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Supervised learning is one of the primary approaches to machine learning where a model is
trained on labeled data. The "supervision" consists of the model making predictions and then
being corrected by the labeled output whenever it's wrong. Here's a breakdown of the concept:
Labeled Data: In supervised learning, the training data includes both the input data and the
correct output, known as labels or annotations. The model learns from this data by adjusting its
parameters to predict the label as accurately as possible.
Training: During the training process, the algorithm iteratively makes predictions on the training
data and is corrected by the known labels whenever it's wrong. The goal is to adjust the model's
internal parameters so that it can make accurate predictions.
Evaluation: After training, the model's performance is typically evaluated on a separate set of
data (test data) that it hasn't seen before. This helps in assessing how well the model will perform
on new, unseen data.
Types of Supervised Learning Tasks:
Classification: The output variable is a category, such as "spam" or "not spam",
"fraudulent" or "valid", or "cat", "dog", "horse".
Regression: The output variable is a real or continuous value, such as "weight" or "price".
Learning Methodologies
Feedback Loop: The model receives feedback directly in the form of error or loss. This feedback
is used to correct and improve the model during training.
Applications: Supervised learning has a wide range of applications, including:
Image and voice recognition.
Medical diagnosis.
Stock price prediction.
Email filtering.
And many more.
Challenges:
Overfitting: If a model is too complex, it might perform exceptionally well on the training
data but poorly on new, unseen data. This is because it has memorized the training data
rather than generalizing from it.
Data Quality: The quality of the training data is crucial. If the data is noisy, biased, or
unrepresentative, the model's performance can be significantly affected.
Need for Labeled Data: One of the main challenges of supervised learning is the need for
a large amount of labeled data. Labeling data can be time-consuming and expensive.
Learning Methodologies
Feedback Loop: The model receives feedback directly in the form of error or loss.
This feedback is used to correct and improve the model during training.
Applications: Supervised learning has a wide range of applications, including:
Image and voice recognition.
Medical diagnosis.
Stock price prediction.
Email filtering.
And many more.
Challenges:
Overfitting: If a model is too complex, it might perform exceptionally well on
the training data but poorly on new, unseen data. This is because it has
memorized the training data rather than generalizing from it.
Data Quality: The quality of the training data is crucial. If the data is noisy,
biased, or unrepresentative, the model's performance can be significantly affected.
Need for Labeled Data: One of the main challenges of supervised learning is the
need for a large amount of labeled data. Labeling data can be time-consuming and
expensive.
AI Model
Parameters: These are the internal variables that the model adjusts during
training. For example, in a neural network, the weights and biases are
parameters.
Evaluation: After training, the model's performance is evaluated on
unseen data (testing data) to ensure it's making accurate predictions.
Deployment: Once satisfied with the model's performance, it can be
deployed in real-world applications, such as recommendation systems,
image recognition software, or autonomous vehicles.
Fine-tuning: Even after deployment, AI models might need periodic
retraining or fine-tuning, especially if the underlying data distribution
changes over time.
Artificial Neural Network
Output: The result from the activation function is the output of the
neuron. This output can serve as an input to neurons in subsequent layers.
Learning: During the training process, the weights and biases of each
neuron are adjusted to minimize the difference between the predicted
output and the actual target values. This is typically done using the
backpropagation algorithm and an optimization technique like gradient
descent.