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\newcommand{\thesistitle}{\textbf{Noise-Robust Gradient-Based Learning Utilizing Rate Optimized Likelihood Loss}}
\newcommand{\thesistitlehe}{\textbf{למידה עמידה לרעש מבוססת גרדיאנט תוך שימוש בפונקציית הפסד קירוב-הסתברות}}

\newcommand{\thesisauthorname}{\textbf{Aner Zakobar}}
\newcommand{\thesisauthornamehe}{\textbf{ענר זקובר}}

\newcommand{\thesissupervisername}{\textbf{Prof. Lior Rokach, Prof. Aryeh Kontorovich}}
\newcommand{\thesissupervisernamehe}{\textbf{פרופ. ליאור רוקח, פרופ. אריה קונטורוביץ}}

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\begin{titlepage}
  \centering
  \vspace*{3cm}
  {\LARGE\bfseries Noise-Robust Gradient-Based Learning\\[0.5em]
  Utilizing Rate Optimized Likelihood Loss}\\[2.5em]
  {\large Aner Zakobar}\\[0.5em]
  {\normalsize Supervised by: Prof.\ Lior Rokach, Prof.\ Aryeh Kontorovich}\\[3em]
  \rule{0.5\textwidth}{0.4pt}\\[1em]
  {\large\itshape Excerpt: Chapter~3 \& Appendices A, C--F, I}\\[0.5em]
  {\normalsize Note: cross-references to omitted chapters appear as \textbf{??}}\\[1em]
  \rule{0.5\textwidth}{0.4pt}
  \vfill
  {\large September 2026}
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\begin{appendices}

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\chapter{Gaussian ROLL: Forward Pass and Gradient Derivation}
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\chapter{KDE ROLL: Gradient Derivation}
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\chapter{KDE ROLL: Sigmoid Kernel -- Explicit Equations}
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\chapter{KDE ROLL: Bisection for CDF Inversion}
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\chapter{KDE ROLL: Newton--Raphson Inversion (Superseded)}
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\chapter{Proof of the Gradient Balance Proposition}
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