ... over the robots in Descent and Descent II , capable of dodging weapon fire, Deflection military leading , working in teams and calling for backup if outgunned or outnumbered. Player Ships In Descent and Descent ... more details
Infobox single Name Descent Cover FearFactoryDescentsingle.jpg Artist Fear Factory from Album Obsolete album Obsolete Released 1999 Format Compact Disc CD Genre Industrial metal Length 4 36 Label Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Chart position Last single Cars Fear Factory song Cars br 1999 This single Descent br 1999 Next single Resurrection Fear Factory EP Resurrection br 1999 Descent is a single by US heavy metal music metal band Fear Factory from their album Obsolete album Obsolete . It was the third single released and the fifth track on the album. The music was composed by guitar ist Dino Cazares and drum mer Raymond Herrera , with lyrics by Burton C. Bell . In the storyline of Obsolete s concept, Descent expresses the despair felt by the album s protagonist , the dissident Edgecrusher, as he rests briefly on his flight from the pursuing forces of Securitron. He questions the worth of his personal mission in the end, he decides to continue his fight against his oppressors. Descent peaked at number 38 on the Billboard magazine Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. Track listing Descent 4 36 Descent Falling Deeper Mix 4 36 Descent Falling Deeper Mix also appears on the album Hatefiles . Radio promo Descent edit 4 04 Charts class wikitable Chart 1999 Peak position U.S. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks ref cite web url Allmusic class artist id p23420 pure url yes title Fear Factory Billboard singles publisher Allmusic accessdate February 4, 2010 ref align center 38 References reflist Fear Factory Category 1999 singles Category Fear Factory songs metal song stub ... more details
Descent Portal ref Other Eternal Descent Llexi Leon equipment endorsements include Kahler Tremolo System ... Descent to publish the comic book series. The first issue of the Eternal Descent comic book ... www.eternaldescent.com Eternal Descent website http www.myspace.com eternaldescent Eternal Descent ... more details
Coordinate descent is a non derivative Mathematical optimization optimization algorithm . To find a local ... descent iteration. However, in recent years, random choice of direction become reported to be more efficient see random coordinate descent method for more details about them . Description Coordinate descent is based on the idea that one can minimize a multivariable function math F mathbf x math by minimizing it along one direction at a time. Instead of varying descent direction according to gradient , one fixes descent direction at the outset. For instances, one chooses search directions from the coordinate ... as steepest descent. No improvement after one cycle of line search along coordinate directions implies ... Examples Coordinate descent has problems with non smooth functions. The following picture shows that coordinate descent iteration may get stuck at a non stationary point if the level curves of a function are not smooth. File nonsmooth.jpg Extensions Adaptive coordinate descent Recently proposed adaptive coordinate descent approach gradually builds a transformation of the coordinate system such that the new ... coordinate descent was shown to be competitive to the state of the art evolutionary algorithms ... M. Schoenauer and M. Sebag title Adaptive Coordinate Descent booktitle Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ... Component Analysis a is used to extend Coordinate Descent method c to the optimization of non ... allows Adaptive Coordinate Descent to outperform Coordinate Descent on non separable functions. The following ... Coordinate Descent reaches the target value after only 325 function evaluations about 70 times faster than Coordinate Descent , that is comparable to Gradient descent gradient based methods . See also Conjugate gradient Gradient descent Newton s method in optimization Newton s method Mathematical optimization ... first Zhiquan last2 Tseng first2 P. year 1992 title On the convergence of the coordinate descent method ... last Wu first TongTong last2 Lange first2 Kenneth year 2008 title Coordinate descent algorithms ... more details
