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overfit

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[ohv-er-fit] / ˈoʊv ərˌfɪt /

verb (used with object)

overfitted, overfitting

  1. Artificial Intelligence. to model (training data) such that the resulting system captures noise, incidental patterns, or idiosyncratic features of the training set, thereby reducing its ability to generalize accurately.

Other Word Forms

  • overfitment noun
  • overfitted adjective

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