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Ever wonder what makes machine learning effective?

Dataconomy

Here are some examples of where classification can be used in machine learning: Image recognition : Classification can be used to identify objects within images. The goal of unsupervised learning is to identify structures in the data, such as clusters, dimensions, or anomalies, without prior knowledge of the expected output.

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Five machine learning types to know

IBM Journey to AI blog

And retailers frequently leverage data from chatbots and virtual assistants, in concert with ML and natural language processing (NLP) technology, to automate users’ shopping experiences. Classification algorithms include logistic regression, k-nearest neighbors and support vector machines (SVMs), among others.