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Machine Learning for Data Mining
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Machine Learning for Data Mining

by Jesus Salcedo
April 2019
Beginner to intermediate
252 pages
4h 40m
English
Packt Publishing
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Characteristics of machine learning predictive models

Knowing the characteristics of machine learning predictive models will help you understand the advantages and limitations in comparison to any statistical or decision tree models.

Let's get some insights on a few characteristics of predictive models in machine learning:

  • Optimized to learn complex patterns: Machine learning models are designed to be optimized to learn complex patterns. In comparison to statistical models or decision tree models, predictive models greatly excel, when you have very complex patterns in data.
  • Account for interactions and nonlinear relationships: Machine learning predictive models can account for interactions in the data and nonlinear relationships to an even ...
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