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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2019
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ISBN-13 9781838556334
Length 502 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jojo Moolayil Jojo Moolayil
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Karthik Ramasubramanian Karthik Ramasubramanian
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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

Introduction


In the previous chapter, we understood linear regression models and the linear relationship between an input variable (independent variable) and a target variable (dependent variable or explanatory variable). If one variable is used as an independent variable, it is defined as simple linear regression. If more than one explanatory (independent) variable is used, it's called multiple linear regression.

Regression algorithms and problems are based on predicting a numeric target variable (often called dependent), given all the input variables (often called independent variables), for example, predicting a house price based on location, area, proximity to a shopping mall, and many other factors. Many of the concepts of regression are derived from statistics.

The entire field of machine learning is now a right balance of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. In this chapter, we will use regression techniques to understand how to establish a relationship between input(s) and...

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