Inductive learning Simplest form:learn a function from examples f is the target function An example is a pair (x,f(x)) Problem:find a hypothesis h such that h≈f given a training set of examples (This is a highly simplified model of real learning: Ignores prior knowledgeInductive learning • Simplest form: learn a function from examples • f is the target function An example is a pair (x, f(x)) Problem: find a hypothesis h such that h ≈ f given a training set of examples (This is a highly simplified model of real learning: – Ignores prior knowledge – Assumes examples are given)