MACHINE LEARNING

BY RAMANAN S
CONTENTS

• We will see what is machine learning.

• How does a machine learn?

• Types of machine learning.

WHAT IS “LEARNING”?

• Learning can be defined based on three attributes, task, performance and experience.

• Let’s take the task is playing chess, performance as how many games the person wins
and experience as the number of he has played.

• Then if the person has improved his performance in the task with his/her experience
that person is said to have learned.
HOW DOES A MACHINE LEARN?

• A machine learns by using a target function and it may vary from problem to
problem.

• A target function is a mathematical function that is used to predict results based on

the variables.

• It's important to choose a target function based on the data available to the learner.
Target function in artificial neural network(ANN)

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TYPES OF MACHINE LEARNING

• Machine learning can be further subdivided into different groups based on

how the target function is trained.

Machine
learning
Decision Neural Random Naive
KNN
tree networks forests Bayes
CONCLUSION

• We have seen what is learning in the context of machine learning.

• How does a machine learn?

• What are the different types of machine learning methods based on the
training of the target function?
REFERENCES
• Machine Learning by Mitchell T, Ed. 1997
• Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach by Russell S, Norvig P, Ed. 2010
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