Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Machine Learning |
Editors | Claude Sammut & Geoffrey I.Webb |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 603-606pp |
Volume | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780387307688 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Abstract
Linear Regression is an instance of the Regression problem which is an approach to modelling a functional relationship between input variables x and an output/response variable y. In linear regression, a linear function of the input variables is used, and more generally a linear function of some vector function of the input variables Ï•(x) can also be used. The linear function estimates the mean of y (or more generally the median or a quantile).