intercept

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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When drawing a straight line and especially in linear regression o an x–y graph, the intercept is the place where the line crosses the y axis, in other words the value when x=0.. In the case when there is a single independent variable (say time) and many dependent variables, the intercept is a vector.

Used in Chap. 7: pages 97, 98; Chap. 9: page 135