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> I'm not sure how you saw [the Hessian] used for fitting a logistic model Probably some 2nd derivative version of gradient descent or Newton's method. https:
by thomasahle 8y ago
> I'm not sure how you saw [the Hessian] used for fitting a logistic model
Probably some 2nd derivative version of gradient descent or Newton's method.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method_in_optimization#Higher_dimensions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method_in_optimizat...
- mehrdadn 8y agoYeah that's what I was referring to when I said "approximating it as a 2nd-order polynomial and minimizing that".