Python Machine Learning Cookbook oleh Prateek Joshi

Key FeaturesUnderstand which algorithms to use in a given context with the help of this exciting recipe-based guideLearn about perceptrons and see how they are used to build neural networksStuck while making sense of images, text, speech, and real estate? This guide will come to your rescue, showing you how to perform machine learning for each one of these using various techniquesBook DescriptionMachine learning is becoming increasingly pervasive in the modern data-driven world. It is used extensively across many fields such as search engines, robotics, self-driving cars, and more.With this book, you will learn how to perform various machine learning tasks in different environments. Well start by exploring a range of real-life scenarios where machine learning can be used, and look at various building blocks. Throughout the book, youll use a wide variety of machine learning algorithms to solve real-world problems and use Python to implement these algorithms.Youll discover how to deal with various types of data and explore the differences between machine learning paradigms such as supervised and unsupervised learning. We also cover a range of regression techniques, classification algorithms, predictive modeling, data visualization techniques, recommendation engines, and more with the help of real-world examples.What you will learnExplore classification algorithms and apply them to the income bracket estimation problemUse predictive modeling and apply it to real-world problemsUnderstand how to perform market segmentation using unsupervised learningExplore data visualization techniques to interact with your data in diverse waysFind out how to build a recommendation engineUnderstand how to interact with text data and build models to analyze itWork with speech data and recognize spoken words using Hidden Markov ModelsAnalyze stock market data using Conditional Random FieldsWork with image data and build systems for image recognition and biometric face recognitionGrasp how to use deep neural networks to build an optical character recognition systemAbout the AuthorPrateek Joshi is an Artificial Intelligence researcher and a published author. He has over eight years of experience in this field with a primary focus on content-based analysis and deep learning. He has written two books on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. His work in this field has resulted in multiple patents, tech demos, and research papers at major IEEE conferences.People from all over the world visit his blog, and he has received more than a million page views from over 200 countries. He has been featured as a guest author in prominent tech magazines. He enjoys blogging about topics, such as Artificial Intelligence, Python programming, abstract mathematics, and cryptography. You can visit his blog at www.prateekvjoshi.com.He has won many hackathons utilizing a wide variety of technologies. He is an avid coder who is passionate about building game-changing products. He graduated from University of Southern California, and he has worked at companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft Research, Qualcomm, and a couple of early stage start-ups in Silicon Valley. You can learn more about him on his personal website at www.prateekj.com.Table of ContentsThe Realm of Supervised LearningConstructing a ClassifierPredictive ModelingClustering with Unsupervised LearningBuilding Recommendation EnginesAnalyzing Text DataSpeech RecognitionDissecting Time Series and Sequential DataImage Content AnalysisBiometric Face RecognitionDeep Neural NetworksVisualizing Data