To get the most out of this book

This book assumes you know Python and how to install a library using easy_install or pip. We do not rely on any advanced mathematics, such as calculus or matrix algebra.
We are using the following versions throughout the book, but you should be fine with any more recent ones:

• Python 3.5
• NumPy 1.13.3
• SciPy 1.0.0
• scikit-learn latest version
  

All examples are available as Jupyter notebooks in our code bundle (https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Building-Machine-Learning-Systems-with-Python-Third-edition).

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "If you don't have Jupyter already, simply install it with pip install jupyter and then run it with Jupyter Notebook."

A block of code is set as follows:

from sklearn.datasets import load_boston 
boston = load_boston()

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

>>> import numpy
>>> numpy.version.full_version 
1.13.3

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "We select Launch Instance, which leads to the following screen, asking us to select the operating system to use."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.