Nah, not a dumb question at all! The meaning of proxied by in math trips up a lot of folks. It’s not just about approximation—it’s about functional substitution.
Like, in machine learning, you might proxy a complex feature with a simpler one to speed up calculations. It’s not perfect, but it gets the job done.
If you want a deep dive, JSTOR or arXiv papers often explain it well (but they can be dense).
Like, in machine learning, you might proxy a complex feature with a simpler one to speed up calculations. It’s not perfect, but it gets the job done.
If you want a deep dive, JSTOR or arXiv papers often explain it well (but they can be dense).