Learning Data Mining with Python - Second Edition

Installing scikit-learn

The scikit-learn package is a machine learning library, written in Python (but also containing code in other languages). It contains numerous algorithms, datasets, utilities, and frameworks for performing machine learning. Scikit-learnis built upon the scientific python stack, including libraries such as the NumPy and SciPy for speed. Scikit-learn is fast and scalable in many instances and useful for all skill ranges from beginners to advanced research users. We will cover more details of scikit-learn in Chapter 2, Classifying with scikit-learn Estimators.

To install scikit-learn, you can use the conda utility that comes with Python 3, which will also install the NumPy and SciPy libraries if you do not already have ...