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Machine Learning with Tree-Based Models in Python

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In this course, you'll learn how to use tree-based models and ensembles for regression and classification using scikit-learn.

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Decision trees are supervised learning models used for problems involving classification and regression. Tree models present a high flexibility that comes at a price: on one hand, trees are able to capture complex non-linear relationships; on the other hand, they are prone to memorizing the noise present in a dataset. By aggregating the predictions of trees that are trained differently, ensemble methods take advantage of the flexibility of trees while reducing their tendency to memorize noise. Ensemble methods are used across a variety of fields and have a proven track record of winning many machine learning competitions. In this course, you'll learn how to use Python to train decision trees and tree-based models with the user-friendly scikit-learn machine learning library. You'll understand the advantages and shortcomings of trees and demonstrate how ensembling can alleviate these shortcomings, all while practicing on real-world datasets. Finally, you'll also understand how to tune the most influential hyperparameters in order to get the most out of your models.
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  1. 1

    Classification and Regression Trees

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    Classification and Regression Trees (CART) are a set of supervised learning models used for problems involving classification and regression. In this chapter, you'll be introduced to the CART algorithm.

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    Decision tree for classification
    50 xp
    Train your first classification tree
    100 xp
    Evaluate the classification tree
    100 xp
    Logistic regression vs classification tree
    100 xp
    Classification tree Learning
    50 xp
    Growing a classification tree
    50 xp
    Using entropy as a criterion
    100 xp
    Entropy vs Gini index
    100 xp
    Decision tree for regression
    50 xp
    Train your first regression tree
    100 xp
    Evaluate the regression tree
    100 xp
    Linear regression vs regression tree
    100 xp
  2. 2

    The Bias-Variance Tradeoff

    The bias-variance tradeoff is one of the fundamental concepts in supervised machine learning. In this chapter, you'll understand how to diagnose the problems of overfitting and underfitting. You'll also be introduced to the concept of ensembling where the predictions of several models are aggregated to produce predictions that are more robust.

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    Bagging and Random Forests

    Bagging is an ensemble method involving training the same algorithm many times using different subsets sampled from the training data. In this chapter, you'll understand how bagging can be used to create a tree ensemble. You'll also learn how the random forests algorithm can lead to further ensemble diversity through randomization at the level of each split in the trees forming the ensemble.

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    Boosting

    Boosting refers to an ensemble method in which several models are trained sequentially with each model learning from the errors of its predecessors. In this chapter, you'll be introduced to the two boosting methods of AdaBoost and Gradient Boosting.

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    Model Tuning

    The hyperparameters of a machine learning model are parameters that are not learned from data. They should be set prior to fitting the model to the training set. In this chapter, you'll learn how to tune the hyperparameters of a tree-based model using grid search cross validation.

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Auto-mpgBike Sharing DemandWisconsin Breast CancerIndian Liver Patient

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Elie is a data scientist with a background in computational quantum physics. His experience encompasses several industries including brick and mortar retail, e-commerce, entertainment, and quick-commerce. He uses a variety of tools and techniques such as machine learning, experimentation, and causal inference to drive business value. His work on a Word2vec-based recommender system has been featured in Amazon Web Service's blog. As a meetup organizer, Elie is passionate about teaching data science and mentoring new-entrants to the field. Elie holds a Phd in physics from Sorbonne University.
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  • Sait O.
    about 2 months

    Comprehensive and in depth

  • Mariana R.
    3 months

    Easy to understand

  • Laerty S.
    6 months

    This course was very important to me because it helped me to understand deeply some concepts that I was thinking that I already knew.

  • Rafael C.
    7 months

    Enables you to set up the foundations and then proceeed at a progressively quicker pace.

  • Sue D.
    9 months

    Stunning course with awesome instructor!

"Comprehensive and in depth"

Sait O.

"Easy to understand"

Mariana R.

"This course was very important to me because it helped me to understand deeply some concepts that I was thinking that I already knew."

Laerty S.

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