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deep learning

deep learning noun: a form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.

Noun

deep learning (uncountable)

  1. (machine learning) A form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.
    • Discovering all minimal conflict-sets amounts to acquiring all the possible information out of a dead-end. Yet, such deep learning may require considerable amount of work.1986 August 11, Rina Dechter, “Learning while searching in constraint-satisfaction-problems”, in Proceedings of the Fifth AAAI National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI'86), Philadelphia...
    • Deep learning was given a particularly audacious display at a conference last month in Tianjin, China, when Richard F. Rashid, Microsoft’s top scientist, gave a lecture in a cavernous auditorium while a computer program recognized his words and simultaneously displayed them in English on a large...2012 November 23, John Markoff, “Scientists See Promise in Deep-Learning Programs”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    DL

deep learning meaning in Thai and Vietnamese

deep learning in Thai

form of machine learning
การเรียนรู้เชิงลึก gaan-riian-rúu-chəəng-lʉ́k

deep learning in Vietnamese

form of machine learning
học sâu, học cấu trúc sâu

Synonyms of deep learning

Origin of deep learning

Coined by Israeli-American computer scientist Rina Dechter in 1986, in the context of backtracking in theorem proving. Later applied to multilayered (“deep”) neural networks by Geoffrey Hinton.

Words formed from deep learning

Questions about deep learning

What does deep learning mean?
Deep learning means a form of machine learning based on the interpretation of the structure of data.
What is deep learning in Thai?
Deep learning in Thai is การเรียนรู้เชิงลึก (gaan-riian-rúu-chəəng-lʉ́k). See Deep learning meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is deep learning?
Deep learning is a noun.

Words near deep learning in the dictionary

  1. deep house
  2. deep inelastic collision
  3. deep inelastic collisions
  4. deep inside
  5. Deep Lead
  6. deep learning
  7. deep link
  8. deep linked
  9. deep linking
  10. deep links
  11. deep mid-wicket

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