The functions range from simple transformations to those for more complex techniques like regular expressions and machine-learning algorithms.

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The company uses machine-learning algorithms to suggest apps with the highest potential relevance to users up to an exact percentage.

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The learning algorithms will allow the butler to arrange meetings without the need to consult constantly with the user to establish their requirements.

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AgilOne is a cloud-based analytics company whose mission is to help other companies get more value out of their customers and their marketing spend through the use of machine learning algorithms.

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Professor Stephen Cox, head of the speech processing laboratory at the University of East Anglia and scientific adviser to the project, said the technology was made possible due to advances in machine-learning algorithms.

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The company claims that its learning algorithms can be used to process data for a wide variety of applications, from predicting the effectiveness of sales promotions to fraud detection to molecular modeling to astronomy.

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Munjal Shah, a Google product manager, said the company worked with about 100 fashion taste-makers such as celebrities, stylists, and designers to pick out clothing they like and teach Google's machine-learning algorithms about their style and tastes.

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Google's algorithms have been learning what people find beautiful in a photograph and uses that information to identify shots that are aesthetically pleasing.

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In most cases, the systems involve customized algorithms based on machine-learning methods.

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