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Programming Machine Learning
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Programming Machine Learning

by Paolo Perrotta
March 2020
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
342 pages
8h 38m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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The Math Behind the Magic

To understand the relation between a piece of data and its label, a supervised learning system exploits a mathematical concept—the idea of approximating a function. Let’s see how that idea works, with a concrete example.

Imagine that you have a solar panel on your roof. You’d like a supervised learning system that learns how the solar panel generates energy, and predicts the amount of energy generated at some time in the future.

There are a few variables that impact the solar panel’s output: the time of day, the weather, and so on. The time of day looks like an important variable, so you decide to focus on that one. In true supervised learning fashion, you start by collecting examples of power generated at different ...

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