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Binary Classification MSE Cross Entropy Explanation

The document explains binary classification, focusing on two loss functions: Mean Squared Error (MSE) and Cross-Entropy. MSE measures the average squared difference between true labels and predicted values, while Cross-Entropy evaluates the difference between predicted probabilities and true labels, making it more suitable for classification tasks. Ultimately, Cross-Entropy is preferred for assessing model performance in binary classification due to its probabilistic nature.

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Binary Classification MSE Cross Entropy Explanation

The document explains binary classification, focusing on two loss functions: Mean Squared Error (MSE) and Cross-Entropy. MSE measures the average squared difference between true labels and predicted values, while Cross-Entropy evaluates the difference between predicted probabilities and true labels, making it more suitable for classification tasks. Ultimately, Cross-Entropy is preferred for assessing model performance in binary classification due to its probabilistic nature.

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Explanation of Binary Classification,

MSE, and Cross-Entropy


1. Binary Classification (MSE and Cross-Entropy)
In the case of binary classification, one color can be mapped to 0, and the other color can be
mapped to 1.

For example:

- Color 1 (e.g., Red): Class 0 (represented as y_i = 0)

- Color 2 (e.g., Blue): Class 1 (represented as y_i = 1)

The model will output a predicted value for each data point (e.g., a probability between 0
and 1).

The loss functions (MSE and Cross-Entropy) measure the difference between the true label
and predicted output.

2. MSE in Binary Classification


For Mean Squared Error (MSE), the true labels (y_i) are 0 or 1, and the predicted output
(y_hat_i) is a continuous value between 0 and 1.

The MSE measures the average squared difference between the true label and the predicted
value.

Example:

For Color 1 (Red), the true label y_i = 1 (Blue) and predicted y_hat_i = 0.9,

MSE = (y_i - y_hat_i)^2 = (1 - 0.9)^2 = 0.01.

3. Cross-Entropy in Binary Classification


For Cross-Entropy Loss, we compute the difference between the predicted probability and
the true label.

The formula for Cross-Entropy in binary classification is:

Cross-Entropy = - [y_i * log(y_hat_i) + (1 - y_i) * log(1 - y_hat_i)]

Where:
y_i is the true label (0 or 1)

y_hat_i is the predicted probability of the positive class (class 1).

Example:

For Color 1 (Red, y_i = 0), predicted y_hat_i = 0.2,

Cross-Entropy = - log(0.8) = 0.223.

For Color 2 (Blue, y_i = 1), predicted y_hat_i = 0.9,

Cross-Entropy = - log(0.9) = 0.105.

4. Summary
MSE is computed using the squared differences between true labels and predicted values.

Cross-Entropy is more suited for classification problems because it directly works with
predicted probabilities.

Both loss functions help in evaluating how well the model performs, but Cross-Entropy is
generally preferred for classification tasks.

5. Conclusion
In binary classification, MSE and Cross-Entropy provide different approaches to measure
how close a model's predictions are to the true labels.

Cross-Entropy works better for classification because it deals with probabilities and is
designed for classification tasks.

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