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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)
1
Section 1:The Methods
8
Section 2:The Implementation
13
Section 3:Putting Things into Practice

Exploring Neptune

Neptune is a Python (and R) package that acts as a metadata store for MLOps. This package supports a lot of features for working with the model-building metadata. We can utilize Neptune for tracking our experiments, not only hyperparameter tuning experiments but also other model-building-related experiments. We can log, visualize, organize, and manage our experiments just by using a single package. Furthermore, it also supports model registry and live monitors our ML jobs.

Installing Neptune is very easy – you can just use pip install neptune-client or conda install -c conda-forge neptune-client. Once it has been installed, you need to sign up for an account to get the API token. Neptune is free for an individual plan within the quota limit, but you need to pay if you want to utilize Neptune for commercial team usage. Further information about registering yourself for Neptune can be found on their official website: https://neptune.ai/register.

Using Neptune...