Overfitting
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overfitting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of overfit.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of overfit.
More Meanings
- (statistics, machine learning) The production of a statistical model that, due to an excess of parameters relative to the sample size, fits the sample data extremely well but fails to fit new data.
Word Forms
- overfittings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overoptimization, overparameterization, overgeneralization, overfactorization, overapplication, overcategorization.
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