Introduction This article is for people who are curious about the math behind multinomial logistic regression (MLR)1, and also for those curious about maximum likelihood models and the “log trick” that makes them tractable. Understanding all of the parts of this relatively simple ML technique can give you a good mental prototype for understanding much […]
Practical decisions
I remember the morning after Loki’s previous owners dropped him off at my apartment. He was just over a year old, and full of life and energy. I had been sleeping on a futon after having recently broken up with my then-fiancee. (She got the bed, which was no loss.) Loki was on the floor […]
Seemingly Unrelated, an Introduction
My name is Mike Norman. I’ve created this space to write down things that move me, things that I want to keep ownership of, and things that are too long to be put in a Facebook post, or too involved for a Facebook audience. In short, it’s a blog. I will find it fascinating. You […]