The illustration provides a basic understanding of how to choose Oracle machine learning functions. The decision for selecting a function is based on what do you want to do with your data. This illustration can be used as a guide in selecting algorithms based on these functions. Oracle supports the following functions:

• Regression - Predict numeric values
• Classification - Predict likely categories
• Clustering - Discover groups
• Attribute Importance - Determine importance attributes
• Feature Extraction - Derive new features
• Association Rules - Identify frequently occurring pattern and rules
• Anomaly Detection - Identify unusual data
• Row Importance - Identify the most influential rows
• Time Series - Forecast sequential data