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The Trace as a Measure of Complexity
Posted: February 22, 2018
For a class of models, the trace provides a measure of model complexity that's useful for managing the bias variance trade-off.
The Conjugate Gradient Method
Posted: August 28, 2017
Utilizing a geometric perspective, we find an efficient algorithm for solving a special kind of system of equations.
A Brief Explanation and Application of Gaussian Processes
Posted: August 07, 2017
A clever and useful technique for inferring distributions over infinite functions using finite observations.
Singular Value Decomposition and the Fundamental Theorem of Linear Algebra
Posted: June 07, 2017
Any linear transformation fixes four subspaces, which delineate outputs that can be reached using inputs that matter.