Infobox VG title Descent 4 working title image caption developer Do Not Add anything, until a developer has been named publisher Interplay Entertainment distributor designer series Descent video game Descent engine version released genre First person shooter modes Single player , Multiplayer video game Multiplayer ratings platforms Microsoft Windows media DVD requirements input Keyboard computing Keyboard and Mouse computing mouse Descent 4 is a planned fourth installment in the Descent video game Descent series published by the re emerging publisher, Interplay Entertainment . ref cite web url http www.foxbusiness.com markets industries technology article interplay releases 2007 earnings new web site launch imminent 553895 12.html title Interplay Releases 2007 Earnings New Web Site Launch Imminent ... Interplay Entertainment ref Development Development of Descent 4 was officially cancelled in 2000 as revealed ... Faction , a new project at Volition, was Descent 4 , since Red Faction s main character was named Parker and some of the plot points for Red Faction were very similar to Descent as was mentioned ... Faction was Descent 4 , although he admitted that technologies that were in development for Descent 4 were being used in Red Faction. PlanetDescent also asked if there was to be a Descent 4 developed ... unlikely that they would work on a Descent sequel. This could possibly be because in 2000, Volition ... President Mike Kulas ref Failed verification date July 2010 Descent 4 announcements On November ... studio and has plans to develop a Descent sequel likely to be Descent 4 amongst other classic ... dev studio Company says it will make new installments of Earthworm Jim, Descent, MDK, Dark Alliance ... Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent and MDK. The Company has reinitiated its in house game development studio ... Interplay Entertainment site Descent DEFAULTSORT Descent 4 Category Descent video game Category First ... sequels fi Descent 4 ... more details
Infobox Film name Dark Descent image image size caption director Daniel Knauf producer Jeffery Beach br Melanie J. Elin br Phillip J. Roth br Executive Producer br James Hollensteiner writer Daniel Knauf narrator starring Dean Cain br Scott Wiper music Richard McHugh cinematography editing Ken Peters distributor Dark Descent Productions LLC released August 6, 2002 US runtime 96 min country Image Flag of the United States.svg 22px language English Language English budget preceded by followed by Dark Descent is a 2002 film written and directed by Daniel Knauf . External links imdb title id 0271451 title Dark Descent Category 2000s drama films Category 2002 films Category American films Category English language films 2000s drama film stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 Descent Cliff Coord 77 43 S 166 54 E source GNIS display inline,title is a cliff on the west side of Hut Point Peninsula , between the Hutton Cliffs and Erebus Glacier Tongue , on Ross Island . It was charted and so named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 13 , under Robert Falcon Scott , because it was here that a descent to the sea ice was made. ref name gnis cite gnis type antarid id 3769 name Descent Cliff accessdate 2012 01 12 ref References reflist usgs gazetteer id 3769 Category Cliffs of Ross Island RossIsland geo stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date July 2011 Use Australian English date July 2011 Infobox Single Name A Slow Descent Artist The Butterfly Effect band The Butterfly Effect from Album Imago The Butterfly Effect album Imago Cover Tbe slow descent cover.PNG Released 10 June 2006 small Australia small Format CD single , music download digital download Recorded Genre Hard rock Length Label Modern Music , Village Roadshow Music Writer Producer 9 small Australia small Misc Last single A Beautiful Mine br 2005 This single A Slow Descent br 2006 Next single Gone br 2006 A Slow Descent is the first official single from The Butterfly Effect band The Butterfly Effect s second full length studio album , Imago The Butterfly Effect album Imago . The single debuted at 18 in the ARIA Charts ARIA Singles Chart , reaching 9 in the following week, giving them their first top 10 single, before suddenly dropping to 32. ref http www.australian charts.com showitem.asp?interpret The Butterfly Effect&titel A Slow Descent&cat s A Slow Descent chart run ref The track Phoenix was originally released only as a downloadable single, and does not appear on the album. Track listing A Slow Descent Radio Edit Phoenix Charts class wikitable align left Chart 2006 align center Peak br position align left Australian ARIA Charts ARIA Singles Chart align center 9 References references The Butterfly Effect DEFAULTSORT Slow Descent, A Category Australian rock songs Category The Butterfly Effect songs Category 2006 singles 2000s rock single stub ... more details
