When a model performs well on the training data but poorly in production, it is often due to overfitting. Overfitting occurs when a model learns patterns and noise specific to the training data, which does not generalize well to new, unseen data in production. Increasing the volume of data used in training can help mitigate this problem by providing a more diverse and representative dataset, which helps the model generalize better.

Option C (Correct): " Increase the volume of data that is used in training " : Increasing the data volume can help the model learn more generalized patterns rather than specific features of the training dataset, reducing overfitting and improving performance in production.

Option A: " Reduce the volume of data that is used in training " is incorrect, as reducing data volume would likely worsen the overfitting problem.

Option B: " Add hyperparameters to the model " is incorrect because adding hyperparameters alone does not address the issue of data diversity or model generalization.

Option D: " Increase the model training time " is incorrect because simply increasing training time does not prevent overfitting; the model needs more diverse data.

AWS AI Practitioner References:

Best Practices for Model Training on AWS: AWS recommends using a larger and more diverse training dataset to improve a model ' s generalization capability and reduce the risk of overfitting.