Data and feature engineering · MLD-0317
Discretization
Converting numerical values into categories or intervals.
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Original example
Group age into defined ranges.
Original caveat
Binning loses within-bin information.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Data · Training · Evaluation.
Tags: ML · DL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: Binning.
Related concepts
Concepts linking here
Original references
- scikit-learn: cross-validation ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: missing-value imputation ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: preprocessing ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: feature selection ↗ · Reference link
- Original reference URL ↗