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scikit-learn Cookbook , Second Edition

You're reading from   scikit-learn Cookbook , Second Edition Over 80 recipes for machine learning in Python with scikit-learn

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787286382
Length 374 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Trent Hauck Trent Hauck
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Julian Avila Julian Avila
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. High-Performance Machine Learning – NumPy FREE CHAPTER 2. Pre-Model Workflow and Pre-Processing 3. Dimensionality Reduction 4. Linear Models with scikit-learn 5. Linear Models – Logistic Regression 6. Building Models with Distance Metrics 7. Cross-Validation and Post-Model Workflow 8. Support Vector Machines 9. Tree Algorithms and Ensembles 10. Text and Multiclass Classification with scikit-learn 11. Neural Networks 12. Create a Simple Estimator

Classification metrics

Earlier in the chapter, we explored choosing the best of a few nearest neighbors instances based on the number of neighbors, n_neighbors, parameter. This is the main parameter in nearest neighbors classification: classify a point based on the label of KNN. So, for 3-nearest neighbors, classify a point based on the label of the three nearest points. Take a majority vote of the three nearest points.

The classification metric in this case was the internal metric accuracy_score, which is defined as the number of classifications that were correct divided by the total number of classifications. There are alternate metrics, and we will explore them here.

Getting ready

  1. To start, load the Pima diabetes dataset...
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