What is Machine Learning?

Turkish: Makine Öğrenimi

Machine learning trains models on data patterns so software can make predictions, classifications, or decisions on new examples.

What is Machine Learning?

Machine learning lets software produce results from patterns in data instead of relying only on rules written by developers. A model learns from historical examples and then makes predictions, classifications, rankings, or anomaly detections on data it has not seen before.

How Does It Work?

The typical workflow includes data collection, cleaning, feature engineering, model training, validation, and production inference. For example, a return-risk model might use previous orders, customer behavior, product category, and payment signals as inputs. The output may become a risk score for an operations team rather than an automatic final decision.

Main Types

  • Supervised learning: Learns classification or regression from labeled examples.
  • Unsupervised learning: Finds groups, patterns, or outliers in unlabeled data.
  • Reinforcement learning: Learns decision strategies through rewards and feedback.

Deep learning is a machine learning approach based on neural networks and large datasets. Artificial intelligence is the broader field around these capabilities.

Business Use

Machine learning is used for demand forecasting, recommendation systems, fraud detection, customer segmentation, document classification, and predictive maintenance. Good results depend on data quality, a measurable target, and a monitoring plan after the model reaches production.