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Loss Function

A mathematical function that measures how far the model's predictions are from the correct answers.

Definition

A mathematical function that measures how far the model's predictions are from the correct answers. The training process aims to minimize this loss. Cross-entropy loss is standard for classification; mean squared error for regression. The choice of loss function shapes what the model optimizes for.

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