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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
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 interference | Machines identify the pattern in the new data based on labeled input data with human interference |
| Input data | Unlabeled | Labeled |
| When to use | You do not know what you are looking for in the data | You know what you are looking for in the data |
| Typical tasks | Clustering and association problems | Classification and regression problems |
| Accuracy of result | May provide less accurate result | Provide more accurate result |
| Common algorithm | k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, principal component analysis | Support vector machine |
| Decision tree | ||
| Random forest | ||
| Example of use | Anomaly detection | Spam filters |
| Customer segmentation | Price prediction | |
| Preparing data for supervised learning | Image identification |
- Citation: Goja S, Yadav SK. Artificial intelligence in liver transplantation: Opportunities and challenges. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(11): 112058
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/full/v17/i11/112058.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v17.i11.112058