Machine Learning
Machine learning is a field of computer science that gives computer systems the ability to "learn" (i.e., progressively improve performance on a specific task) with data, without being explicitly programmed. Dex splits it's machine leanring task into a number of functional categories.
| CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Association | Used to discover interesting relations between variables. |
| Classification | Given a set of predefined classes, predict which class a new object belongs to. |
| Clustering | Group objects based on some relationship or shared traits. |
| Prediction | Task for applying models and making predictions are found in this category. |
| Regression | Given a dataset, these task will apply various forms of statistical analysis to create a model for making predictions on new data. |