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Chapter 11. Deploying a model into production

This chapter covers

• Building a machine learning model to use in production
• Understanding what APIs are and how they’re helpful
• Deploying a machine learning model

This chapter is written to cover the essential concepts of the job of a machine learning engineer—a person who creates machine learning models and deploys them for the business to use. If your work instead involves creating analyses and reports, it’s easy to be scared of this material. Don’t be! The gap between decision scientist and machine learning engineer is smaller than it seems, and this chapter will be a helpful introduction to ...