Understanding Deep Learning with Statistical Relevance.

This paper argues that a notion of statistical explanation, based on Salmon's statistical relevance model, can help us better understand deep neural networks. It is proved that homogeneous partitions, the core notion of Salmon's model, are equivalent to minimal sufficient statistics, an important no...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 20 - 42
Autor principal: Räz, Tim
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Jan2022
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