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Practical Machine Learning with R

You're reading from   Practical Machine Learning with R Define, build, and evaluate machine learning models for real-world applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838550134
Length 416 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Brindha Priyadarshini Jeyaraman Brindha Priyadarshini Jeyaraman
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Ludvig Renbo Olsen Ludvig Renbo Olsen
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Monicah Wambugu Monicah Wambugu
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Table of Contents (8) Chapters Close

About the Book 1. An Introduction to Machine Learning FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Cleaning and Pre-processing 3. Feature Engineering 4. Introduction to neuralnet and Evaluation Methods 5. Linear and Logistic Regression Models 6. Unsupervised Learning 1. Appendix

An Introduction to Machine Learning

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Explain the concept of machine learning.
  • Outline the process involved in building models in machine learning.
  • Identify the various algorithms available in machine learning.
  • Identify the applications of machine learning.
  • Use the R command to load R packages.
  • Perform exploratory data analysis and visualize the datasets.

This chapter explains the concept of machine learning and the series of steps involved in analyzing the data to prepare it for building a machine learning model.

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Practical Machine Learning with R
Published in: Aug 2019
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781838550134
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