机器学习笔记（Andrew Ng）——非参数学习算法（non-parametric algorithm）

note原文：Locally weighted linear regression is the first example we’re seeing of a non-parametric algorithm. The (unweighted) linear regression algorithm that we saw earlier is known as a parametric learning algorithm, because it has a fixed, finite number of parameters (the θi’s), which are fit to the data. Once we’ve fit the θi’s and stored them away, we no longer need to keep the training data around to make future predictions. In contrast, to make predictions using locally weighted linear regression, we need to keep the entire training set around. The term “non-parametric” (roughly) refers to the fact that the amount of stuff we need to keep in order to represent the hypothesis h grows linearly with the size of the training set.

总结：

1：non-parametric algorithm：Locally weighted linear regression algorithm

2：parametric learning algorithm：The (unweighted) linear regression algorithm

对于线性回归算法，一旦拟合出适合训练数据的参数θi’s，保存这些参数θi’s，对于之后的预测，不需要再使用原始训练数据集，所以是参数学习算法。

对于局部加权线性回归算法，每次进行预测都需要全部的训练数据（每次进行的预测得到不同的参数θi’s），没有固定的参数θi’s，所以是非参数算法。