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Machine Learning Automation with TPOT

By : Dario Radečić
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Machine Learning Automation with TPOT

By: Dario Radečić

Overview of this book

The automation of machine learning tasks allows developers more time to focus on the usability and reactivity of the software powered by machine learning models. TPOT is a Python automated machine learning tool used for optimizing machine learning pipelines using genetic programming. Automating machine learning with TPOT enables individuals and companies to develop production-ready machine learning models cheaper and faster than with traditional methods. With this practical guide to AutoML, developers working with Python on machine learning tasks will be able to put their knowledge to work and become productive quickly. You'll adopt a hands-on approach to learning the implementation of AutoML and associated methodologies. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book will show you how to build automated classification and regression models and compare their performance to custom-built models. As you advance, you'll also develop state-of-the-art models using only a couple of lines of code and see how those models outperform all of your previous models on the same datasets. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the confidence to implement AutoML techniques in your organization on a production level.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Section 1: Introducing Machine Learning and the Idea of Automation
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Section 2: TPOT – Practical Classification and Regression
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Section 3: Advanced Examples and Neural Networks in TPOT

Chapter 6: Getting Started with Deep Learning: Crash Course in Neural Networks

In this chapter, you'll learn the basics of deep learning and artificial neural networks. You'll discover the basic idea and theory behind these topics and how to train simple neural network models with Python. The chapter will serve as an excellent primer for the upcoming chapters, where the ideas of pipeline optimization and neural networks are combined.

We'll cover the essential topics and ideas behind deep learning, why it has gained popularity in the last few years, and the cases in which neural networks work better than traditional machine learning algorithms. You'll also get hands-on experience in coding your own neural networks, both from scratch and through pre-made libraries.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • An overview of deep learning
  • Introducing artificial neural networks
  • Using neural networks to classify handwritten digits
  • Comparing...