{"articles":{"iterative-method@computational-statistical-methods":{"content":"<p>An iterative method is a method that takes a initial starting point \\({{x}^{(0)}}_{i}\\) and computes the next values \\({x}^{(1)}\\), \\({x}^{(2)}\\) and so on, which are hoped to be increasingly better approximate solutions to the problem. This is done until reaching a stopping criterion. Common stopping criteria is number of steps or change in estimate is less than a threshold quantity. <br></p>","names":[[["Iterative method",""]]]}},"style":"Method"}