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Crossentropy, Logloss, and Perplexity: Different Facets of Likelihood

Crossentropy, Logloss, and Perplexity: Different Facets of Likelihood

Update: 2025-12-01
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/crossentropy-logloss-and-perplexity-different-facets-of-likelihood.

We explore the link between three popular loss functions: crossentropy, logloss and perplexity

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Crossentropy, Logloss, and Perplexity: Different Facets of Likelihood

Crossentropy, Logloss, and Perplexity: Different Facets of Likelihood

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