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LINEAR ALGEBRA#1

A branch of mathematics concerning vector spaces and linear mappings, essential for understanding data transformations in ML.

CALCULUS#2

Mathematics focusing on change and motion, crucial for optimizing algorithms and understanding gradients in ML.

PROBABILITY THEORY#3

The study of randomness and uncertainty, foundational for modeling and making predictions in machine learning.

STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS#4

Principles and methods for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, vital for validating ML models.

ALGORITHM#5

A step-by-step procedure or formula for solving a problem, central to machine learning implementations.

SUPERVISED LEARNING#6

A type of ML where models are trained on labeled data to make predictions.

UNSUPERVISED LEARNING#7

ML where models identify patterns in unlabeled data without explicit outputs.

OVERFITTING#8

When a model learns noise instead of the underlying pattern, leading to poor generalization.

UNDERFITTING#9

When a model is too simple to capture the underlying trend, resulting in poor performance.

CROSS-VALIDATION#10

A technique for assessing how the results of a statistical analysis will generalize to an independent dataset.

HYPERPARAMETERS#11

Parameters set before the learning process begins, affecting model training and performance.

REGULARIZATION#12

Techniques to prevent overfitting by adding a penalty to the loss function.

GRADIENT DESCENT#13

An optimization algorithm for minimizing the loss function by iteratively moving towards the steepest descent.

CONFUSION MATRIX#14

A table used to evaluate the performance of a classification algorithm, showing true vs. predicted classifications.

PRECISION#15

The ratio of true positive predictions to the total predicted positives, measuring accuracy in positive predictions.

RECALL#16

The ratio of true positive predictions to the total actual positives, measuring the ability to find all relevant instances.

F1 SCORE#17

The harmonic mean of precision and recall, providing a balance between the two metrics.

FEATURE ENGINEERING#18

The process of selecting, modifying, or creating features to improve model performance.

DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION#19

Techniques to reduce the number of features in a dataset while preserving important information.

ENSEMBLE METHODS#20

Techniques that combine multiple models to improve performance and robustness.

NEURAL NETWORKS#21

Computational models inspired by the human brain, used for complex pattern recognition tasks.

DEEP LEARNING#22

A subset of ML using neural networks with multiple layers to model complex data representations.

BAYESIAN INFERENCE#23

A method of statistical inference in which Bayes' theorem is used to update the probability for a hypothesis as more evidence becomes available.

CLUSTERING#24

The task of grouping a set of objects in such a way that objects in the same group are more similar than those in other groups.

DATA PREPROCESSING#25

The steps taken to clean and prepare raw data for analysis, crucial for effective ML.

REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS#26

Practical uses of machine learning techniques to solve significant problems across various industries.