Hands-On Predictive Analytics with Python

Predictiveanalyticsisanappliedfieldthatemploysavarietyofquantitativemethodsusingdatatomakepredictions.Itinvolvesmuchmorethanjustthrowingdataontoacomputertobuildamodel.Thisbookprovidespracticalcoveragetohelpyouunderstandthemostimportantconceptsofpredictiveanalytics.Usingpractical,step-by-stepexamples,webuildpredictiveanalyticssolutionswhileusingcutting-edgePythontoolsandpackages.Thebook'sstep-by-stepapproachstartsbydefiningtheproblemandmovesontoidentifyingrelevantdata.Wewillalsobeperformingdatapreparation,exploringandvisualizingrelationships,buildingmodels,tuning,evaluating,anddeployingmodel.EachstagehasrelevantpracticalexamplesandefficientPythoncode.YouwillworkwithmodelssuchasKNN,RandomForests,andneuralnetworksusingthemostimportantlibrariesinPython'sdatasciencestack:NumPy,Pandas,Matplotlib,Seaborn,Keras,Dash,andsoon.Inadditiontohands-oncodeexamples,youwillfindintuitiveexplanationsoftheinnerworkingsofthemaintechniquesandalgorithmsusedinpredictiveanalytics.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillbeallsettobuildhigh-performancepredictiveanalyticssolutionsusingPythonprogramming.