机器学习算法中，假设学习器在预测中逼近正确的结果，其中包括在训练中未出现的样本。既然是未知的状况，结果可以是任意的结果，若没有其他假设，这任务就无法解决。这种关于目标函数的必要假设就称为*归纳偏置*。

归纳偏差有点像我们所说的先验（Prior），但是有点不同的是归纳偏差在学习的过程中不会更新，但是先验在学习后会不断地被更新。

Algorithm | Inductive Bias

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Linear Regression | The relationship between the attributes x and the output y is linear. The goal is to minimize the sum of squared errors.

Single-Unit Perceptron | Each input votes independently toward the final classification (interactions between inputs are not possible).

Neural Networks with Backpropagation | Smooth interpolation between data points.

K-Nearest Neighbors | The classification of an instance x will be most similar to the classification of other instances that are nearby in Euclidean distance.

Support Vector Machines | Distinct classes tend to be separated by wide margins.

Naive Bayes | Each input depends only on the output class or label; the inputs are independent from each other.