title: Is Tensorflow worth using for simple optimization problems?
body: <p>I have started learning Tensorflow recently and I am wondering if it is worth using in simple optimization problems (least squares, maximum likelihood estimation, ...) instead of more traditional libraries (scikit-learn, statsmodel)?</p>
  
  <p>I have implemented a basic AR model estimator using Tensorflow with MLE and the AdamOptimizer and the results are not convincing either performance or computation speed wise.</p>
  
  <p>What do you think?</p>