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World J Gastrointest Surg. Nov 27, 2025; 17(11): 112058
Published online Nov 27, 2025. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i11.112058
Table 2 Comparison between supervised and unsupervised machine learning
Characteristics
Unsupervised
Supervised
Definition Machine tries to find hidden pattern in the data by itself without human interferenceMachines identify the pattern in the new data based on labeled input data with human interference
Input dataUnlabeledLabeled
When to useYou do not know what you are looking for in the dataYou know what you are looking for in the data
Typical tasksClustering and association problemsClassification and regression problems
Accuracy of resultMay provide less accurate resultProvide more accurate result
Common algorithm k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, principal component analysisSupport vector machine
Decision tree
Random forest
Example of useAnomaly detectionSpam filters
Customer segmentationPrice prediction
Preparing data for supervised learningImage identification


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