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underfitting

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Official ISTQB Definition

A modeling error that occurs when a machine learning model is too simple to capture the underlying pattern in the data.

3 Ways to Think About It

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The Quick Take

When an AI is too simple to capture the patterns in data - it performs poorly everywhere.

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Look Closer

An ML model that hasn't learned enough, showing poor accuracy on both training and test data.

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The Bottom Line

The opposite of overfitting: the model needs more complexity or training to be useful.

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