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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)

Evaluating cars based on their characteristics

In this recipe, let's see how we can apply classification techniques to a real-world problem. We will use a dataset that contains some details about cars, such as number of doors, boot space, maintenance costs, and so on. Our goal is to determine the quality of the car. For the purposes of classification, quality can take four values: unacceptable, acceptable, good, or very good.

Getting ready

You can download the dataset at https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Car+Evaluation.

You need to treat each value in the dataset as a string. We consider six attributes in the dataset. Here are the attributes along with the possible values they can take:

  • buying: These will be vhigh...