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# init(descriptor:)

Creates an Adam optimizer with the descriptor you specify.

```
convenience init(descriptor optimizerDescriptor: MLCOptimizerDescriptor)
```

## Parameters

`optimizerDescriptor`

An object for configuring the optimizer.

## Return Value

An Adam optimizer.

## Discussion

Sets [`beta1`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCAdamOptimizer/beta1) to `0.9`, [`beta2`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCAdamOptimizer/beta2) to `0.999`, [`epsilon`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCAdamOptimizer/epsilon) to `1e-8`, [`usesAMSGrad`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCAdamOptimizer/usesAMSGrad) to `false`, and [`timeStep`](/documentation/MLCompute/MLCAdamOptimizer/timeStep) to `1` by default.

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