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Maximum likelihood estimation and loss functions

by Rishab Sharma rish-01.github.io published 2024-12-1510 min read

When I started learning about loss functions, I could always understand the intuition behind them. For example, the mean squared error (MSE) for regression seemed logical—penalizing large deviations from the ground-truth makes sense. But one thing always bothered me: I could never come up with those loss functions on…
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