A few useful things to know about machine learning
2012/09/25 by Pedro Domingos · 3,290 citations
Computer Science · #Artificial intelligence #Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference #Computer science #Computer security #Machine Learning and Algorithms #Machine Learning and Data Classification #Machine learning #Need to know
paper · doi:10.1145/2347736.2347755
published in Communications of the ACM 55(10), 78-87 (Association for Computing Machinery)
openalex publication_date 2012/09/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
Tapping into the "folk knowledge" needed to advance machine learning applications.
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