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Applied Supervised Learning with R

Applied Supervised Learning with R equips you with the essential knowledge and practical skills to leverage machine learning techniques for solving business problems using R. With this book, you'll gain hands-on experience in implementing various supervised learning models, assessing their performance, and selecting the best-suited method for your objectives. What this Book will help me do Gain expertise in identifying and framing business problems suitable for supervised learning. Acquire skills in data wrangling and visualization using R packages like dplyr and ggplot2. Master techniques for tuning hyperparameters to optimize machine learning models. Understand methods for feature selection and dimensionality reduction to enhance model performance. Learn how to deploy machine learning models to production environments, such as AWS Lambda. Author(s) Karthik Ramasubramanian and Jojo Moolayil are both seasoned data science practitioners and educators who bring a wealth of experience in machine learning and analytics. With a deep understanding of R and its applications in real-world scenarios, they offer practical insights and actionable examples to their readers. Their teaching style focuses on clarity and practical application. Who is it for? This book is ideal for data analysts, data scientists, and data engineers at a beginner to intermediate level who aim to master supervised machine learning with R. Readers should have basic knowledge of statistics, probabilities, and R programming. It is designed for those eager to apply machine learning techniques to real-world problems and improve their decision-making capabilities.

Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R

Immerse yourself in 'Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with R,' a comprehensive guide designed to hone your skills in data analysis using the powerful R programming language. This book walks you through all essential aspects of exploratory data analysis, from data collection and cleaning to generating insights with statistical and graphical methods, setting you up for success with any dataset. What this Book will help me do Utilize powerful R packages to accelerate your data analysis workflow. Effectively import, clean, and prepare diverse datasets for analysis. Create informative and visually appealing data visualizations using ggplot2. Generate comprehensive and sharable reports with R Markdown and knitr. Handle multi-factor, optimization, and regression data challenges. Author(s) Radhika Datar and Harish Garg are experienced data analysts and educators specializing in using R for practical data analysis. They have developed this book to share their depth of expertise, offering a detailed yet approachable learning experience. Their combined experience in teaching and applying data analysis in real-world scenarios makes this book an invaluable resource for practitioners. Who is it for? This book is perfect for data enthusiasts looking to strengthen their foundational knowledge in exploratory data analysis. Data analysts, engineers, software developers, and product managers seeking to broaden their skillset in data interpretation and visualization will find this guide extremely beneficial. Whether you're a beginner or already possess basic understanding of data analysis, this book will provide actionable insights to improve your workflow.

R Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs and Library

This handy reference book detailing the intricacies of R updates the popular first edition by adding R version 3.4 and 3.5 features. Starting with the basic structure of R, the book takes you on a journey through the terminology used in R and the syntax required to make R work. You will find looking up the correct form for an expression quick and easy. Some of the new material includes information on RStudio, S4 syntax, working with character strings, and an example using the Twitter API. With a copy of the R Quick Syntax Reference in hand, you will find that you are able to use the multitude of functions available in R and are even able to write your own functions to explore and analyze data. What You Will Learn Discover the modes and classes of R objects and how to use them Use both packaged and user-created functions in R Import/export data and create new data objects in R Create descriptive functions and manipulate objects in R Take advantage of flow control and conditional statements Work with packages such as base, stats, and graphics Who This Book Is For Those with programming experience, either new to R, or those with at least some exposure to R but who are new to the latest version.

Machine Learning with R Quick Start Guide

Machine Learning with R Quick Start Guide takes you through the foundations of machine learning using the R programming language. Starting with the basics, this book introduces key algorithms and methodologies, offering hands-on examples and applicable machine learning solutions that allow you to extract insights and create predictive models. What this Book will help me do Understand the basics of machine learning and apply them using R 3.5. Learn to clean, prepare, and visualize data with R to ensure robust data analysis. Develop and work with predictive models using various machine learning techniques. Discover advanced topics like Natural Language Processing and neural network training. Implement end-to-end pipeline solutions, from data collection to predictive analytics, in R. Author(s) None Sanz, the author of Machine Learning with R Quick Start Guide, is an expert in data science with years of experience in the field of machine learning and R programming. Known for their accessible and detailed teaching style, the author focuses on providing practical knowledge to empower readers in the real world. Who is it for? This book is ideal for graduate students and professionals, including aspiring data scientists and data analysts, looking to start their journey in machine learning. Readers are expected to have some familiarity with the R programming language but no prior machine learning experience is necessary. With this book, the audience will gain the ability to confidently navigate machine learning concepts and practices.

