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Softmax function

The softmax function, also known as softargmax: 184 or normalized exponential function,: 198 converts a tuple of K real numbers into a probability distribution over K possible outcomes. It is a generalization of the logistic function to multiple dimensions, and is used in multinomial logistic regression. The softmax function is often used as the last…

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