Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance

Abstract We propose the linearly adaptive cross entropy loss function. This is a novel measure derived from the information theory. In comparison to the standard cross entropy loss function, the proposed one has an additional term that depends on the predicted probability of the true class. This fea...

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Main Author: Jae Wan Shim
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78858-6
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description Abstract We propose the linearly adaptive cross entropy loss function. This is a novel measure derived from the information theory. In comparison to the standard cross entropy loss function, the proposed one has an additional term that depends on the predicted probability of the true class. This feature serves to enhance the optimization process in classification tasks involving one-hot encoded class labels. The proposed one has been evaluated on a ResNet-based model using the CIFAR-100 dataset. Preliminary results show that the proposed one consistently outperforms the standard cross entropy loss function in terms of classification accuracy. Moreover, the proposed one maintains simplicity, achieving practically the same efficiency to the traditional cross entropy loss. These findings suggest that our approach could broaden the scope for future research into loss function design.
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spelling doaj-art-e59e48b938d641ba8bd7b32df02f30a82025-08-20T02:13:31ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-11-011411610.1038/s41598-024-78858-6Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performanceJae Wan Shim0Extreme Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyAbstract We propose the linearly adaptive cross entropy loss function. This is a novel measure derived from the information theory. In comparison to the standard cross entropy loss function, the proposed one has an additional term that depends on the predicted probability of the true class. This feature serves to enhance the optimization process in classification tasks involving one-hot encoded class labels. The proposed one has been evaluated on a ResNet-based model using the CIFAR-100 dataset. Preliminary results show that the proposed one consistently outperforms the standard cross entropy loss function in terms of classification accuracy. Moreover, the proposed one maintains simplicity, achieving practically the same efficiency to the traditional cross entropy loss. These findings suggest that our approach could broaden the scope for future research into loss function design.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78858-6Loss functionCross entropyLinearly adaptive lossCost function
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Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
Scientific Reports
Loss function
Cross entropy
Linearly adaptive loss
Cost function
title Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
title_full Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
title_fullStr Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
title_short Enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
title_sort enhancing cross entropy with a linearly adaptive loss function for optimized classification performance
topic Loss function
Cross entropy
Linearly adaptive loss
Cost function
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78858-6
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