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Artificial Intelligence with Python - Second Edition
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Artificial Intelligence with Python - Second Edition

by Alberto Artasanchez, Prateek Joshi
January 2020
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
618 pages
13h 57m
English
Packt Publishing
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6

Predictive Analytics with Ensemble Learning

In this chapter, we will learn about ensemble learning and how to use it for predictive analytics. By the end of this chapter, you will have a better understanding of these topics:

  • Decision trees and decision trees classifiers
  • Learning models with ensemble learning
  • Random forests and extremely random forests
  • Confidence measure estimation of predictions
  • Dealing with class imbalance
  • Finding optimal training parameters using grid search
  • Computing relative feature importance
  • Traffic prediction using the extremely random forests regressor

Let's begin with decision trees. Firstly, what are they?

What are decision trees?

A decision tree is a way to partition a dataset into distinct branches. The branches ...

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