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Is it correct to say the Neural Networks are an alternative way of performing Maximum Likelihood Estimation? if not, why?
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InCan we use MLE to estimate Neural Network weights?Are loss functions what define the identity of each supervised machine learning algorithm?What can we say about the likelihood function, besides using it in maximum likelihood estimation?Why is maximum likelihood estimation considered to be a frequentist techniqueMaximum Likelihood Estimation — why it is used despite being biased in many casesWhat is the objective of maximum likelihood estimation?Maximum Likelihood estimation and the Kalman filterWhy does Maximum Likelihood estimation maximizes probability density instead of probabilityWhy are the Least-Squares and Maximum-Likelihood methods of regression not equivalent when the errors are not normally distributed?the relationship between maximizing the likelihood and minimizing the cross-entropythe meaning of likelihood in maximum likelihood estimationHow to construct a cross-entropy loss for general regression targets?
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We often say that minimizing the (negative) cross-entropy error is the same as maximizing the likelihood. So can we say that NN are just an alternative way of performing Maximum Likelihood Estimation? if not, why?
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In abstract terms, neural networks are models, or if you prefer, functions with unknown parameters, where we try to learn the parameter by minimizing loss function (not just cross entropy, there are many other possibilities). In general, minimizing loss is in most cases equivalent to maximizing some likelihood function, but as discussed in this thread, it's not that simple.
You cannot say that they are equivalent, because minimizing loss, or maximizing likelihood is a method of finding the parameters, while neural network is the function defined in terms of those parameters.
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
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@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
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In abstract terms, neural networks are models, or if you prefer, functions with unknown parameters, where we try to learn the parameter by minimizing loss function (not just cross entropy, there are many other possibilities). In general, minimizing loss is in most cases equivalent to maximizing some likelihood function, but as discussed in this thread, it's not that simple.
You cannot say that they are equivalent, because minimizing loss, or maximizing likelihood is a method of finding the parameters, while neural network is the function defined in terms of those parameters.
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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– Sycorax
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
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– aca06
1 hour ago
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@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
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– Tim♦
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In abstract terms, neural networks are models, or if you prefer, functions with unknown parameters, where we try to learn the parameter by minimizing loss function (not just cross entropy, there are many other possibilities). In general, minimizing loss is in most cases equivalent to maximizing some likelihood function, but as discussed in this thread, it's not that simple.
You cannot say that they are equivalent, because minimizing loss, or maximizing likelihood is a method of finding the parameters, while neural network is the function defined in terms of those parameters.
answered 2 hours ago
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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– Sycorax
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
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– aca06
1 hour ago
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@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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In abstract terms, neural networks are models, or if you prefer, functions with unknown parameters, where we try to learn the parameter by minimizing loss function (not just cross entropy, there are many other possibilities). In general, minimizing loss is in most cases equivalent to maximizing some likelihood function, but as discussed in this thread, it's not that simple.
You cannot say that they are equivalent, because minimizing loss, or maximizing likelihood is a method of finding the parameters, while neural network is the function defined in terms of those parameters.
answered 2 hours ago
Tim♦Tim
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In abstract terms, neural networks are models, or if you prefer, functions with unknown parameters, where we try to learn the parameter by minimizing loss function (not just cross entropy, there are many other possibilities). In general, minimizing loss is in most cases equivalent to maximizing some likelihood function, but as discussed in this thread, it's not that simple.
You cannot say that they are equivalent, because minimizing loss, or maximizing likelihood is a method of finding the parameters, while neural network is the function defined in terms of those parameters.
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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– Sycorax
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
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– aca06
1 hour ago
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@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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– Sycorax
1 hour ago
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
1
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
$endgroup$
– aca06
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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– Sycorax
1 hour ago
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I'm trying to parse the distinction that you draw in the second paragraph. If I understand correctly, you would approve of a statement such as "My neural network model maximizes a certain log-likelihood" but not the statement "Neural networks and maximum likelihood estimators are the same concept." Is this a fair assessment?
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– Sycorax
1 hour ago
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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@Sycorax yes, that is correct. If it is unclear and you have idea for better re-phrasing, feel free to suggest edit.
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
1
1
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
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– aca06
1 hour ago
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What if instead, we compare gradient descent and MLE ? It seems to me that they are just two methods for finding the best parameters.
$endgroup$
– aca06
1 hour ago
1
1
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@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
$endgroup$
– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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@aca06 gradient descent is an optimization algorithm, MLE is a method of estimating parameters. You can use gradient descent to find minimum of negative likelihood function (or gradient ascent for maximizing likelihood).
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– Tim♦
1 hour ago
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