Summary of Proper Losses Regret at Least 1/2-order, by Han Bao et al.
Proper losses regret at least 1/2-order
by Han Bao, Asuka Takatsu
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A machine learning paper explores the importance of loss functions, which define the training phase and evaluation criterion for estimators. Properly chosen losses ensure that minimizers match the true probability vector. Estimators induced from these losses are widely used in tasks like classification and ranking. The paper investigates how forecasters based on obtained estimators perform under different downstream tasks. It analyzes a surrogate regret, showing that strict properness is necessary and sufficient for non-vacuous bounds. Additionally, it solves an open question about the order of convergence in p-norm, implying optimal rates for strongly proper losses. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A machine learning paper looks at how to choose the right “goal” or loss function when training a model. This goal defines what we’re trying to achieve and how well our model is doing. The paper shows that if we choose the right goal, our model will be good at matching real-world patterns. It also investigates how models perform in different situations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Loss function » Machine learning » Probability
