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Applied Supervised Learning with R

You're reading from Applied Supervised Learning with R Use machine learning libraries of R to build models that solve business problems and predict future trends

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781838556334

Length 502 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

R

Concepts

Machine Learning

Authors (2):

Jojo Moolayil

Karthik Ramasubramanian

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Applied Supervised Learning with R

Preface

1. R for Advanced Analytics FREE CHAPTER

2. Exploratory Analysis of Data

3. Introduction to Supervised Learning

4. Regression

5. Classification

6. Feature Selection and Dimensionality Reduction

7. Model Improvements

8. Model Deployment

9. Capstone Project - Based on Research Papers

Appendix

Improving the Model

So far, we have seen the problems in the data, but you may ask whether you can fix or improve it. Let's discuss some ways to do that. In this section, you will learn some of the ways, such as variable transformation, dealing with outlier points, adding interaction effect and deciding to go with a non-linear model.

Transform the Predictor or Target Variable

The most common way to improve the model is to transform one or more variables (could also be the target variable) using a log function.

Log transformation corrects the skewed distribution. It gives the ability to handle the skewness in the data and at the same time the original value could be easily computed once the model is built. The most popular log transformation is natural log. A more detailed explanation for log transformation could be found in the section Log Transformation of Chapter 6, Feature Selection and Dimensionality Reduction.

The objective is to bring the normal distribution in the data by transforming...

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Authors (2)

Karthik Ramasubramanian

Karthik Ramasubramanian

Karthik Ramasubramanian completed his M.Sc. in Theoretical Computer Science at PSG College of Technology, India, where he pioneered the application of machine learning, data mining, and fuzzy logic in his research work on computer and network security. He has over seven years' experience of leading data science and business analytics in retail, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, e-commerce, information technology, and the hospitality industry for multinational companies and unicorn start-ups. He is a researcher and a problem solver with diverse experience of the data science life cycle, starting from data problem discovery to creating data science proof of concepts and products for various industry use cases. In his leadership roles, Karthik has been instrumental in solving many ROI-driven business problems via data science solutions. He has mentored and trained hundreds of professionals and students globally in data science through various online platforms and university engagement programs. He has also developed intelligent chatbots based on deep learning models that understand human-like interactions, customer segmentation models, recommendation systems, and many natural language processing models. He is an author of the book Machine Learning Using R, published by Apress, a publishing house of Springer Business+Science Media. The book was a big success with more than 50,000 online downloads and hardcover sales. The book was subsequently published as a second edition with extended chapters on Deep Learning and Time Series Modeling.

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Jojo Moolayil

Jojo Moolayil

Jojo Moolayil is an artiﬁcial intelligence, deep learning, machine learning, and decision science professional with over six years of industrial experience. He is the author of Learn Keras for Deep Neural Networks, published by Apress, and Smarter Decisions – The Intersection of IoT and Decision Science, published by Packt Publishing. He has worked with several industry leaders on high-impact, critical data science and machine learning projects across multiple verticals. He is currently associated with Amazon Web Services as a research scientist in Canada. Apart from writing books on AI, decision science, and the internet of things, Jojo has been a technical reviewer for various books in the same ﬁelds published by Apress and Packt Publishing.

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