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Machine learning for dummies /

AYour no-nonsense guide to making sense of machine learningMachine Learning For Dummies offers a much-needed entry point for anyone looking to use machine learning to accomplish practical tasks. Covering the entry-level topics needed to get you familiar with the basic concepts of machine learning, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Mueller, John, 1958- (Autor), Massaron, Luca (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016]
Colección:--For dummies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
  • Part 1 Introducing How Machines Learn
  • Chapter 1 Getting the Real Story about AI
  • Moving beyond the Hype
  • Dreaming of Electric Sheep
  • Understanding the history of AI and machine learning
  • Exploring what machine learning can do for AI
  • Considering the goals of machine learning
  • Defining machine learning limits based on hardware
  • Overcoming AI Fantasies.
  • Discovering the fad uses of AI and machine learning
  • Considering the true uses of AI and machine learning
  • Being useful
  • being mundane
  • Considering the Relationship between AI and Machine Learning
  • Considering AI and Machine Learning Specifications
  • Defining the Divide between Art and Engineering
  • Chapter 2 Learning in the Age of Big Data
  • Defining Big Data
  • Considering the Sources of Big Data
  • Building a new data source
  • Using existing data sources
  • Locating test data sources
  • Specifying the Role of Statistics in Machine Learning
  • Understanding the Role of Algorithms.
  • Defining what algorithms do
  • Considering the five main techniques
  • Defining What Training Means
  • Chapter 3 Having a Glance at the Future
  • Creating Useful Technologies for the Future
  • Considering the role of machine learning in robots
  • Using machine learning in health care
  • Creating smart systems for various needs
  • Using machine learning in industrial settings
  • Understanding the role of updated processors and other hardware
  • Discovering the New Work Opportunities with Machine Learning
  • Working for a machine
  • Working with machines
  • Repairing machines.
  • Creating new machine learning tasks
  • Devising new machine learning environments
  • Avoiding the Potential Pitfalls of Future Technologies
  • Part 2 Preparing Your Learning Tools
  • Chapter 4 Installing an R Distribution
  • Choosing an R Distribution with Machine Learning in Mind
  • Installing R on Windows
  • Installing R on Linux
  • Installing R on Mac OS X
  • Downloading the Datasets and Example Code
  • Understanding the datasets used in this book
  • Defining the code repository
  • Chapter 5 Coding in R Using RStudio
  • Understanding the Basic Data Types
  • Working with Vectors.
  • Organizing Data Using Lists
  • Working with Matrices
  • Creating a basic matrix
  • Changing the vector arrangement
  • Accessing individual elements
  • Naming the rows and columns
  • Interacting with Multiple Dimensions Using Arrays
  • Creating a basic array
  • Naming the rows and columns
  • Creating a Data Frame
  • Understanding factors
  • Creating a basic data frame
  • Interacting with data frames
  • Expanding a data frame
  • Performing Basic Statistical Tasks
  • Making decisions
  • Working with loops
  • Performing looped tasks without loops
  • Working with functions
  • Finding mean and median.