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Machine Learning with R

You're reading from   Machine Learning with R Learn techniques for building and improving machine learning models, from data preparation to model tuning, evaluation, and working with big data

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801071321
Length 762 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Preface 1. Introducing Machine Learning 2. Managing and Understanding Data FREE CHAPTER 3. Lazy Learning – Classification Using Nearest Neighbors 4. Probabilistic Learning – Classification Using Naive Bayes 5. Divide and Conquer – Classification Using Decision Trees and Rules 6. Forecasting Numeric Data – Regression Methods 7. Black-Box Methods – Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines 8. Finding Patterns – Market Basket Analysis Using Association Rules 9. Finding Groups of Data – Clustering with k-means 10. Evaluating Model Performance 11. Being Successful with Machine Learning 12. Advanced Data Preparation 13. Challenging Data – Too Much, Too Little, Too Complex 14. Building Better Learners 15. Making Use of Big Data 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
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Mathematical relationships help us to make sense of many aspects of everyday life. For example, body weight is a function of one's calorie intake; income is often related to education and job experience; and poll numbers help to estimate a presidential candidate's odds of being re-elected.

When such patterns are formulated with numbers, we gain additional clarity. For example, an additional 250 kilocalories consumed daily may result in nearly a kilogram of weight gain per month; each year of job experience may be worth an additional $1,000 in yearly salary; and a president is more likely to be re-elected when the economy is strong. Obviously, these equations do not perfectly fit every situation, but we expect that they are reasonably correct most of the time.

This chapter extends our machine learning toolkit by going beyond the classification methods covered previously and introducing techniques for...

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