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What is a finite state transducer?

Can someone please tell me what a finite state transducer is? I have read the Wikipedia article and don't understand …

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What is a policy in reinforcement learning?

I've seen such words as: A policy defines the learning agent's way of behaving at a given time. Roughly speaking, …

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What does WISC (stack) mean?

LAMP is a well-known acronym for the software/technology bundle/stack representing Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. There are a few …

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"Assembly" vs. "Assembler"

I've been taught that "assembly" is what you write in your files, to have your "assembler" convert it into binary …

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What is inductive bias in machine learning?

What is inductive bias in machine learning? Why is it necessary?

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Arguments or parameters?

I often find myself confused with how the terms 'arguments' and 'parameters' are used. They seem to be used interchangeably …

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What is the difference between POJO (Plain Old Java Object) and DTO (Data Transfer Object)?

I cannot find difference between them. Does anyone know how to differentiate them?

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Functional Programming Vs Declarative Programming Vs Imperative Programming

I have been too used to Imperative Programming which is the usual way of telling the computer to perform step …

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What exactly is the difference between "pass by reference" in C and in C++?

The phrase "pass by reference" is used by C and C++ developers alike but they appear to be used to …

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Why are two different concepts both called "heap"?

Why are the runtime heap used for dynamic memory allocation in C-style languages and the data structure both called "the …

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