Normalization in Machine Learning: A Breakdown in detail

This blog is part of a beginner-friendly introduction to some of the building blocks in Machine Learning. The goal is to simplify Math-heavy and counter-intuitive topics that can trip up newcomers to this exciting field!

When training a neural network one of the techniques to speed up your training is normalization of the input data. We shall see what this means and then explore the various normalization strategies, while also learning when they ought to be used.

What is Normalization?

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