Glossary term
Glossary term
Foundations
A relationship between two or more variables that can be represented solely through addition and multiplication.
The plot of a linear relationship is a line.
Contrast with nonlinear.
Created for this library
A pricing team starts modeling with a linear baseline so coefficients are easy to read for business reviewers.
A risk team prefers linear models in production for transparency, then explores non-linear models only if they offer significant lift.
An economics research team uses a linear model as the first hypothesis when studying a new market relationship.
Definition source: Google for Developers Machine Learning Glossary | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License