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Is there a more precise definition of generative models?
Intuitively, a generative model is one that we can generate good data from. What I'm looking for is a formal definition of "good data." For example, for any classification model I could generate dat …
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When optimizing a logistic regression model, sometimes more data makes things go *faster*. A...
I've been toying around with logistic regression with various batch optimization algorithms (conjugate gradient, newton-raphson, and various quasinewton methods). One thing I've noticed is that somet …
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Can we use cross-validation to measure how well a distribution fits sample data?
Let's say I have a data set $X = [1,2,3,4,5]$. And I want to measure how close it is to a Gaussian distribution. Is there a way to use cross-validation to do this?
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I understand how to create a multivariate normal distribution to handle multiple sources of continuous data, and I understand how to create a multivariate categorical distribution to handle the discre …