Model-Based Machine Learning
eBook - ePub

Model-Based Machine Learning

  1. 455 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Model-Based Machine Learning

About this book

Today, machine learning is being applied to a growing variety of problems in a bewildering variety of domains. A fundamental challenge when using machine learning is connecting the abstract mathematics of a machine learning technique to a concrete, real world problem. This book tackles this challenge through model-based machine learning which focuses on understanding the assumptions encoded in a machine learning system and their corresponding impact on the behaviour of the system.

The key ideas of model-based machine learning are introduced through a series of case studies involving real-world applications. Case studies play a central role because it is only in the context of applications that it makes sense to discuss modelling assumptions. Each chapter introduces one case study and works through step-by-step to solve it using a model-based approach. The aim is not just to explain machine learning methods, but also showcase how to create, debug, and evolve them to solve a problem.

Features:

  • Explores the assumptions being made by machine learning systems and the effect these assumptions have when the system is applied to concrete problems.
  • Explains machine learning concepts as they arise in real-world case studies.
  • Shows how to diagnose, understand and address problems with machine learning systems.
  • Full source code available, allowing models and results to be reproduced and explored.
  • Includes optional deep-dive sections with more mathematical details on inference algorithms for the interested reader.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. How can machine learning solve my problem?
  9. CHAPTER 1 ◾ A murder mystery
  10. CHAPTER 2 ◾ Assessing people’s skills
  11. Interlude: the machine learning life cycle
  12. CHAPTER 3 ◾ Meeting your match
  13. CHAPTER 4 ◾ Uncluttering your inbox
  14. CHAPTER 5 ◾ Making recommendations
  15. CHAPTER 6 ◾ Understanding asthma
  16. CHAPTER 7 ◾ Harnessing the crowd
  17. CHAPTER 8 ◾ How to read a model
  18. Afterword
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index