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Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning

You're reading from   Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning Perform data mining and machine learning efficiently using Python and Spark

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280748
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Statistics and Probability Refresher, and Python Practice 3. Matplotlib and Advanced Probability Concepts 4. Predictive Models 5. Machine Learning with Python 6. Recommender Systems 7. More Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques 8. Dealing with Real-World Data 9. Apache Spark - Machine Learning on Big Data 10. Testing and Experimental Design

Summary

In this chapter, we saw some interesting machine learning techniques. We covered one of the fundamental concepts behind machine learning called train/test. We saw how to use train/test to try to find the right degree polynomial to fit a given set of data. We then analyzed the difference between supervised and unsupervised machine learning.

We saw how to implement a spam classifier and enable it to determine whether an email is spam or not using the Naive Bayes technique. We talked about k-means clustering, an unsupervised learning technique, which helps group data into clusters. We also looked at an example using scikit-learn which clustered people based on their income and age.

We then went on to look at the concept of entropy and how to measure it. We walked through the concept of decision trees and how, given a set of training data, you can actually get Python to generate...

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