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Overfitting
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
present participle and gerund of overfit
2.
Noun
The production of a statistical model that, due to an excess of parameters relative to the sample size, fits the sample data extremely well but fails to fit new data.
Synonyms
overoptimization
overparameterization
overgeneralization
overfactorization
overapplication
overcategorization
overpersonalization
overregularization
overestimation
overcertification
overperformance
overprecision
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