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Re:The Matrix Calculus You Need for Deep Learning by matheist on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:53AM (#17423082)
Random guess: a logistic regression is fit by maximizing a particular log likelihood. [+]

You can find the maximum by (1) gradient ascent, or (2) the analogue of Newton's method in multiple dimensions [++], which involves computing the Hessian matrix.

So there's your Hessian.

[+] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_regression#Model_fitt...

[++] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method_in_optimizat...

Re:The Matrix Calculus You Need for Deep Learning by nerdponx on Friday June 29, 2018 @08:01AM (#17423968)
Good guess!