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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

What’s next?

Even though we have discussed a lot of hyperparameter tuning methods and their implementations in various packages, there are several important concepts you may need to know about that have not been discussed in this book. As for the hyperparameter tuning method, you can also read more about the CMA-ES method, which is part of the heuristic search group (https://cma-es.github.io/). You can also read more about the meta-learning concept to further boost the performance of your Bayesian optimization tuning results (https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2018-11-30-meta-learning/). It is also worth noting that we can combine the manual search method with other hyperparameter tuning methods to boost the efficiency of our experiments, especially when we already have prior knowledge about the good range of the hyperparameter values.

As for the packages, you can also learn more about the HpBandSter package, which implements the Hyper Band, BOHB, and random search methods...