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Don't agree with article. Parameters that can be tuned are not mathematical abominations. In a mathematical model there is often a single value for a parameter
by johno215 15y ago
Don't agree with article. Parameters that can be tuned are not mathematical abominations.
In a mathematical model there is often a single value for a parameter that can be shown to be optimal. In the complexity of the real world, tuning is often necessary and an optimal number can usually not be proven.
- puffyresearch 15y agoSecond parent, I don't agree with the article either. Real world engineering is not pure theory. It is a subtle difference. A perfectly valid reason for this type of problems is "it works well in practice", or "it is good enough".