Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Machine learning is a field of computer science that includes the building and training (e.g.,via application of one or more l earning algorithms) of analytical models that are capable of making usefulpredi ctions or inferences on the basis of input data. Machine learning is based on th e idea that systemscan learn from data, identify patterns, and make decisions w ith minimal human intervention.