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criterion

criterion

8 6.7
A measure used during training to tell a computer how wrong its answers are
  • noun
  • /kraɪˈtɪəriən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : función de pérdida
  • The algorithm uses a loss criterion to measure the error during training.
  • performance criterion
  • criterion measure
  • criterion variable

Examples

  • So again that maximal diameter criterion not very reliable.

  • The selection criterion for the experiment was the accuracy of predictions.

  • So can you use the Kelly criterion in the stock market?

  • We use one which is the arc lengths criterion for the next load steps.

  • One mystery of the universe was solved: the selection criterion was speed of problem solving.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • So this is this, this stopping criterion is a little bit fishy.

  • Efficiency is not always an important criterion in defense decision-making, but satisfying politically important interests certainly is.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The following are criteria to consider when selecting alternative strands to add to a local curriculum:

    Academic text (2011)

  • Moreover, without a personal deity, it lacks the ultimate criterion of value judgment.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The primary methodological criterion relates to the likelihood that the research has established a causal link.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

loss
vscriterion
  • Specialized
10 5.7

A number that shows how wrong a computer model's guesses are

is used specifically as the training objective guiding model learning

Surface Forms

criterion singular
criteria plural

Etymology

The word criterion comes from a Greek word kriterion meaning 'a way to judge', from the verb krinein 'to decide'. In machine learning a criterion is the rule that 'judges' how wrong a model is and so tells the model how to improve.