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The No-Free-Lunch Theorem (1997)

    David Wolpert and William Macready mathematically prove that no single optimization algorithm outperforms all others when averaged over all possible problems. This boundary forces engineers to tailor neural architectures to specific data domains.

    Part of the 29 Structural Foundations: The Internet Era, Big Data, and Deep Learning Explosion Edition archive. HistoricallyVerified

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