"overfitting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overfittings [plural]
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  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action): ylisovittaminen (Finnish), surajustement [masculine] (French), surapprentissage [masculine] (French), υπεραρμογή (yperarmogí) [feminine] (Greek), preučenie [neuter] (Slovak)
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} overfitting
  1. present participle and gerund of overfit Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: overfit
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