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Multi-class Loss Functions

Multi-class loss functions are designed to evaluate the performance of multi-class classification models by penalizing incorrect predictions. They include Neyman-Pearson loss, hinge loss, and logistic loss, each serving different optimization and evaluation purposes.

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Multi-class loss functions are vital in machine learning for evaluating models that predict multiple categories. They help in optimizing the model's performance by quantifying prediction errors, guiding the training process. The most common loss function for multi-class classification is cross-entro...

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Key Terms

Multi-class Classification
A classification task where each instance can belong to one of three or more classes.

Example: Classifying images of animals into categories like cats, dogs, and birds.

Loss Function
A function that measures the difference between predicted and actual values.

Example: Mean Squared Error is a common loss function for regression tasks.

Cross-Entropy Loss
A loss function that quantifies the difference between two probability distributions.

Example: Used in multi-class classification to compare predicted probabilities with actual classes.

Softmax Function
A function that converts a vector of raw scores into probabilities.

Example: Used in the output layer of a neural network for multi-class classification.

One-Hot Encoding
A method of converting categorical data into a binary matrix representation.

Example: Encoding the classes 'cat', 'dog', and 'bird' as [1,0,0], [0,1,0], and [0,0,1].

Logits
The raw output scores from a model before applying the softmax function.

Example: Logits can be any real number, which are then transformed into probabilities.

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Key Concepts

Cross-Entropy LossSoftmax FunctionOne-Hot EncodingMulti-class Classification