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Implementing a Neural Network from Scratch: Some Learnings
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On Statistical Estimation and Machine Learning
My thoughts on the commonalities between these two disciplines and how diverging motivations have shaped their vastly different perspectives.
The Eigen* Refresher
Disclaimer: This post assumes a basic familiarity with linear algebra topics.
GEM Distribution
In one of the introductory lectures on machine learning (a long time ago) I learnt some basics about mixture models, EM algorithm; the standard stuff. I was ...
Better Pricing: Part 2
This post is a continuation of the previous post in the series “Better Pricing”. Last time, I introduced the basic set-up of the problem at hand and the cons...
Better Pricing: Part 1
This post is intended to document some of the ideas I have regarding the question of optimal pricing. The approach I take is rather academic and there are no...
Exponentiated Gradient for Online Regression
Till now I have worked on problems involving online optimization but in a very abstract sense and mostly along the lines of regret minimization algorithms. N...
A Balls and Bins Variation
In this post, I am looking at a bins and balls variation of the classic problem. The analysis may seem high-school level for some but I feel it is a cute and...