Lecture 01 - The Learning Problem

The Learning Problem - Introduction; supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning. Components of the learning problem. Lecture 1 of 18 of Caltech's Machine Learning Course - CS 156 by Professor Yaser Abu-Mostafa. View course materials in iTunes U Course App - itunes.apple.com/us/course/ma... and on the course website - work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html
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This lecture was recorded on April 3, 2012, in Hameetman Auditorium at Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA.

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