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What does clf mean in machine learning?

When doing fitting, I always come across code like

clf = svm.SVC(kernel='linear', C=1).fit(X_train, y_train) 

(from http://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/cross_validation.html#k-fold)

What does clf stand for? I googled around but didn't find any clues.

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cqcn1991 Avatar asked Dec 31 '15 01:12

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1 Answers

In the scikit-learn tutorial, it's short for classifier.:

We call our estimator instance clf, as it is a classifier.

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Chris Avatar answered Oct 01 '22 10:10

Chris