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Lazy Learning

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Lazy learning is a machine learning strategy whereby learning is delayed until consultation time.

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  • Aha, David W. Lazy learning. Kluwer academic publishers, 1997.

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Webb, G.I. (2016). Lazy Learning. In: Sammut, C., Webb, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7502-7_449-1

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