Backpropagation (machine learning)

Last revised by Frank Gaillard on 4 Oct 2020

Backpropagation in supervised machine learning is the process used to calculate the gradient of the error function associated with each parameter weighting within a convoluted neural network (CNN). Essentially, the gradient estimates how the system parameters should change in order to optimize the network overall 1,2.

 

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