Unsupervised learning is a branch of machine learning where algorithms learn patterns from unlabeled data. Unlike supervised learning, there are no predefined labels or outcomes to guide the training process.
📌 Common Types of Unsupervised Learning Algorithms
Clustering Algorithms
- K-means
A popular method for grouping similar data points into clusters. - Hierarchical Clustering
Builds a tree of clusters to represent data hierarchies.
- K-means
Dimensionality Reduction
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Reduces the number of variables while preserving data structure.
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Anomaly Detection
- Identifies rare or unusual patterns that deviate from the norm.
📚 Applications
- Customer segmentation
- Image compression
- Fraud detection
- Data visualization
🔗 Related Resources
For deeper insights, explore our guide on Machine Learning Fundamentals.
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