Chapter 9: Basics of Machine Learning
The machine learning (ML) field is growing bigger every day, with tons of research being done, and various types of smart/intelligent applications being built with ML algorithms. The field is gaining more interest and more people are fascinated to know how it works and how to make use of it.
In this chapter, we will try to get a basic understanding of ML why and how it works, and also see various forms of its application to real-life situations.
In this chapter, we'll look at the following topics to understand the basics of ML:
- Introduction to machine learning
- Why machine learning works
- Machine learning problems/tasks
- Machine learning in JavaScript
- Applications of machine learning
- Resources to understand machine learning in depth