abstention

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In experiments on UCI datasets we found that learning algorithms exhibit different "patterns of behavior" when it comes to abstention, which is not shown by other common performance measures or visualization techniques.

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  1. noun The act or habit of deliberate self-denial.
  2. noun An abstaining vote or voter: 12 ayes, 10 nays, and 8 abstentions.

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  • And the Government has loaded the dice to insure abstention is as low as possible.
  • National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley suggested a compromise -- abstention -- that was ultimately supported by the President. similar and more detailed account, albeit without the detail about Cheney. —  Israel Matzav
  • Thirdly, if vote abstention is Haram - as is alcoholism, drugs, rape and murder - then what is the correct Islamic punishment? —  Lim Kit Siang
  • People, however, should not be forced to vote as abstention is also an individual right. —  BBC World Have Your Say
  • Outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who spent three days in New York shuttling between conference chambers to help broker a deal between Arab nations and Western powers, told reporters on Friday that the abstention was meant as an endorsement of the multilateral peace talks taking place in Cairo. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
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  1. Late Latin abstentiō, abstentiōn-, from abstentus, past participle of Latin abstinēre, to hold back; see abstain.

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  1. from Latin abstentio(n-), from abstinēre: see abstain.
 

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/æbˈstɛnʃən/
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