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

As large sky surveys continue to expand with missions such as Euclid, NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, researchers are increasingly using machine learning and sophisticated statistical tools to comb through enormous volumes of data.

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More than 100 teams worldwide participated, developing machine learning models designed to detect patterns linked to preterm birth.

From Science Daily

Machine learning systems could rapidly analyze vast numbers of structural combinations to identify the most effective arrangements.

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In our newly published study, we describe how this work progressed from analyzing large cancer genome datasets to developing machine learning models, conducting large-scale functional experiments in mice, and ultimately confirming the clinical relevance of these RNAs in nearly 200 breast cancer patients using blood samples.

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Using these patterns, machine learning models were able to classify cancer types with 90.9% accuracy.

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