- Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) Introduction, Part 2 - Dec 9, 2016.
Matching the performance of a human brain is a difficult feat, but techniques have been developed to improve the performance of neural network algorithms, 3 of which are discussed in this post: Distortion, mini-batch gradient descent, and dropout.
Algobeans, Deep Learning, Neural Networks
- Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) Introduction, Part 1 - Dec 8, 2016.
This intro to ANNs will look at how we can train an algorithm to recognize images of handwritten digits. We will be using the images from the famous MNIST (Mixed National Institute of Standards and Technology) database.
Algobeans, Image Recognition, MNIST, Neural Networks
- Random Forest®: A Criminal Tutorial - Sep 19, 2016.
Get an overview of Random Forest here, one of the most used algorithms by KDnuggets readers according to a recent poll.
Algobeans, CA, Crime, random forests algorithm, San Francisco
- Decision Trees: A Disastrous Tutorial - Sep 15, 2016.
Get a concise overview of decision trees here, one of the most used KDnuggets reader algorithms as measured in a recent poll.
Algobeans, Decision Trees, Titanic
- Nutrition & Principal Component Analysis: A Tutorial - Jun 16, 2016.
A great overview of Principal Component Analysis (PCA), with an example application in the field of nutrition.
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Algobeans, Feature Selection, Food, Nutrition, PCA
- Association Rules and the Apriori Algorithm: A Tutorial - Apr 14, 2016.
A great and clearly-presented tutorial on the concepts of association rules and the Apriori algorithm, and their roles in market basket analysis.
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Algobeans, Annalyn Ng, Apriori, Association Rules
- Regression & Correlation for Military Promotion: A Tutorial - Apr 13, 2016.
A clear and well-written tutorial covering the concepts of regression and correlation, focusing on military commander promotion as a use case.
Pages: 1 2
Algobeans, Correlation, Military, Regression
