Divergence

The game-as-a-service model can all too easily feel to players as though the title they love has been twisted into some sort of machine designed to extract money from them. While some are free-to-play, many games that had an upfront cost at launch have been irrevocably altered and require players to invest in each battle pass lest they be left behind in terms of gear, lore, or general progression. With Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios did what many would believe publishers would never do: it built a monetization…

A constructive approach to measuring distribution differences.Photo by Jeswin Thomas on UnsplashToday, we will be discussing KL divergence, a very popular metric used in data science to measure the difference between two distributions. But before delving into the technicalities, let’s address a common barrier to understanding math and statistics.Often, the challenge lies in the approach. Many perceive these subjects as a collection of formulas presented as divine truths, leaving learners struggling to interpret their…

Avorak Trade’s algorithms recently noted a bullish divergence on the price of Luna Classic (LUNC), causing a wave of excitement among crypto traders. Is Luna Classic Dead? Following the downfall of Terra, the project underwent a division, resulting in the launch of Terra 2.0 and the continuation of the original platform, rebranded as Terra Classic. The original LUNA token was rebranded to Luna Classic (LUNC). The Terra Classic community had pinned its hopes on the implementation of a new burn tax that aims to decrease…

Image by authorA primer on the math, logic, and pragmatic application of JS Divergence — including how it is best used in drift monitoringIn machine learning systems, drift monitoring can be critical to delivering quality ML. Some common use cases for drift analysis in production ML systems include:Detect feature changes between training and production to catch problems ahead of performance dipsDetect prediction distribution shifts between two production periods as a proxy for performance changes (especially useful in…

Shiba Inu (SHIB), popularly known as the meme crypto, was created in August 2020. Shiba Inu (SHIB) was inspired by a dog of the same name, and is also called the Dogecoin killer. Shiba Inu (SHIB) gained a lot of value within the community, and investors were drawn to its charm. Read on to know more about Shiba Inu’s (SHIB) divergence. Solana (SOL) is a functional open source project that was officially launched in March 2020. Solana’s (SOL) protocol facilitates the creation of decentralized apps (dApp). Solana (SOL) also…

Image by authorA guide to the math, intuition, and practical use of KL divergence — including how it is best used in drift monitoringKullback-Leibler divergence metric (relative entropy) is a statistical measurement from information theory that is commonly used to quantify the difference between one probability distribution from a reference probability distribution.While it is popular, KL divergence is sometimes misunderstood. In practice, it can also sometimes be difficult to know when to use one statistical distance…

IntroductionIn 2014, Ian Goodfellow came up with the idea of GAN or vanilla GAN as we call it today. Although impressive, it was notoriously hard to train. Vanilla GAN suffered from an inability to converge, vanishing gradients, and mode collapse. Subsequently, a ton of research centred around addressing these issues. Researchers experimented with different model architectures, loss functions, and training methodologies. A particularly effective solution was Wasserstein GAN, introduced in 2017 by Arjovsky et al.Photo by…

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