Ben Kuhn personal blog
Why squared error? (2014)
its computational convenience • connections to the Gaussian distribution • differentiability and basis independence • why not squared error • absolute-error methods
- Points
- 256
- HN comments
- 150
- Submissions
- 2
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- 0 commenters
Math & AlgorithmsAI & Machine Learning2016
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2016 | Why squared error? (2014) by rpbertp13 | 256 | 99 |
| May 16, 2015 | Why squared error? by luu | 124 | 51 |
