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