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Python Machine Learning Cookbook, - Second Edition

By : Giuseppe Ciaburro, Prateek Joshi
Book Image

Python Machine Learning Cookbook, - Second Edition

By: Giuseppe Ciaburro, Prateek Joshi

Overview of this book

This eagerly anticipated second edition of the popular Python Machine Learning Cookbook will enable you to adopt a fresh approach to dealing with real-world machine learning and deep learning tasks. With the help of over 100 recipes, you will learn to build powerful machine learning applications using modern libraries from the Python ecosystem. The book will also guide you on how to implement various machine learning algorithms for classification, clustering, and recommendation engines, using a recipe-based approach. With emphasis on practical solutions, dedicated sections in the book will help you to apply supervised and unsupervised learning techniques to real-world problems. Toward the concluding chapters, you will get to grips with recipes that teach you advanced techniques including reinforcement learning, deep neural networks, and automated machine learning. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to apply machine learning techniques and leverage the full capabilities of the Python ecosystem through real-world examples.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Implementing optimization algorithms in ANN

So far, we have built several neural networks and obtained satisfactory overall performances. We have evaluated the model's performance using the loss function, which is a mathematical way to measure how wrong our predictions are. To improve the performance of a model based on neural networks, during the training process, weights are modified to try to minimize the loss function and make our predictions as correct as possible. To do this, optimizers are used: they are algorithms that regulate the parameters of the model, updating it in relation to what is returned by the loss function. In practice, optimizers shape the model in its most accurate form possible by overcoming weights: The loss function tells the optimizer when it is moving in the right or wrong direction.

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