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Hyperparameter Tuning with Python

By : Louis Owen
Book Image

Hyperparameter Tuning with Python

By: Louis Owen

Overview of this book

Hyperparameters are an important element in building useful machine learning models. This book curates numerous hyperparameter tuning methods for Python, one of the most popular coding languages for machine learning. Alongside in-depth explanations of how each method works, you will use a decision map that can help you identify the best tuning method for your requirements. You’ll start with an introduction to hyperparameter tuning and understand why it's important. Next, you'll learn the best methods for hyperparameter tuning for a variety of use cases and specific algorithm types. This book will not only cover the usual grid or random search but also other powerful underdog methods. Individual chapters are also dedicated to the three main groups of hyperparameter tuning methods: exhaustive search, heuristic search, Bayesian optimization, and multi-fidelity optimization. Later, you will learn about top frameworks like Scikit, Hyperopt, Optuna, NNI, and DEAP to implement hyperparameter tuning. Finally, you will cover hyperparameters of popular algorithms and best practices that will help you efficiently tune your hyperparameter. By the end of this book, you will have the skills you need to take full control over your machine learning models and get the best models for the best results.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Section 1:The Methods
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Section 2:The Implementation
13
Section 3:Putting Things into Practice

Chapter 9: Hyperparameter Tuning via Optuna

Optuna is a Python package that provides various implementations of hyperparameter tuning methods, including but not limited to Grid Search, Random Search, and Tree-Structured Parzen Estimators (TPE). This package also enables us to create our own hyperparameter tuning method class and integrate it with other popular hyperparameter tuning packages, such as scikit-optimize.

In this chapter, you’ll be introduced to the Optuna package, starting with its numerous features, how to utilize it to perform hyperparameter tuning, and all of the other important things you need to know about Optuna. We’ll not only learn how to utilize Optuna to perform hyperparameter tuning with their default configurations but also discuss the available configurations along with their usage. Moreover, we’ll also discuss how the implementation of the hyperparameter tuning methods is related to the theory that we have learned in previous chapters...