hyperparameter

Meaning

1. noun A parameter of a prior (as distinguished from inferred parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis).

   this model has four hyperparameters

2. noun A parameter whose value is set before the learning process begins.

Similar words

superparameter superparameterization metaparameter param hyperdistribution parameter parameterization posterior subparameter argumentation

Often followed by

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