Refactor logistic regression to OOP class with multi-class support

[rituuu001]

Describe your change:

• Add an algorithm? (Significantly expanded and enhanced the existing algorithm file into a robust, scalable multi-class classifier)
• Fix a bug or typo in an existing algorithm?
• Add or change doctests?
• Documentation change?

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Summary of Enhancements

Refactored the core layout of machine_learning/logistic_regression.py. The original implementation was limited to Batch Gradient Descent and binary classification. This upgrade introduces a robust, object-oriented LogisticRegression class capable of handling both binary and advanced multi-class datasets entirely from scratch using NumPy.

• Mini-batch Gradient Descent: Added efficient mini-batch sampling configurations to significantly optimize convergence and scalability on larger datasets.
• True Multiclass Support: Implemented standalone mathematical variations for both One-vs-Rest (OVR) and Softmax (Multinomial) regression frameworks.
• Early Stopping: Programmed vector log-loss tracking limits to break calculation epochs early once structural threshold targets stabilize (< 1e-6).
• NumPy Random Generator Modernization: Upgraded all legacy execution calls (np.random.seed, np.random.randn, np.random.permutation) to utilize modern np.random.default_rng() constraints as recommended by NumPy documentation.
• Type-Hinted & Lint Verified: Validated and confirmed 100% clean passes locally using the project's strict verification tools (black, ruff check, and mypy).

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Verification Results

All required verification suites were executed locally and passed with zero errors:

• Doctest Validation: Clean pass (7 tests passed in 11 items).

  py -m doctest -v machine_learning/logistic_regression.py

[cclauss]

@priya-sundaram-dev, please review.

It seems like we are losing a lot of tests in these changes. Is there solid value added in the proposed changes?

[priya-sundaram-dev]

Thanks @cclauss — I share the concern; I'd hold this one. The value added is real, but it doesn't offset the verifiable test coverage we'd lose.

What's lost: the PR replaces three small, heavily-doctested functions with one large OOP class. Concretely it drops 5 of the 7 numeric sigmoid_function doctests, and deletes cost_function and log_likelihood entirely — along with all of their numeric doctests (cross-entropy values, log-likelihood). The replacement LogisticRegression class ships a single smoke test, len(clf.predict(...)) == 4, with no numeric assertion on weights, loss, or probabilities.

For a teaching repo, the reproducible, asserted numeric behavior is the most valuable part of the file. Random-init OOP makes deterministic doctests harder, which is likely why they were dropped — but that's exactly the regression we don't want.

Scope: OVR + softmax multi-class also pushes well beyond the original single-example scope. That's not automatically bad, but it raises the bar for how well-tested it needs to be.

Suggestion for the author: either (a) keep the original functions and their doctests and add softmax as a separate, deterministically-seeded addition with its own numeric doctests; or (b) if going full OOP, seed the RNG and add doctests asserting on the learned probabilities/loss, and restore the sigmoid range tests plus a log-loss doctest.

As submitted I'd not merge — the tradeoff reduces tested behavior on an educational file. Happy to re-review once coverage is restored.