The Math Behind Machine Learning

A supervised learning system exploits a mathematical concept to understand the relationship between a piece of data and its label. It is the idea of approximating a function. Let’s see how that idea works, with a concrete example.

Example of solar power prediction

Let’s imagine that we have a solar panel on our roof. We want a supervised learning system that learns how the solar panel generates energy and predicts the amount of energy generated at some time in the future.

There are a few variables that impact the solar panel’s output: the time of ...