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Language Bias

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A learner’s language bias is the set of hypotheses that can be expressed using the hypothesis language employed by the learner.

This language bias can be implicit, or it can be defined explicitly, using a bias specification language (see Bias Specification Language).

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(2017). Language Bias. In: Sammut, C., Webb, G.I. (eds) Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7687-1_440

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