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interestingness

interestingness

9.1
A number that shows how surprising or useful a pattern found in data is
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntrəˈstɪŋnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : interesante
  • In data mining, an interestingness score helps analysts identify the most relevant patterns from massive datasets.

Examples

  • The technique makes use of an "interestingness metric" to decide which of a large number of possible points to display at a particular time.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Higher interestingness values indicate more surprising discoveries during the analysis of user behavior.

  • The researcher used an interestingness measure to determine the effectiveness of the new algorithm.

Synonyms

salience
vsinterestingness
2 7.5

A quality that is easy to notice and more important than other things

is a numeric algorithmic score of surprise usefulness or relevance
topicality
vsinterestingness
1 7.4

How much something is about things people care about now

is an algorithmic value judging surprise or lasting usefulness rather than currentness

Surface Forms

interestingness singular
interestingnesses plural

Morphology

interestingness = interesting (semi-transparent) = interest + ing + ness

Formally derived from 'interesting', but in this technical sense it denotes a measured property (a metric), which is a domain-specific extension not inferable from the everyday adjective alone.

Etymology

The technical use of interestingness in data work follows the same idea: it comes from interest ('to attract attention') and -ness ('a quality'), so think of it as an 'interest score' that measures how surprising, useful, or relevant a pattern is. That's why researchers give patterns an 'interestingness' number to show which ones deserve more study.