Dropout and Regularization Techniques

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## TL;DR

Regularization reduces overfitting by constraining how models learn from data. This repair removes generic textbook/homepage evidence and maps claims to Dropout, Elastic Net, and Batch Normalization sources.

## Core Explanation

The three public facts cover neural-network dropout, classical statistical regularization, and normalization as an optimization and regularization technique. Broader regularization taxonomies are left out of the public claim set for now.

## Further Reading

- [Dropout](https://www.jmlr.org/papers/v15/srivastava14a.html)
- [Elastic Net](https://academic.oup.com/jrsssb/article/67/2/301/7109482)
- [Batch Normalization](https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.03167)

## Related Articles

- [Overfitting and Regularization](../overfitting-and-regularization.md)
- [Batch Normalization](../batch-normalization.md)