Mean Squared Error (MSE) ?

 Mean Squared Error (MSE) is a commonly used loss function in regression problems. It measures the average squared difference between the predicted values and the actual target values. In other words, it quantifies how far off the model's predictions are from the ground truth.

For a regression problem with `n` data points, let's denote the predicted values as `y_pred` and the actual target values as `y_true`. Then, the Mean Squared Error is calculated as follows:

MSE = (1/n) * Σ(y_pred - y_true)^2

In this equation:

- `Σ` represents the sum over all data points.

- `y_pred` is the predicted value for a given data point.

- `y_true` is the actual target value for the same data point.

The MSE is always a non-negative value. A smaller MSE indicates that the model's predictions are closer to the true values, while a larger MSE means the predictions have more significant errors.

When training a machine learning model, the goal is to minimize the MSE during the optimization process. This means adjusting the model's parameters (weights and biases) to make the predictions as close as possible to the actual target values.