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Scala Machine Learning Projects

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Scala Machine Learning Projects

Overview of this book

Machine learning has had a huge impact on academia and industry by turning data into actionable information. Scala has seen a steady rise in adoption over the past few years, especially in the fields of data science and analytics. This book is for data scientists, data engineers, and deep learning enthusiasts who have a background in complex numerical computing and want to know more hands-on machine learning application development. If you're well versed in machine learning concepts and want to expand your knowledge by delving into the practical implementation of these concepts using the power of Scala, then this book is what you need! Through 11 end-to-end projects, you will be acquainted with popular machine learning libraries such as Spark ML, H2O, DeepLearning4j, and MXNet. At the end, you will be able to use numerical computing and functional programming to carry out complex numerical tasks to develop, build, and deploy research or commercial projects in a production-ready environment.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we have seen how to develop a predictive model for analyzing insurance severity claims using some of the most widely used regression algorithms. We started with simple LR. Then we saw how we can improve performance using a GBT regressor. Then we experienced improved performance using ensemble techniques, such as the Random Forest regressor. Finally, we looked at performance comparative analysis between these models and chose the best model to deploy for production-ready environment.

In the next chapter, we will look at a new end-to-end project called Analyzing and Predicting Telecommunication Churn. Churn prediction is essential for businesses as it helps you detect customers who are likely to cancel a subscription, product, or service. It also minimizes customer defection. It does so by predicting which customers are more likely to cancel a subscription to a service.