Search Results
| Search type | Search syntax |
|---|---|
| Tags | [tag] |
| Exact | "words here" |
| Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
| Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
| Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
| Views | views:250 |
| Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
| Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
| URL | url:"*.example.com" |
| Saves | in:saves |
| Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
| Types |
is:question is:answer |
| Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
| For more details on advanced search visit our help page | |
Results tagged with terminology
Search options not deleted
user 321170
Usage and meaning of specific technical words/concepts in statistics.
2
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Why is the clustering cost function called "distortion"?
Andrew Ng's excellent ML course on Coursera describes the k-means clustering algorithm and its cost function (roughly, the points' distance from their cluster centre), which he says is called "distort …
- 131
1
vote
Why is the clustering cost function called "distortion"?
Eureka! For a two-dimensional analogy, imagine a horizontal rubber sheet that is fixed at certain points representing the input samples. Get hold of the sheet at one of the cluster centroids and str …
- 131