In supervised learning the training set is labelled, that is it has some form of markers to indicate a desired grouping or value. The supervised algorithm typically attempts to emulate or approximate the labelling of the training set.
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Used on Chap. 5: page 88; Chap. 6: pages 115, 121; Chap. 8: page 157; Chap. 9: pages 176, 177, 178, 194, 195, 196; Chap. 14: page 330; Chap. 16: page 377
Also known as supervised, supervised algorithm, supervised machine learning, supervised technique