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Python Machine Learning Cookbook

Python Machine Learning Cookbook

By : Prateek Joshi, Vahid Mirjalili
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Python Machine Learning Cookbook

Python Machine Learning Cookbook

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By: Prateek Joshi, Vahid Mirjalili

Overview of this book

Machine learning is becoming increasingly pervasive in the modern data-driven world. It is used extensively across many fields such as search engines, robotics, self-driving cars, and more. With this book, you will learn how to perform various machine learning tasks in different environments. We’ll start by exploring a range of real-life scenarios where machine learning can be used, and look at various building blocks. Throughout the book, you’ll use a wide variety of machine learning algorithms to solve real-world problems and use Python to implement these algorithms. You’ll discover how to deal with various types of data and explore the differences between machine learning paradigms such as supervised and unsupervised learning. We also cover a range of regression techniques, classification algorithms, predictive modeling, data visualization techniques, recommendation engines, and more with the help of real-world examples.
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Identifying the gender


Identifying the gender of a name is an interesting task in NLP. We will use the heuristic that the last few characters in a name is its defining characteristic. For example, if the name ends with "la", it's most likely a female name, such as "Angela" or "Layla". On the other hand, if the name ends with "im", it's most likely a male name, such as "Tim" or "Jim". As we are sure of the exact number of characters to use, we will experiment with this. Let's see how to do it.

How to do it…

  1. Create a new Python file, and import the following packages:

    import random
    from nltk.corpus import names
    from nltk import NaiveBayesClassifier
    from nltk.classify import accuracy as nltk_accuracy
  2. We need to define a function to extract features from input words:

    # Extract features from the input word
    def gender_features(word, num_letters=2):
        return {'feature': word[-num_letters:].lower()}
  3. Let's define the main function. We need some labeled training data:

    if __name__=='__main__':
        # Extract...
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