regularization

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English regular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English regularization From regular + -ization.

1. The act of making regular, of regularizing.

   “The history of the regularization of rivers, both in Russia and in Western Europe, hardly shows us anything but failures.”

2. a process that simplifies results, often used to obtain results for ill-posed problems or to prevent overfitting.

   “A large regularization parameter may over-smoothen the solution, while a small regularization parameter may lose the ability to stabilize the solution.”