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concept drift

concept drift noun: the tendency of a statistical model to become less and less accurate over time in real-world conditions.

Noun

concept drift (countable and uncountable, plural concept drifts)

  1. (machine learning) The tendency of a statistical model to become less and less accurate over time in real-world conditions.
    • Regarding collection usage, frecency metrics are employed, combining frequency and recency, to effectively capture concept drift and temporal trends.2010, Mounia Lalmas et al., editors, Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 544
    • Concept drift is an important issue to be considered in data stream mining. In a real environment, the data distribution is constantly changing, and the model needs to be continuously updated to adapt to the new environment.2020, Zhiwen Yu et al., editors, Green, Pervasive, and Cloud Computing […] , Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 115

Forms of concept drift

pluralconcept drifts

Origin of concept drift

Concept refers to the hidden relationship between the inputs and outputs of the model.

Questions about concept drift

What does concept drift mean?
Concept drift means the tendency of a statistical model to become less and less accurate over time in real-world conditions.
What part of speech is concept drift?
Concept drift is a noun.
What is the plural of concept drift?
The plural of concept drift is concept drifts.

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