Baseline Model

A Baseline Model is a model or heuristic that can be used as reference point for measuring performance of a method or model.

• AKA: Baseline Heuristic, Base Model.
• Example(s):
  • Benchmark Baseline System,
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Clinical Trial Baseline,
  • Interferometer Baseline vector.
• See: Performance Measure, Benchmark Dataset, Baseline Interferometry.

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References

2018

• (Google ML Glossary, 2018) ⇒ (2018). baseline. In: Machine Learning Glossary https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/glossary/ Retrieved: 2018-04-22.
  • QUOTE: A simple model or heuristic used as reference point for comparing how well a model is performing. A baseline helps model developers quantify the minimal, expected performance on a particular problem.

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