For questions related to the concept of loss (or cost) function in the context of machine learning.
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What loss function should I use if I only care about the accuracy of one class?
CrossEntropyLoss optimizes the overall classification accuracy as
$$ {n_{\text{correct}} \over N} $$
What loss function should I use if I only care about increasing the true positive rate of one class?
$$ {n_{\text{true A in predicted A}} \over…

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What are the loss functions used in teacher-student learning models?
I am not sure what are the common loss functions people usually use when training a student in a teacher-student learning model. Any insight on this is appreciated.

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