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Applied Deep Learning with Python

You're reading from   Applied Deep Learning with Python Use scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and Keras to create intelligent systems and machine learning solutions

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Published in Aug 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789804744
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preparing to Train a Predictive Model

Here, we will cover the preparation required to train a predictive model. Although not as technically glamorous as training the models themselves, this step should not be taken lightly. It's very important to ensure you have a good plan before proceeding with the details of building and training a reliable model. Furthermore, once you've decided on the right plan, there are technical steps in preparing the data for modeling that should not be overlooked.

We must be careful not to go so deep into the weeds of technical tasks that we lose sight of the goal. Technical tasks include things that require programming skills, for example, constructing visualizations, querying databases, and validating predictive models. It's easy to spend hours trying to implement a specific feature or get the plots looking just right. Doing this sort...
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