Different Loss Functions
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1. Mean Squared Error (MSE): This loss function is used in regression tasks. It calculates the average of the squared differences between the predicted and actual values. It's used when the task requires the model to optimize and minimize the squared differences between the predicted and target values.
2. Mean Absolute Error (MAE): Also known as L1 Loss, it calculates the average absolute differences between predicted and actual values. It's less sensitive to outliers compared to MSE. It's used in regression tasks where the goal is to predict a continuous numerical value.
3. Huber Loss: This loss function is used in robust regression, that is less sensitive to outliers in data than the squared error loss. It's used when the training data has a large number of outliers.
4. Binary Cross Entropy: This loss function is used in binary classification problems. It measures the difference between the predicted probabilities and the actual binary labels. It's used when the task requires the model to optimize and minimize the difference between the predicted probabilities and the actual binary labels.
5. Categorical Cross Entropy: This loss function is used in multi-class classification problems. It measures the difference between the predicted probabilities and the actual categorical labels. It's used when the task requires the model to optimize and minimize the difference between the predicted probabilities and the actual categorical labels.
6. Hinge Loss: This loss function is used in binary classification problems. It measures the margin between predicted classes1. It's used in Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and other similar models.
7. KL Divergence: This loss function measures the difference between two probability distributions. It's used when the task requires the model to optimize and minimize the difference between two probability distributions.
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8. Discriminator Loss: This loss function is used in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). The discriminator loss penalizes the discriminator for misclassifying a real instance as fake or a fake instance as real.
9. Minimax Loss: This loss function is used in game theory and machine learning to minimize the worst-case potential loss.
10. GAN Loss: This loss function is used in Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). It measures the difference between the distribution of the data generated by the GAN and the distribution of the real data.
11. Focal Loss: This loss function is used in object detection tasks where there is a class imbalance. It adds a modulating factor to the cross entropy loss to focus more on hard, misclassified examples.
12. Embedding Loss: This loss function is used in tasks that involve learning embeddings or feature representations. It encourages the model to learn embeddings such that similar items are closer in the embedding space and dissimilar items are farther apart.
13. Triplet Loss: This loss function is used in tasks that involve learning embeddings or feature representations. It takes three inputs - an anchor, a positive example (similar to the anchor), and a negative example (dissimilar to the anchor). The goal is to make the anchor and positive example closer in the embedding space and the anchor and negative example farther apart.
Understanding these loss functions can empower us to make informed decisions when training our models. As we continue to push the boundaries of Deep Learning, let’s remember that the choice of the right loss function is as crucial as the architecture of the model itself. Happy learning and experimenting!