This section explains the mathematics behind the sigmoid function.
- The sigmoid function is a specialized version of the logistic regression used for classification. The calculation of the logistic regression is expressed with the following formula:
- The variables for the logistic regression function stand for the following:
- L stands the maximum value of the function
- k stands for the steepness of the curve
- xmidpoint stands for the midpoint value of the function
- Since the sigmoid function has a steepness of value 1, a midpoint of 0, and a maximum value of 1, it produces the following function:
- We can plot a general sigmoid ...