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Hyperparameter Tuning with Python

By : Louis Owen
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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 MLflow

MLflow can be utilized to manage the whole end-to-end ML pipeline. It is available in Python, R, Java, and via the REST API. The primary functions of MLflow include experiment tracking, ML code packaging, ML model deployment management, and centralized model storing and versioning. In this section, we will learn how to utilize this package to track our hyperparameter tuning experiments. Installing MLflow is very easy; you can just use the pip install mlflow command.

To track our hyperparameter tuning experiments with MLflow, we simply need to add several logging functions to our code base. Once we’ve added the required logging function, we can go to the provided UI by simply entering the mlflow ui command in the command line and opening it at http://localhost:5000. Many logging functions are provided by MLflow, and the following are some of the main important logging functions you need to be aware of. Please see the full example c

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