contents

 

  

front matter

foreword

preface

acknowledgments

about this book

about the author

about the cover illustration

  

  1   Introduction to machine learning

  1.1  Machine learning

Machine learning vs. rule-based systems

When machine learning isn’t helpful

Supervised machine learning

  1.2  Machine learning process

Business understanding

Data understanding

Data preparation

Modeling

Evaluation

Deployment

Iterate

  1.3  Modeling and model validation

  2   Machine learning for regression

  2.1  Car-price prediction project

Downloading the dataset

  2.2  Exploratory data analysis

Exploratory data analysis toolbox

Reading and preparing data

Target variable analysis