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Generalisation, bias and overfitting

What happens when a machine learning system encounters new data that it wasn't trained on? Dr Katrina Attwood explains more

A machine learning system uses training data to learn a function that maps inputs to outputs. But will the system produce sensible output when presented with input it has never seen before?

Dr Katrina Attwood explains more.

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Intelligent Systems: An Introduction to Deep Learning and Autonomous Systems

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