bias-variance tradeoff

bias-variance tradeoff

/ˌbaɪəs ˈveəriəns ˌtreɪdɒf/

🧪 Data Science

The balance between underfitting and overfitting

Understanding the bias-variance tradeoff guides model complexity decisions.

Origin: From French biais (slant) + Latin variare (to change) + Old English tredan (to tread) + of (away)