diff --git a/tikz/bias-variance/Makefile b/tikz/bias-variance/Makefile
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+SOURCE = bias-variance
+DELAY = 80
+DENSITY = 300
+WIDTH = 512
+
+make:
+	pdflatex $(SOURCE).tex -output-format=pdf
+	make clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf  $(TARGET) *.class *.html *.log *.aux *.data *.gnuplot
+
+gif:
+	pdfcrop $(SOURCE).pdf
+	convert -verbose -delay $(DELAY) -loop 0 -density $(DENSITY) $(SOURCE)-crop.pdf $(SOURCE).gif
+	make clean
+
+png:
+	make
+	make svg
+	inkscape $(SOURCE).svg -w $(WIDTH) --export-png=$(SOURCE).png
+
+transparentGif:
+	convert $(SOURCE).pdf -transparent white result.gif
+	make clean
+
+svg:
+	#inkscape $(SOURCE).pdf --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
+	pdf2svg $(SOURCE).pdf $(SOURCE).svg
+	# Necessary, as pdf2svg does not always create valid svgs:
+	inkscape $(SOURCE).svg --export-plain-svg=$(SOURCE).svg
diff --git a/tikz/bias-variance/README.md b/tikz/bias-variance/README.md
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+Compiled example
+----------------
+![Example](x-2-quadratic-function.png)
diff --git a/tikz/bias-variance/bias-variance.tex b/tikz/bias-variance/bias-variance.tex
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+\documentclass[varwidth=true, border=2pt]{standalone}
+
+\usepackage{pgfplots}
+\usepackage{tikz}
+\usetikzlibrary{patterns}
+
+    \tikzset{
+        hatch distance/.store in=\hatchdistance,
+        hatch distance=10pt,
+        hatch thickness/.store in=\hatchthickness,
+        hatch thickness=2pt
+    }
+
+    \makeatletter
+    \pgfdeclarepatternformonly[\hatchdistance,\hatchthickness]{flexible hatch}
+    {\pgfqpoint{0pt}{0pt}}
+    {\pgfqpoint{\hatchdistance}{\hatchdistance}}
+    {\pgfpoint{\hatchdistance-1pt}{\hatchdistance-1pt}}%
+    {
+        \pgfsetcolor{\tikz@pattern@color}
+        \pgfsetlinewidth{\hatchthickness}
+        \pgfpathmoveto{\pgfqpoint{0pt}{0pt}}
+        \pgfpathlineto{\pgfqpoint{\hatchdistance}{\hatchdistance}}
+        \pgfusepath{stroke}
+    }
+
+\begin{document}
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+    \begin{axis}[
+        legend pos=north east,
+        axis x line=middle,
+        axis y line=middle,
+        width=8cm,
+        height=8cm,
+        %grid style={dashed, gray!30},
+        xmin= 0,     % start the diagram at this x-coordinate
+        xmax= 2,    % end   the diagram at this x-coordinate
+        ymin= 0,     % start the diagram at this y-coordinate
+        ymax= 2,   % end   the diagram at this y-coordinate
+        xlabel=error,
+        ylabel=model comlexity,
+        ticks=none,
+        xticklabels={,,},
+        yticklabels={,,},
+        x label style={at={(axis description cs:0.5,-0.05)},
+                       anchor=north},
+        y label style={at={(axis description cs:-0.05,0.5)},
+                       anchor=south,
+                       rotate=90},]
+      % plot it
+      \addplot[domain=-0.29:2,samples=500,very thick] {1/(x+0.3)-0.2};
+      \addplot[domain=0:2, red, very thick,samples=500] {3*(x-2)*x+3.8};
+      \addlegendentry{training error}
+      \addlegendentry{validation}
+    \end{axis} 
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{document}