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  2. Stepwise regression - Wikipedia

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    The main approaches for stepwise regression are: Forward selection, which involves starting with no variables in the model, testing the addition of each variable using a chosen model fit criterion, adding the variable (if any) whose inclusion gives the most statistically significant improvement of the fit, and repeating this process until none improves the model to a statistically significant ...

  3. Backward induction - Wikipedia

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    Backward induction is the process of determining a sequence of optimal choices by reasoning from the endpoint of a problem or situation back to its beginning using individual events or actions. [1] Backward induction involves examining the final point in a series of decisions and identifying the optimal process or action required to arrive at ...

  4. Backward chaining - Wikipedia

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    Backward chaining is implemented in logic programming by SLD resolution. Both rules are based on the modus ponens inference rule. It is one of the two most commonly used methods of reasoning with inference rules and logical implications – the other is forward chaining. Backward chaining systems usually employ a depth-first search strategy, e ...

  5. Feature selection - Wikipedia

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    One other popular approach is the Recursive Feature Elimination algorithm, [15] commonly used with Support Vector Machines to repeatedly construct a model and remove features with low weights. Embedded methods are a catch-all group of techniques which perform feature selection as part of the model construction process.

  6. Forward–backward algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The first pass goes forward in time while the second goes backward in time; hence the name forward–backward algorithm. The term forward–backward algorithm is also used to refer to any algorithm belonging to the general class of algorithms that operate on sequence models in a forward–backward manner. In this sense, the descriptions in the ...

  7. Polynomial interpolation - Wikipedia

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    The original use of interpolation polynomials was to approximate values of important transcendental functions such as natural logarithm and trigonometric functions.Starting with a few accurately computed data points, the corresponding interpolation polynomial will approximate the function at an arbitrary nearby point.

  8. Existential quantification - Wikipedia

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    Consider the formal sentence . For some natural number , =.. This is a single statement using existential quantification. It is roughly analogous to the informal sentence "Either =, or =, or =, or... and so on," but more precise, because it doesn't need us to infer the meaning of the phrase "and so on."

  9. Numerical stability - Wikipedia

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    Computing the square root of 2 (which is roughly 1.41421) is a well-posed problem.Many algorithms solve this problem by starting with an initial approximation x 0 to , for instance x 0 = 1.4, and then computing improved guesses x 1, x 2, etc.