Infobox Magazine title Descent image file image size 200px image caption editor Chris Howes editor title Editor frequency Bi monthly February, April, June, August, October, December circulation category Sport company publisher Wild Places firstdate January 1969 country United Kingdom language English website http www.wildplaces.co.uk www.wildplaces.co.uk issn 0046 0036 Descent magazine is a bi monthly British magazine dedicated to caving . It has been in print since 1969, first as a small format magazine, and then as A4 in 1977. ref name aboutmag cite web url http www.wildplaces.co.uk about.html title About Descent and us ref ref cite journal author Chris Howes year 2009 month October title The Descent Retrospective Descent Those Funny Years journal Descent magazine issn 0046 0036 issue 210 pages url http www.wildplaces.co.uk descent descent210.html ref As well as feature articles about the recent international expeditions and the development of caving techniques and equipment, it maintains a network of correspondents in each of the caving regions of the UK who report on the latest caving discoveries and changes to access agreements for their area. ref cite web title Descent Correspondents url http www.wildplaces.co.uk correspondents.html ref The current editor, Chris Howes, began work on the magazine in 1988 and bought it from its publisher in 1998. ref name aboutmag References references External links http wildplaces.co.uk Magazine website Category British sports magazines Category Caving Category Publications established in 1969 sport mag stub UK mag stub ... more details
A royal descent is a lineal Kinship and descentdescent from a monarch. Royal descent is sometimes claimed ... Most recent common ancestor References reflist Category Kinship and descent Category Genealogy ... hoping to improve their social status have often claimed royal descent and, as a result, fabricated ... Genealogy and Family History ref The importance of royal descent to some genealogists has been ... of records, the number of people who have a provable royal descent is much smaller ... have attempted to estimate the percentage of various populations that have a royal descent. Royal descent ... been closely related to one another , and the descent from one monarch will be found in many other ... marriages between crown and commoner became rarer and rarer. This is one reason why descent from more ... chronologically distant monarchs is that likelihood of descent from a monarch increases as a function ... to be assassinated than ordinary individuals are. United States Royal descent is now recognized as common ... founder James Pierpont and others. ref Browning, CH 1891 Americans of Royal descent via http books.google.com ... Too, we see NEHGS articles on tycoon families and US Presidents of royal descent that emphasize the discriminating ... descent excel to wit, Roberts article on eminent descendants of Mrs. Alice Freeman Thompson Parke ... million Americans have traceable royal European descent. ref http www.ancestry.com learn library article.aspx?article 3349 Comments on Royal Descent ref According to American genealogist Gary Boyd Roberts , an expert on royal descent, most Americans with significant New England Yankee , Mid Atlantic ... through German immigrants who had an illegitimate descent from German royalty. ref Wollmersha ser, Friedrich R. http www.progenealogists.com germany articles gnobility.htm German Noble Descent in American ... standing where they settled. They could often claim royal descent through a female line or illegitimacy illegitimate descent . Many Americans descend from these 17th century British colonization of the Americas ... more details
coord 50.458814 N 30.523319 E type landmark region UA display title Image Borychiv Descent Podil eng.PNG thumb 350px A scheme of the area surrounding the Borychiv Descent in the historic and merchant quarter of Kiev , Podil . Borychiv Descent lang uk , Romanization of Ukrainian translit. Borychiv uzviz is a historic Cultural heritage descent in the historical and merchant quarter of Kiev , the Podil Podil Podol neighbourhood. It is located near the Poshtova Square . Its legendary name, Borichev Descent , is derived from either the neme of a wealthy Kievan who lived there at the turn of the 19th century, or from the word borych biruch lang uk , which means a herald and customs officer serving the Rulers of Kievan Rus Kiev Prince in the Middle Ages . Some scholars believe that today s Borychiv Descent corresponds to the legendary one mentioned in the 12th century poem, The Tale of Igor s Campaign The Tale of Igor s Campaign Slovo o polku Ihorevim others state that the ancient Borychev Descent is actually today s Andriyivskyy Descent Andriyivskyi Descent . Several houses from the