Modern Deep Learning for Tabular Data: Novel Approaches to Common Modeling Problems

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A. Ye, Z. WangModern Deep Learning for Tabular Datahttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8692-0_3

3. Neural Networks and Tabular Data

Andre Ye¹   and Zian Wang²

(1)

Seattle, WA, USA

(2)

Redmond, WA, USA

 

The foundation of all technology is fire.

—Isaac Asimov, Writer and Professor at Boston University

Deep learning methods operate on entirely different concepts than classical machine learning algorithms introduced earlier. Neural networks are the core and foundation of deep learning and address many of the weaknesses of classical machine learning discussed toward the end of Chapter 1. This chapter introduces you to the core theory and mathematics of deep learning, ...