November 2019
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
7h 52m
English
A regression model is a machine learning model that estimates the target value using information from a set of given variables. The purpose of the model is to describe the relationship between explanatory variables and the target value as a statistical model.
As an example, let's assume we want to construct a linear model with only one explanatory variable. In the following example, x is a variable and y is the target value to be predicted. The samples we obtained for training are represented as gray dots in the following graph:

Our goal is to construct a line that fits the sample dataset as much as possible. The ...
Read now
Unlock full access