machine learning

American  

[muh-sheen lur-ning] / məˈʃin ˌlɜr nɪŋ /

noun

Computers, Digital Technology.

1. the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference (often used attributively).

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machine learning British  

noun

1. a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it

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Etymology

Origin of machine learning

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The research team plans to apply their models to these observations using machine learning to map the diversity of planets beyond our Solar System and link them to their early development.

From Science Daily

Quantum computers would have the capacity to be faster than traditional computers at optimization problems like analyzing supply chains, simulation problems like discovering new chemical combinations for drugs, machine learning and factorization.

From The Wall Street Journal

To make the system more powerful, the researchers combined the framework with machine learning potentials that capture how atoms interact and move.

From Science Daily

The framework also integrates smoothly with modern machine learning atomic models, allowing it to analyze materials under a wide variety of conditions.

From Science Daily

After uncovering the chemistry behind the reaction, the team introduced machine learning models developed with Trinity College Dublin to predict where the reaction would occur on entirely new molecules that had never been tested in the laboratory.

From Science Daily

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