English Explanatory Dictionary

no free lunch theorem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A theorem that implies that no single machine learning algorithm is universally the best-performing algorithm for all problems.

Word forms

no free lunch theorem the no free lunch theorem

Etymology

Derives from the phrase there's no such thing as a free lunch.

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