What is a synthetic feature?
A feature not present among the input features, but assembled from one or more of them.
synthetic feature explained in plain English
A feature not present among the input features, but assembled from one or more of them. Methods for creating synthetic features include the following: Multiplying (or dividing) one feature value by other feature value(s) or by itself. For example, if`a` and`b` are input features, then the following are examples of synthetic features: - ab - a2 Applying a transcendental function to a feature value. For example, if`c` is an input feature, then the following are examples of synthetic features: - sin(c) - ln(c) Features created by normalizing or scaling alone are not considered synthetic features.
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Practitioners refer to synthetic feature when building, training, or evaluating machine learning systems. It appears in research papers, product documentation, and technical discussions about AI capabilities and limitations.
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