overfitting

English

Verb

overfitting

1. present participle and gerund of overfit

Noun

overfitting (countable and uncountable, plural overfittings)

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.

Translations

action

• Finnish: ylisovittaminen
• French: surajustement (fr) m, surapprentissage (fr) m
• Greek: υπεραρμογή f (yperarmogí)

Further reading

• Understanding Overfitting and How to Prevent It

References

• Oxford Dictionary: Overfitting