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End-to-end learning

End-to-end learning is a training approach that jointly learns a complete model or connected pipeline to map inputs to outputs under a shared objective.

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Sutskever's List

End-to-end training is a training approach that learns a complete mapping from raw inputs to outputs without separately engineered intermediate representations.

How it is used
Uses learned mappings from raw inputs to outputs to replace separately engineered intermediate representations.
How deep it goes
Explains the approach conceptually through a landmark result rather than detailing architecture, optimization, or training mechanics.
Examples
Uses AlexNet’s 2012 ImageNet and ILSVRC victory as its central example.
What you can do after
Evaluate why end-to-end neural training became a turning point in computer vision.

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Optimization Algorithms: AI techniques for design, planning, and control problems

A learning approach that trains a model to map inputs directly to desired outputs with minimal separately engineered intermediate stages.

How it is used
Directs machine learning to formulate solutions for combinatorial optimization problems from their input instances.
How deep it goes
Defines direct formulation and contrasts two alternatives, but stops short of detailing training procedures or implementation.
Examples
Uses pointer networks trained and validated on differently sized Euclidean planar symmetric traveling-salesperson instances.
What you can do after
Evaluate direct solution formulation against learned algorithm configuration and repeatedly model-guided optimization.

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