• Title Mastering Machine Learning with R: Advanced prediction, algorithms, and learning methods with R
• Author(s) Cory Lesmeister
• Publisher: Packt Publishing; 2nd Revised edition edition (April 24, 2017)
• Paperback 420 pages
• eBook PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1787287475
• ISBN-13: 978-1787287471
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Book Description

This book will teach you advanced techniques in machine learning with the latest code in R. You will delve into statistical learning theory and supervised learning; design efficient algorithms; learn about creating Recommendation Engines; use multi-class classification and deep learning; and more.

You will explore, in depth, topics such as data mining, classification, clustering, regression, predictive modeling, anomaly detection, boosted trees with XGBOOST, and more. More than just knowing the outcome, you'll understand how these concepts work and what they do.

• Gain deep insights into the application of machine learning tools in the industry
• Manipulate data in R efficiently to prepare it for analysis
• Master the skill of recognizing techniques for effective visualization of data
• Understand why and how to create test and training data sets for analysis
• Master fundamental learning methods such as linear and logistic regression
• Comprehend advanced learning methods such as support vector machines
• Learn how to use R in a cloud service such as Amazon

• Cory Lesmeister has over a dozen years of quantitative experience and is currently a Senior Quantitative Manager in the banking industry, responsible for building marketing and regulatory models. Cory spent 16 years at Eli Lilly and Company in sales, market research, Lean Six Sigma, marketing analytics, and new product forecasting.

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