first part of the 19th century have been preserved on the nearby Borychiv Tik lang uk , Romanization of Ukrainian translit. Borychiv Tik , which starts from the Borychiv Descent. This street is popularized by its usage as a set in many historical movies. References div class references small cite book title Touring Kyiv author Malikenaite, Ruta publisher Baltia Druk year 2003 isbn 966 96041 3 3 page 50 div External links div class references small uk icon http wek.kiev.ua wiki index.php D0 91 D0 BE D1 80 D0 B8 D1 87 D1 96 D0 B2 D1 83 D0 B7 D0 B2 D1 96 D0 B7 in http wek.kiev.ua Wiki Encyclopedia Kyiv uk icon http wek.kiev.ua wiki index.php D0 91 D0 BE D1 80 D0 B8 D1 87 D1 96 D0 B2 D0 A2 D1 96 D0 BA D0 B2 D1 83 D0 BB D0 B8 D1 86 D1 8F in http wek.kiev.ua Wiki Encyclopedia Kyiv div Category Streets in Kiev Ukraine hist stub ru ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In optimization mathematics optimization , a descent direction is a vector math mathbf p in mathbb R n math that, in the sense below, moves us closer towards a local minimum math mathbf x math of our objective function math f mathbb R n to mathbb R math . Suppose we are computing math mathbf x math by an iterative method, such as line search . We define a descent direction math mathbf p k in mathbb R n math at the math k math th iterate to be any math mathbf p k math such that math langle mathbf p k, nabla f mathbf x k rangle 0 math , where math langle , rangle math denotes the inner product . The motivation for such an approach is that small steps along math mathbf p k math guarantee that math displaystyle f math is reduced, by Taylor s theorem . Using this definition, the negative of a non zero gradient is always a descent direction, as math langle nabla f mathbf x k , nabla f mathbf x k rangle langle nabla f mathbf x k , nabla f mathbf x k rangle 0 math . Numerous methods exist to compute descent directions, all with differing merits. For example, one could use gradient descent or the conjugate gradient method . DEFAULTSORT Descent Direction Category Mathematical optimization fr Direction de descente it Direzione di discesa sl Smer padanja ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Nuctemeron Descent Type studio Artist Abominator Cover Nuctemeron Descent.jpg Released December 1, 2003 Recorded Genre Blackened death metal Length 45 39 Label Osmose Productions Producer Reviews Last album Subversives for Lucifer br 2001 This album Nuctemeron Descent br 2003 Next album The Eternal Conflagration br 2006 Nuctemeron Descent is the third full length studio album by the blackened death metal band Abominator . It was released on Osmose Productions in 2003. Track listing Dimensions of Mammon Enshroud 5 01 Cascading Carnage 5 47 Necrosexual Thrust 5 17 Intoxicated with Satanic Hate 6 06 Black Flames of Expulsion 3 58 Scourge Immortalised 5 39 Nuctemeron Descent 4 43 Hymn to Baphomet 2 23 The Ultimate Ordinance of Obliteration 6 45 External links http www.abominator.net Homepage Metal Archives 1900 Abominator Allmusic class album id r651392 pure url yes Release at Allmusic Abominator Category 2003 albums Category Article Feedback 5 2000s black metal album stub ... more details
Refimprove date May 2009 Infobox video game title Descent to Undermountain image File dtum box.jpg 255px Descent to Undermountain box cover developer Interplay Entertainment Interplay publisher Interplay Entertainment Interplay designer Chris Avellone , Scott Bennie , John Deiley , Robert Holloway , Steve Perrin engine Descent video game Descent engine released 1997 genre Role playing video game modes Single player ratings Vgratings ESRB M platforms Personal computer PC DOS media CD ROM requirements input Computer keyboard Keyboard Descent to Undermountain is a role playing video game created and distributed by Interplay Entertainment Interplay in 1997. It was developed by Chris Avellone , Scott Bennie , John Deiley , Robert Holloway , and Steve Perrin . The game is based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game , which was published at the time by TSR, Inc. . Programmers were Andrew Pal , James Gardner programmer James Gardner , Robert Holloway and Chris Farenetta . The game partially derives its title from the use of the Descent video game Descent 3D graphical engine . Undermountain allowed the player to interact with NPCs, monsters, and the general environment from a first person perspective . The quest took place within the environs of the infamous super dungeon of the Forgotten ... . It was, however, noted for being the first RPG to use a dedicated 3D engine such as that behind Descent video game Descent to create a 3D world based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons license. As the back .... Citation needed date November 2010 The decision to use the Descent video game Descent 1 engine was also ..., forcing redesigns and re engineering. Ultimately the quick change to Descent s rendering ... Reflist 2 External links moby game id descent to undermountain http www.gamespot.com pc rpg descenttoundermountain review.html Gamespot Review D&D topics DEFAULTSORT Descent To Undermountain Category ... games Category Steve Perrin games fr Descent to Undermountain ... more details
