Some Thoughts About the Design of Loss Functions

The choice and design of loss functions is discussed. Particularly when computational methods like cross-validation are applied, there is no need to stick to “standard” loss functions such as the L2-loss (squared loss). Our main message is that the choice of a loss function in a practical situation...

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Main Authors: Christian Hennig, Mahmut Kutlukaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2007-03-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
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Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/40