A function is a deterministic relationship between input and output values. Clearly, every machine learning algorithm is in some sense a function, but the word is used here to refer to succinctly writable mathematical relationships as with least squares regression. The term is used as distinct from rules, which form a special class of functions, as well as from more complex structures and programs such as those that make up neural networks.
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- ALG_Bayesian linear regression ALG_Discriminant analysis ALG_Factor analysis ALG_Least Squares Regression ALG_Local regression ALG_Logistic regression ALG_Multivariate adaptive regression splines ALG_Principal component analysis ALG_Projection pursuit ALG_Stepwise Regression ALG_Support vector machine