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Applied Supervised Learning with Python

You're reading from   Applied Supervised Learning with Python Use scikit-learn to build predictive models from real-world datasets and prepare yourself for the future of machine learning

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789954920
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ishita Mathur Ishita Mathur
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Benjamin Johnston Benjamin Johnston
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Chapter 5. Ensemble Modeling

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Learning Objectives

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

  • Explain the concepts of bias and variance and how they lead to underfitting and overfitting

  • Explain the concepts behind bootstrapping

  • Implement a bagging classifier using decision trees

  • Implement adaptive boosting and gradient boosting models

  • Implement a stacked ensemble using a number of classifiers

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This chapter covers bias and variance, and underfitting and overfitting, and then introduces ensemble modeling.

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