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Generalization

Machine Learning · Level 2 of 5

Generalization

How well a learned model works on relevant unseen data.

Good training results alone do not demonstrate success on new examples.

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A digit recognizer succeeds on handwriting absent from training.

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Generalization. How well a learned model works on relevant unseen data. Good training results alone do not demonstrate success on new examples. For example: A digit recognizer succeeds on handwriting absent from training.

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