approximator

Law ordains universally that neither Man nor Woman shall be approached so closely as to destroy the interval between the approximator and the approximated.

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions 2006

As I said, one of the best ways of viewing a NN is as a generalized multivariate nonlinear function approximator.

Willis E on Hansen and Model Reliability « Climate Audit 2006

Also reported from Thailand was minor damage to young shoots by an insect identified as Aristobia approximator in plantations (Chittachumnonk 19853).

Chapter 8 1996

The frail form of a Woman, being liable to be shattered by such an approximation, must be preserved by the State; but since Women cannot be distinguished by the sense of sight from Men, the Law ordains universally that neither Man nor Woman shall be approached so closely as to destroy the interval between the approximator and the approximated.

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated) Edwin Abbott Abbott 1882

The frail form of a Woman, being liable to be shattered by such an approximation, must be preserved by the State; but since Women cannot be distinguished by the sense of sight from Men, the Law ordains universally that neither Man nor Woman shall be approached so closely as to destroy the interval between the approximator and the approximated.

Flatland: a romance of many dimensions Edwin Abbott Abbott 1882

Artificial neural network: a universal function approximator (= non-linear regression model) weights weights x1 a ij b jk y1 ⎛ N hid ⎞ x2 u 1x y2 yk = F ⎜ bok + ⎜ ⎝ ∑ b jk u j ⎟ ⎟

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