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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 is hyperparameter tuning?

Hyperparameter tuning is a process whereby we search for the best set of hyperparameters of an ML model from all of the candidate sets. It is the process of optimizing the technical metrics we care about. The goal of hyperparameter tuning is simply to get the maximum evaluation score on the validation set without causing an overfitting issue.

Hyperparameter tuning is one of the model-centric approaches to optimizing a model's performance. In practice, it is suggested to prioritize data-centric approaches over a model-centric approach when it comes to optimizing a model's performance. Data-centric means that we are focusing on cleaning, sampling, augmenting, or modifying the data, while model-centric means that we are focusing on the model and its configuration.

To understand why data-centric is prioritized over model-centric, let's say you are a cook in a restaurant. When it comes to cooking, no matter how expensive and fancy your...