A machine learning method that aims to discover a relationship between the predictor and the response values, such as exists in a QSAR or recursive partitioning model.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 239. 'Glossary of terms used in computational drug design, part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 257 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2012-1204)