January 2019

New language features in RStudio

January 24, 2019 | Python on RStudio

RStudio 1.2 dramatically improves support for many languages frequently used alongside R in data science projects, including SQL, D3, Stan, and Python. In this talk, you'll learn how to use RStudio 1.2's new language features to work more efficiently ... [...Read more...]

Combining Algorithms for Classification with Python

January 20, 2019 | Dr. Darrin

Many approaches in machine learning involve making many models that combine their strength and weaknesses to make more accuracy classification. Generally, when this is done it is the same algorithm being used. For example, random forest is simply many decision trees being developed. Even when bagging or boosting is being ...
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Gradient Boosting Regression in Python

January 13, 2019 | Dr. Darrin

In this  post, we will take a look at gradient boosting for regression. Gradient boosting simply makes sequential models that try to explain any examples that had not been explained by previously models. This approach makes gradient boosting superior to AdaBoost. Regression trees are mostly commonly teamed with boosting. There ...
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Gradient Boosting Classification in Python

January 8, 2019 | Dr. Darrin

Gradient Boosting is an alternative form of boosting to AdaBoost. Many consider gradient boosting to be a better performer than adaboost. Some differences between the two algorithms is that gradient boosting uses optimization for weight the estimators. Like adaboost, gradient boosting can be used for most algorithms but is commonly ...
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AdaBoost Regression with Python

January 6, 2019 | Dr. Darrin

This post will share how to use the adaBoost algorithm for regression in Python. What boosting does is that it makes multiple models in a sequential manner. Each newer model tries to successful predict what older models struggled with. For regression, the average of the models are used for the ...
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AdaBoost Classification in Python

January 1, 2019 | Dr. Darrin

Boosting is a technique in machine learning in which multiple models are developed sequentially. Each new model tries to successful predict what prior models were unable to do. The average for regression and majority vote for classification are used. For classification, boosting is commonly associated with decision trees. However, boosting ...
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