[PDF] Python Data Science Cookbook by Gopi Subramanian

PREFACE

As we speak, we reside in a world of related issues the place tons of knowledge is generated and it’s humanly unimaginable to investigate all of the incoming knowledge and make choices. Human choices are more and more changed by choices made by computer systems. Due to the sphere of knowledge science. Data science has penetrated deeply in our related world and there’s a rising demand available in the market for individuals who not solely perceive knowledge science algorithms totally, however are additionally able to programming these algorithms. Data science is a area that’s on the intersection of many fields, together with knowledge mining, machine studying, and statistics, to call a number of.

This places an immense burden on all ranges of knowledge scientists; from the one who’s aspiring to grow to be a knowledge scientist and those that are at present practitioners on this area. Treating these algorithms as a black field and utilizing them in decision-making methods will result in counterproductive outcomes. With tons of algorithms and innumerable issues on the market, it requires an excellent grasp of the underlying algorithms so as to select the very best one for any given drawback. Python as a programming language has developed through the years and as we speak, it’s the primary selection for a knowledge scientist.

Its capability to behave as a scripting language for fast prototype constructing and its subtle language constructs for full-fledged software program growth mixed with its implausible library help for numeric computations has led to its present recognition amongst knowledge scientists and the final scientific programming neighborhood. Not simply that, Python can be well-liked amongst net builders; due to frameworks resembling Django and Flask. This guide has been rigorously written to cater to the wants of a various vary of knowledge scientists—ranging from novice knowledge scientists to skilled ones—via rigorously crafted recipes, which contact upon the completely different elements of knowledge science, together with knowledge exploration, knowledge evaluation and mining, machine studying, and enormous scale machine studying.

Every chapter has been rigorously crafted with recipes exploring these elements. Adequate math has been offered for the readers to grasp the functioning of the algorithms in depth. Wherever mandatory, sufficient references are offered for the curious readers. The recipes are written in such a manner that they’re simple to observe and perceive. This guide brings the artwork of knowledge science with energy Python programming to the readers and helps them grasp the ideas of knowledge science. Data of Python shouldn’t be obligatory to observe this guide. Non-Python programmers can consult with the primary chapter, which introduces the Python knowledge buildings and performance programming ideas. The early chapters cowl the fundamentals of knowledge science and the later chapters are devoted to superior knowledge science algorithms. State-of-the-art algorithms which are at present utilized in observe by main knowledge scientists throughout industries together with the ensemble strategies, random forest, regression with regularization, and others are coated intimately.

A few of the algorithms which are well-liked in academia and nonetheless not broadly launched to the mainstream resembling rotational forest are coated intimately. With a whole lot of do-it-yourself books on knowledge science as we speak available in the market, we really feel that there’s a hole when it comes to overlaying the correct mix of math philosophy behind the info science algorithms and implementation particulars. This guide is an try and fill this hole. With every recipe, simply sufficient math introductions are offered to ponder how the algorithm works; I imagine that the readers can take full advantages of those strategies of their purposes.

A phrase of warning although is that these recipes are written with the target of explaining the info science algorithms to the reader. They haven’t been hard-tested in excessive situations so as to be manufacturing prepared. Manufacturing-ready knowledge science code has to undergo a rigorous engineering pipeline. This guide can be utilized each as a information to study knowledge science strategies and fast references. It’s a self-contained guide to introduce knowledge science to a brand new reader with little programming background and assist them grow to be specialists on this commerce.

Python data science cookbook : over 60 practical recipes to help you explore Python and its robust data science capabilities

Author(s): Subramanian, Gopi

Series: Quick answers to common problems

Publisher: Packt Publishing, Year: 2015

ISBN: 9781784393663

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