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Estimator

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TL;DR. A deprecated TensorFlow API for building and training machine learning models.

Technical Definition

A deprecated TensorFlow API for building and training machine learning models.

How it works

Estimator was an API in TensorFlow used to simplify the process of defining, training, and evaluating machine learning models. However, it has been deprecated in favor of the more flexible and user-friendly tf.keras API.

Related Concepts

  • API — An application programming interface — the contract by which software components communicate.

Further Reading

  • Google ML Glossary