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# Can Implicit Bias Explain Generalization? Stochastic Convex Optimization as a Case Study

@article{Dauber2020CanIB,
title={Can Implicit Bias Explain Generalization? Stochastic Convex Optimization as a Case Study},
author={Assaf Dauber and Meir Feder and Tomer Koren and Roi Livni},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2020},
volume={abs/2003.06152}
}
• Published 13 March 2020
• Computer Science
• ArXiv
The notion of implicit bias, or implicit regularization, has been suggested as a means to explain the surprising generalization ability of modern-days overparameterized learning algorithms. This notion refers to the tendency of the optimization algorithm towards a certain structured solution that often generalizes well. Recently, several papers have studied implicit regularization and were able to identify this phenomenon in various scenarios. We revisit this paradigm in arguably the simplest…
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