Generalization

Entity Type: Glossary ID: generalization

Definition: The ability of a machine learning model to perform well on new, unseen data that was not part of the training set. Good generalization indicates that the model has learned underlying patterns rather than memorizing training examples.

Related Terms: - overfitting - underfitting - test-data - cross-validation

Source Urls: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalization_error

Tags: - foundational - machine-learning - model-evaluation

Status: active

Version: 1.0.0

Created At: 2025-08-31

Last Updated: 2025-08-31