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# [Demystifying Loss Functions: Cross entropy](https://blog.oolajide.xyz/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Popular and extensive machine learning libraries have provided the luxury of just building machine learning models without knowing what's going on under the hood, with .fit() a machine learning model is ready. But to improve the performance of models...

Nov 20, 2020 · 5 min read · blog.oolajide.xyz  
Updated Aug 9, 2022  
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## Written by

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## Responses 7

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[Foresight #X](https://hashnode.com/@hashX)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd29d5ccd0355570faea01c)

Great job, bro.

[Adesodun Adeyemi](https://hashnode.com/@Adesodun)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd22c7bc045ce55a9b98855)

This is splendid.

[Kareem Adesola](https://hashnode.com/@Kareemadesola)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd2206ce76bb854a5a6f1d8)

Good one... really good

[Joy Dorcas](https://hashnode.com/@Dorcky)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd207861176d151765b636c)

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[Akinbola Victoria](https://hashnode.com/@Purplepine)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd204961176d151765b6317)

Nice article Boss👏

[Aderonmu Eriifeoluwa](https://hashnode.com/@Purpose)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd203db1176d151765b630b)

Nice brother

[Abereoje Taiwo](https://hashnode.com/@tm)

[Dec 10, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/demystifying-loss-functions-cross-entropy/5fd1ffd31176d151765b62c6/comment/5fd20334d438c4519bb182c8)

Amazing article boss