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Table 4 Concepts related to data analysis

From: Big data analytics in smart grids: a review

Concept

description

Statistics

The study of data collection, analysis and interpretation with mathematics methods which may discover potential relations based on some hypothesis

Machine learning

A kind of technique for understanding the law in the data as well as extracting useful information with the help of computers automatically instead of humanity

Data mining

Computing data for discovering valuable information in large data sets with knowledge of statistics, machine learning and database system.

Pattern recognition

A branch of machine learning that focuses on the regularities in data

Deep learning

A branch of machine learning based on complex structure of neural networks

Artificial intelligence

The study of intelligent systems and agents with the ability of learning from circumstances and solving problems