Glossary term
Glossary term
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A model whose prediction is a class. For example, the following are all classification models:
A model that predicts an input sentence's language (French? Spanish? Italian?).
A model that predicts tree species (Maple? Oak? Baobab?).
A model that predicts the positive or negative class for a particular medical condition.
In contrast, regression models predict numbers rather than classes.
Two common types of classification models are:
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A bank uses a classification model to label each application as approve or refer for human review at submission time.
An email provider uses a classification model to label incoming messages as spam, primary, or promotions in real time.
A healthcare provider uses a classification model on free-text notes to assign ICD-10 codes for billing.
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