Machine Learning with R

Solvereal-worlddataproblemswithRandmachinelearningKeyFeatures*Thirdeditionofthebestselling,widelyacclaimedRmachinelearningbook,updatedandimprovedforR3.6andbeyond*HarnessthepowerofRtobuildflexible,effective,andtransparentmachinelearningmodels*Learnquicklywithaclear,hands-onguidebyexperiencedmachinelearningteacherandpractitioner,BrettLantzBookDescriptionMachinelearning,atitscore,isconcernedwithtransformingdataintoactionableknowledge.Roffersapowerfulsetofmachinelearningmethodstoquicklyandeasilygaininsightfromyourdata.MachineLearningwithR,ThirdEditionprovidesahands-on,readableguidetoapplyingmachinelearningtoreal-worldproblems.WhetheryouareanexperiencedRuserornewtothelanguage,BrettLantzteachesyoueverythingyouneedtouncoverkeyinsights,makenewpredictions,andvisualizeyourfindings.Thisnew3rdeditionupdatestheclassicRdatasciencebooktoR3.6withnewerandbetterlibraries,adviceonethicalandbiasissuesinmachinelearning,andanintroductiontodeeplearning.Findpowerfulnewinsightsinyourdata;discovermachinelearningwithR.Whatyouwilllearn*Discovertheoriginsofmachinelearningandhowexactlyacomputerlearnsbyexample*PrepareyourdataformachinelearningworkwiththeRprogramminglanguage*ClassifyimportantoutcomesusingnearestneighborandBayesianmethods*Predictfutureeventsusingdecisiontrees,rules,andsupportvectormachines*Forecastnumericdataandestimatefinancialvaluesusingregressionmethods*Modelcomplexprocesseswithartificialneuralnetworks—thebasisofdeeplearning*Avoidbiasinmachinelearningmodels*Evaluateyourmodelsandimprovetheirperformance*ConnectRtoSQLdatabasesandemergingbigdatatechnologiessuchasSpark,H2O,andTensorFlowWhothisbookisforDatascientists,students,andotherpractitionerswhowantaclear,accessibleguidetomachinelearningwithR.