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Scala for Machine Learning, Second Edition

You're reading from   Scala for Machine Learning, Second Edition Build systems for data processing, machine learning, and deep learning

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787122383
Length 740 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Patrick R. Nicolas Patrick R. Nicolas
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Pipelines 3. Data Preprocessing 4. Unsupervised Learning 5. Dimension Reduction 6. Naïve Bayes Classifiers 7. Sequential Data Models 8. Monte Carlo Inference 9. Regression and Regularization 10. Multilayer Perceptron 11. Deep Learning 12. Kernel Models and SVM 13. Evolutionary Computing 14. Multiarmed Bandits 15. Reinforcement Learning 16. Parallelism in Scala and Akka 17. Apache Spark MLlib A. Basic Concepts B. References Index

Finances 101

The exercises presented throughout the book are related to historical financial data and require the reader to have some basic understanding of financial markets and reports.

Fundamental analysis

Fundamental analysis is a set of techniques to evaluate a security (stock, bond, currency, or commodity) that entails attempting to measure its intrinsic value by examining related to both macro and micro financial and economy reports. Fundamental analysis is usually applied to estimate the optimal price of a stock using a variety of financial ratios.

Numerous financial metrics are used throughout the book. Here are the definitions of the most commonly used metrics [A:16]:

  • Earnings per share (EPS): This is the ratio of net earnings over number of outstanding shares.
  • Price/Earnings Ratio (PE): This is the ratio of market price per share over earnings per share.
  • Price/Sales Ratio (PS): This is the ratio of market price per share over gross sales (or revenue).
  • Price/Book Value Ratio (PB): This...
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