Numerical Python: Scientific Computing and Data Science Applications with Numpy, SciPy and Matplotlib

© Robert Johansson 2019

Robert JohanssonNumerical Python https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4246-9_15

15. Machine Learning

Robert Johansson¹ 

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Urayasu-shi, Chiba, Japan

 

In this chapter we explore machine learning. This topic is closely related to statistical modeling, which we considered in Chapter 14, in the sense that both deal with using data to describe and predict outcomes of uncertain or unknown processes. However, while statistical modeling emphasizes the model used in the analysis, machine learning sidesteps the model part and focuses on algorithms that can be trained to predict the outcome of new observations. In other words, the approach taken in statistical modeling emphasizes understanding how the data is generated, by devising models ...