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What is machine learning?

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"A scientific discipline that is concerned with the design and development of algorithms that allow computers to evolve behaviors based on empirical data." From Wikipedia.

 

 

What is inductive inference?

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The observation of examples that represent incomplete information about some statistical phenomenon in order to recognize complex patterns and make intelligent decisions.

 

 

What is supervised learning?

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Learning in which a label is associated with each example in a training set.

 

 

What is unsupervised learning used for?

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Uncovering hidden regularities or detecting anomalies in data.

 

 

What is clustering?

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The process of organizing objects into groups whose members are similar in some way.

 

 

What is agglomerative clustering?

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Clustering that merges clusters iteratively.