https://entropicthoughts.com/probability-generating-functions Probability-Generating FunctionsChris2024-10-29 “I have long struggled with understanding what probability-generating functions are and how to intuit them. There were two pieces of the puzzle missing for me, and we’ll
What I Read: Gaussians
https://gestalt.ink/gaussians Understanding Gaussians “The Gaussian distribution, or normal distribution is a key subject in statistics, machine learning, physics, and pretty much any other field that deals with data and probability.”
What I Read: Unit Disk Sampling
https://towardsdatascience.com/unit-disk-uniform-sampling-91880f3740fa?gi=4b73b464a4d0 Unit Disk Uniform SamplingThomas RouchSep 16, 2024 “Discover the optimal transformations to apply on the standard [0,1] uniform random generator for uniformly sampling a 2D disk”
What I Read: Multi Objective Optimisation
https://blog.flipkart.tech/multi-objective-optimisation-in-suggestions-ranking-flipkart-49099b951eae?gi=04415d605535 Multi Objective Optimisation in Suggestions Ranking @ FlipkartPranjal SanjanwalaApr 19, 2024 “…we aim to provide a perfectly tailored set of suggestions for that user at that point in time.
What I Read: cosine similarity
https://tomhazledine.com/cosine-similarity-alternatives Alternatives to cosine similarityTom Hazledine9/20/24 8:00 PM “Cosine similarity is the recommended way to compare vectors, but what other distance functions are there? And are any of them better?”