Supervised Machine Learning with Python
Supervisedmachinelearningisusedinawiderangeofsectors(suchasfinance,onlineadvertising,andanalytics)becauseitallowsyoutotrainyoursystemtomakepricingpredictions,campaignadjustments,customerrecommendations,andmuchmorewhilethesystemself-adjustsandmakesdecisionsonitsown.Asaresult,it'scrucialtoknowhowamachine"learns"underthehood.Thisbookwillguideyouthroughtheimplementationandnuancesofmanypopularsupervisedmachinelearningalgorithmswhilefacilitatingadeepunderstandingalongtheway.You’llembarkonthisjourneywithaquickoverviewandseehowsupervisedmachinelearningdiffersfromunsupervisedlearning.Next,weexploreparametricmodelssuchaslinearandlogisticregression,non-parametricmethodssuchasdecisiontrees,andvariousclusteringtechniquestofacilitatedecision-makingandpredictions.Asweproceed,you'llworkhands-onwithrecommendersystems,whicharewidelyusedbyonlinecompaniestoincreaseuserinteractionandenrichshoppingpotential.Finally,you’llwrapupwithabriefforayintoneuralnetworksandtransferlearning.Bytheendofthisbook,you’llbeequippedwithhands-ontechniquesandwillhavegainedthepracticalknow-howyouneedtoquicklyandpowerfullyapplyalgorithmstonewproblems.
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