About the mathematical analysis analytical method called steepest descent Method of steepest descent Gradient descent is a First order approximation first order Mathematical optimization optimization algorithm . To find a local minimum of a function using gradient descent, one takes steps proportional ... maximum of that function the procedure is then known as gradient ascent . Gradient descent is also known as steepest descent , or the method of steepest descent . When known as the latter, gradient descent should not be confused with the method of steepest descent for approximating integrals. Description Image gradient descent.png thumb right 350px Illustration of gradient descent Gradient descent ... in this case gradient descent can converge to the global solution. This process is illustrated in the picture ... line going through that point. We see that gradient descent leads us to the bottom of the bowl, that is, to the point where the value of the function math F math is minimal. Examples Gradient descent ... ascent contour .png 350px The gradient descent algorithm in action. 1 contour Image gradient ascent surface .png 450px The gradient descent algorithm in action. 2 surface Limitations For some of the above examples, gradient descent is relatively slow close to the minimum technically, its asymptotic ..., gradient descent increasingly zigzags as the gradients point nearly orthogonally to the shortest direction to a minimum point. For more details, see the Gradient descent Comments comments below. For non ... of descent are well defined. Non descent methods, like Subgradient method subgradient projection methods ... year 2001 mr 1819784 ref These methods are typically slower than gradient descent. Another ... system Gradient descent can be used to solve a system of linear equations, reformulated as a quadratic ..., gradient descent is rarely used, with the conjugate gradient method being one of the most popular alternatives. The speed of convergence of gradient descent depends on the maximal and minimal eigenvalues ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Silent Descent image Sdpic.jpg caption Silent Descent image size 220px background group or band alias origin Dartford , Kent , United Kingdom genre Melodic death metal , alternative metal , symphonic metal , trance music trance years active 2004 present label Rising Records , Victor Entertainment Victor JVC associated acts website http www.silentdescent.com current members Tom Watling Vocals , br Tom Callahan Guitar, Backing Vocals , br Paul Hurrell Keyboard, Backing Vocals , br Kipster DJ, Samples , br Jaco Guitar, Backing Vocals , br Jimmy Huang Bass , br Jerry Sadowski Drums past members Silent Descent are a seven piece Trance music trance Heavy metal music metal band from Dartford , England . Combining Heavy metal music metal with Trance music trance and Synthesiser synth , they are viewed by many as an innovative band. Their sound can be described as a mixture of melodic death metal and trance music . In 2007 the band entered the http www.totalrock.com TotalRock Radio global unsigned band awards, winning the Symphonic rock or Heavy metal music Metal category, and selected by Judges to receive the Supreme Silver award 4th overall in the contest . ref cite web url http www.totalrock.com awards winners.php title Award ... 2008, Silent Descent were featured in metal and alternative music magazine Metal Hammer who ... Descent sold out the Camden Underworld along with Alestorm . The band performed at the Bloodstock .... Silent Descent have released two examples of new music, Psychotic Euphoric and Bring In Sanity ... thumb right Silent Descent at Download Festival 2009 Current members Tom Watling Lead Vocals Tom ... Guitar Nik Sampson Lead Guitar Sam Lavender Vocals Discography Silent Descent EP 2005 Duplicity ... External links http www.silentdescent.com Silent Descent Official Website http www.facebook.com silentdescent Silent Descent Official Facebook Page http www.myspace.com silentdescent1 Silent Descent Official ... more details
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