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\name{stepdecay}

\alias{stepdecay}

\title{Step Decay}

\usage{

stepdecay(lrmax = 0.005, newstep = 50, mult = 0.7, epoch = NULL)

}

\arguments{

\item{lrmax}{Upper limit of the range for the learning rate.}

\item{newstep}{Number of epochs until the learning rate is reduced.}

\item{mult}{Factor, by which the number of epochs until a restart is decreased after a new step.}

\item{epoch}{Epoch, for which the learning rate shall be calculated.}

}

\value{

A numeric value.

}

\description{

Compute the learning Rate for a given epoch using Step Decay.

}

\examples{

stepdecay(lrmax = 0.005, newstep = 50,

mult = 0.7, epoch = 3)

}