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by mtb2718 2828 days ago
Misleading right off the bat. “Linear” and “parametric” are orthogonal concepts. A parametric model can be linear or non-linear (I.e you can fit the parameters of a model f(x) = A * sin(w*x)). A non-parametric model can also be a linear combination of examples, or not.