This book is excellent for the following demographic:
People who already have a decent level of skill and experience in statistics who want to:
- 1) Elevate their understanding of ML techniques without absolutely breaking their skull on dense theory
- 2) Learn how to implement the algorithms in Python and gain moderate proficiency in sci-kit learn
I would say it's not a beginner's book, but more for intermediates. I am half-way through and find it a little challenging, but definitely attainable. This balance I consider to be putting me right in the sweet spot for learning. To judge whether you're a good candidate for this book, you can compare your experience and skill to me :
I started this book after earning a PhD in the social sciences, which basically gave me good coverage in inferential and applied statistics (T, F distributions, p-values, confidence intervals, linear regression, one-way and factorial ANOVA, PCA, etc.). I also took a machine learning graduate course at my university and a few online courses in introductory ML for R. All of this background gave me solid grounding in statistics. With all this I still find this book somewhat challenging, but definitely not too hard. I'd say without my background I would find this book hard to get through. There is linear algebra, concepts like minimizing cost functions, bias/variance tradeoff, learning from errors, etc. So, if you are just starting out or reading the previous sentence and don't know what I'm talking about, I would recommend learning more stats fundamentals before starting this.
After you gain some proficiency in stats, come learn this book and elevate your understanding of the algorithms, add nuance to them, integrate them into your mental conceptual structures more fully (e.g. you'll know more nuances of ML, e.g. which subsets of algorithms are preferred for controlling more of the bias, variance, how random forest is basically bagging with a twist, how adaboost's treatment of classification errors has kind of an element of perceptron implementation, and many more).
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From the Publisher
What's the key takeaway from your book?
That machine learning can be useful in almost every problem domain. I cover a lot of different subfields of machine learning in my book; by providing hands-on examples for each one of those topics, my hope is that people can find inspiration for applying these fundamental techniques to drive their research or industrial applications.
Also, using well-developed and maintained open source software makes machine learning very accessible to a broad audience of experienced programmers, as well as people who are new to programming. And by introducing the basic mathematics behind machine learning, we can appreciate machine learning being more than just black box algorithms, giving readers an intuition of the capabilities but also limitations of machine learning, and how to apply those algorithms wisely.
What’s new & updated in this second edition of Python Machine Learning?
Oh, where should I start. As time and the software world moved on after the first edition was released in September 2015, we decided to replace the introduction to deep learning via Theano. Don’t worry - we didn't remove it - but it got a substantial overhaul and is now based on TensorFlow, which has become a major player in my research toolbox since its release by Google in November 2015.
Along with the new introduction to deep learning using TensorFlow, the biggest additions to this new edition are three brand new chapters focusing on deep learning applications. In a similar vein to the rest of the book, these new chapters not only provide readers with practical instructions and examples, but also introduce the fundamental mathematics behind those concepts, which are an essential building block for understanding how deep learning works.
What makes this book stand out from other machine learning titles?
I certainly can't speak about all books on the market. However, since the first edition was released, I engaged in countless discussions with my readers, to help them with particular questions and to get their opinion on the parts they found unclear or topics they wish I had covered.
The connection between theory and praxis in particular was what readers found most helpful and somewhat lacking from other introductory texts (which, I heard, were either too theoretical or too practical). This constructive feedback has been invaluable for the second edition, helping me to focus on those parts that were still left unclear.
In a nutshell, the second edition of Python Machine Learning provides a healthy mix of theory and practical examples that most people found so helpful in the first edition, and the second edition adds on top of it with many refinements and additional topics based on the large corpus of invaluable reader feedback.
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Customers find the book provides a thorough explanation of machine learning concepts and practical code implementation, making it a high-quality Python machine learning resource. Moreover, the writing style is excellent, and customers consider it worth the price. However, the difficulty level receives mixed feedback - while some find it easier to follow along, others consider it difficult for self-learning.
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35 customers mention informative, 31 positive, 4 negative
Great book on Python and Machine Learning. Raschka really knows his stuff....Read more
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Great Book! Very practical guide on Python Machine Learning. Thanks, Lloyd C.Read more
Fantastic book - clear, informative, and excellently written. A well written book providing a good general understanding.Read more
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Great book on Python and Machine Learning. Raschka really knows his stuff....Read more
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Fantastic book - clear, informative, and excellently written. A well written book providing a good general understanding.Read more
I found this book to be very clearly written and also very informative since in addition to providing code examples it tried to illustrate the...Read more
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Good book for starters in Neural Networks
Book gives a good overview of how to tackle a learning problem. Preparing learning data and evaluation of learning model. Witch python libraries to use and a lot of examples. Was very useful l for me Thanks guys
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Book gives a good overview of how to tackle a learning problem.
Good book for starters in Neural Networks
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2018
Preparing learning data and evaluation of learning model.
Witch python libraries to use and a lot of examples.
Was very useful l for me
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- peyman abdolkarimzadehReviewed in Australia on October 17, 2019
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janobeberReviewed in France on October 15, 2018
Bon équilibre mathématique / informatique
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まみむめReviewed in Japan on January 3, 2020
CourseraのMachineLearningコースと併用がおすすめ
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase - XunReviewed in Canada on September 15, 2019
Nice book for implementation
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