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Synthetic Data for Machine Learning

By : Abdulrahman Kerim
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Synthetic Data for Machine Learning

By: Abdulrahman Kerim

Overview of this book

The machine learning (ML) revolution has made our world unimaginable without its products and services. However, training ML models requires vast datasets, which entails a process plagued by high costs, errors, and privacy concerns associated with collecting and annotating real data. Synthetic data emerges as a promising solution to all these challenges. This book is designed to bridge theory and practice of using synthetic data, offering invaluable support for your ML journey. Synthetic Data for Machine Learning empowers you to tackle real data issues, enhance your ML models' performance, and gain a deep understanding of synthetic data generation. You’ll explore the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, gaining practical knowledge with hands-on examples of modern methods, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and diffusion models. Additionally, you’ll uncover the secrets and best practices to harness the full potential of synthetic data. By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered synthetic data and positioned yourself as a market leader, ready for more advanced, cost-effective, and higher-quality data sources, setting you ahead of your peers in the next generation of ML.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1:Real Data Issues, Limitations, and Challenges
5
Part 2:An Overview of Synthetic Data for Machine Learning
8
Part 3:Synthetic Data Generation Approaches
13
Part 4:Case Studies and Best Practices
18
Part 5:Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

Summary

In this chapter, we introduced a novel and powerful method to generate synthetic data – using DMs. We compared DMs to other state-of-the-art generative models, and then, we highlighted the training process of DMs. Furthermore, we discussed the pros and cons of utilizing DMs. Additionally, we learned how to generate and utilize synthetic data in practice. We also examined the main ethical considerations usually raised when deploying DMs for synthetic data generation. You developed a comprehensive understanding of generative models, and you learned about standard DM architecture, the training process, and the main advantages, benefits, and limitations of utilizing DMs in practice. In the next chapter, we will shed light on several case studies, highlighting how synthetic data has been successfully utilized to improve computer vision solutions in practice. The chapter aims to inspire and motivate you to explore the potential of synthetic data in your own applications.

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