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1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2023

William W. Hsieh
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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The historical development of statistics and artificial intelligence (AI) is outlined, with machine learning (ML) emerging as the dominant branch of AI. Data science is viewed as being composed of a yin part (ML) and a yang part (statistics), and environmental data science is the intersection between data science and environmental science. Supervised learning and unsupervised learning are compared. Basic concepts of underfitting/overfitting and the curse of dimensionality are introduced.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Introduction
  • William W. Hsieh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Introduction to Environmental Data Science
  • Online publication: 23 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588493.002
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  • Introduction
  • William W. Hsieh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Introduction to Environmental Data Science
  • Online publication: 23 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588493.002
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  • Introduction
  • William W. Hsieh, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Book: Introduction to Environmental Data Science
  • Online publication: 23 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107588493.002
Available formats
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