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Interpretable Machine Learning with Python - Second Edition

By : Serg Masís
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Interpretable Machine Learning with Python - Second Edition

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By: Serg Masís

Overview of this book

Interpretable Machine Learning with Python, Second Edition, brings to light the key concepts of interpreting machine learning models by analyzing real-world data, providing you with a wide range of skills and tools to decipher the results of even the most complex models. Build your interpretability toolkit with several use cases, from flight delay prediction to waste classification to COMPAS risk assessment scores. This book is full of useful techniques, introducing them to the right use case. Learn traditional methods, such as feature importance and partial dependence plots to integrated gradients for NLP interpretations and gradient-based attribution methods, such as saliency maps. In addition to the step-by-step code, you’ll get hands-on with tuning models and training data for interpretability by reducing complexity, mitigating bias, placing guardrails, and enhancing reliability. By the end of the book, you’ll be confident in tackling interpretability challenges with black-box models using tabular, language, image, and time series data.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Key Concepts of Interpretability

This book covers many model interpretation methods. Some produce metrics, others create visuals, and some do both; some depict models broadly and others granularly. In this chapter, we will learn about two methods, feature importance and decision regions, as well as the taxonomies used to describe these methods. We will also detail what elements hinder machine learning interpretability as a primer to what lies ahead.

The following are the main topics we are going to cover in this chapter:

  • Learning about interpretation method types and scopes
  • Appreciating what hinders machine learning interpretability

Let’s start with our technical requirements.