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Practical Automated Machine Learning Using H2O.ai

By : Salil Ajgaonkar
Book Image

Practical Automated Machine Learning Using H2O.ai

By: Salil Ajgaonkar

Overview of this book

With the huge amount of data being generated over the internet and the benefits that Machine Learning (ML) predictions bring to businesses, ML implementation has become a low-hanging fruit that everyone is striving for. The complex mathematics behind it, however, can be discouraging for a lot of users. This is where H2O comes in – it automates various repetitive steps, and this encapsulation helps developers focus on results rather than handling complexities. You’ll begin by understanding how H2O’s AutoML simplifies the implementation of ML by providing a simple, easy-to-use interface to train and use ML models. Next, you’ll see how AutoML automates the entire process of training multiple models, optimizing their hyperparameters, as well as explaining their performance. As you advance, you’ll find out how to leverage a Plain Old Java Object (POJO) and Model Object, Optimized (MOJO) to deploy your models to production. Throughout this book, you’ll take a hands-on approach to implementation using H2O that’ll enable you to set up your ML systems in no time. By the end of this H2O book, you’ll be able to train and use your ML models using H2O AutoML, right from experimentation all the way to production without a single need to understand complex statistics or data science.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1 H2O AutoML Basics
4
Part 2 H2O AutoML Deep Dive
10
Part 3 H2O AutoML Advanced Implementation and Productization

To get the most out of this book

Basic knowledge of statistics and programming is beneficial. Some understanding of ML and Python will be helpful. You will need Python installed on your computer, preferably with version 3.7 or above, or R installed on your computer with version 4.0 or above. All code examples have been tested using Python 3.10 and R 4.1.2 on Windows 10 OS and Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. However, they should work with future version releases too.

Software/hardware covered in the book

Operating system requirements

Python 3.10

Windows, macOS, or Linux

R 4.1.2

H2O 3.36.1.4

Java 11

Spark 3.2

Scala 2.13

Maven 3.8.6

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.