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Java: Data Science Made Easy

By : Richard M. Reese, Jennifer L. Reese, Alexey Grigorev
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Java: Data Science Made Easy

By: Richard M. Reese, Jennifer L. Reese, Alexey Grigorev

Overview of this book

Data science is concerned with extracting knowledge and insights from a wide variety of data sources to analyse patterns or predict future behaviour. It draws from a wide array of disciplines including statistics, computer science, mathematics, machine learning, and data mining. In this course, we cover the basic as well as advanced data science concepts and how they are implemented using the popular Java tools and libraries.The course starts with an introduction of data science, followed by the basic data science tasks of data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, and data visualization. This is followed by a discussion of statistical techniques and more advanced topics including machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning. You will examine the major categories of data analysis including text, visual, and audio data, followed by a discussion of resources that support parallel implementation. Throughout this course, the chapters will illustrate a challenging data science problem, and then go on to present a comprehensive, Java-based solution to tackle that problem. You will cover a wide range of topics – from classification and regression, to dimensionality reduction and clustering, deep learning and working with Big Data. Finally, you will see the different ways to deploy the model and evaluate it in production settings. By the end of this course, you will be up and running with various facets of data science using Java, in no time at all. This course contains premium content from two of our recently published popular titles: - Java for Data Science - Mastering Java for Data Science
Table of Contents (29 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Module 1
15
Module 2
26
Bibliography

Chapter 7. Machine Learning

Machine learning is a broad topic with many different supporting algorithms. It is generally concerned with developing techniques that allow applications to learn without having to be explicitly programmed to solve a problem. Typically, a model is built to solve a class of problems and then is trained using sample data from the problem domain. In this chapter, we will address a few of the more common problems and models used in data science.

Many of these techniques use training data to teach a model. The data consists of various representative elements of the problem space. Once the model has been trained, it is tested and evaluated using testing data. The model is then used with input data to make predictions.

For example, the purchases made by customers of a store can be used to train a model. Subsequently, predictions can be made about customers with similar characteristics. Due to the ability to predict customer behavior, it is possible to offer special deals...