R Statistics Cookbook

The "R Statistics Cookbook" offers a comprehensive guide to solving statistical problems using R 3.5. Through over 100 practical recipes, you'll learn to perform essential statistical analyses, such as t-tests and regression, while mastering techniques for data modeling, nonparametric methods, and machine learning. This resource is tailored for tackling statistics-centric challenges across industries. What this Book will help me do Confidently use R 3.5 to perform statistical analyses that meet your data needs. Apply various hypothesis testing methods, such as t-tests and ANOVA, effectively. Model and forecast data using time series analysis and mixed-effects modeling. Implement regression techniques, including Bayesian regression, for actionable insights. Leverage robust statistics and the caret package for machine learning applications in R. Author(s) None Juretig, a professional statistician and experienced educator, has an extensive background in applying statistical methods to real-world problems using R. Their writing combines deep technical knowledge with an approachable teaching style, making complex statistical concepts accessible to learners of varying levels. Who is it for? If you're a statistician, data scientist, researcher, or analyst with proficiency in R programming and foundational knowledge of linear algebra, this book is crafted for you. It caters to professionals looking to solidify their statistical knowledge while exploring practical, real-world applications. Whether seeking to apply advanced methods or refine your statistical approaches, this guide provides actionable insights.

Digital Image Interpolation in Matlab

This book provides a comprehensive study in digital image interpolation with theoretical, analytical and Matlab® implementation. It includes all historically and practically important interpolation algorithms, accompanied with Matlab® source code on a website, which will assist readers to learn and understand the implementation details of each presented interpolation algorithm. Furthermore, sections in fundamental signal processing theories and image quality models are also included. The authors intend for the book to help readers develop a thorough consideration of the design of image interpolation algorithms and applications for their future research in the field of digital image processing. Introduces a wide range of traditional and advanced image interpolation methods concisely and provides thorough treatment of theoretical foundations Discusses in detail the assumptions and limitations of presented algorithms Investigates a variety of interpolation and implementation methods including transform domain, edge-directed, wavelet and scale-space, and fractal based methods Features simulation results for comparative analysis, summaries and computational and analytical exercises at the end of each chapter Digital Image Interpolation in Matlab® is an excellent guide for researchers and engineers working in digital imaging and digital video technologies. Graduate students studying digital image processing will also benefit from this practical reference text.

Advanced R Statistical Programming and Data Models: Analysis, Machine Learning, and Visualization

Carry out a variety of advanced statistical analyses including generalized additive models, mixed effects models, multiple imputation, machine learning, and missing data techniques using R. Each chapter starts with conceptual background information about the techniques, includes multiple examples using R to achieve results, and concludes with a case study. Written by Matt and Joshua F. Wiley, Advanced R Statistical Programming and Data Models shows you how to conduct data analysis using the popular R language. You’ll delve into the preconditions or hypothesis for various statistical tests and techniques and work through concrete examples using R for a variety of these next-level analytics. This is a must-have guide and reference on using and programming with the R language. What You’ll Learn Conduct advanced analyses in R including: generalized linear models, generalized additive models, mixedeffects models, machine learning, and parallel processing Carry out regression modeling using R data visualization, linear and advanced regression, additive models, survival / time to event analysis Handle machine learning using R including parallel processing, dimension reduction, and feature selection and classification Address missing data using multiple imputation in R Work on factor analysis, generalized linear mixed models, and modeling intraindividual variability Who This Book Is For Working professionals, researchers, or students who are familiar with R and basic statistical techniques such as linear regression and who want to learn how to use R to perform more advanced analytics. Particularly, researchers and data analysts in the social sciences may benefit from these techniques. Additionally, analysts who need parallel processing to speed up analytics are givenproven code to reduce time to result(s).

MATLAB Machine Learning Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Harness the power of MATLAB to resolve a wide range of machine learning challenges. This book provides a series of examples of technologies critical to machine learning. Each example solves a real-world problem. All code in MATLAB Machine Learning Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach is executable. The toolbox that the code uses provides a complete set of functions needed to implement all aspects of machine learning. Authors Michael Paluszek and Stephanie Thomas show how all of these technologies allow the reader to build sophisticated applications to solve problems with pattern recognition, autonomous driving, expert systems, and much more. What you'll learn: How to write code for machine learning, adaptive control and estimation using MATLAB How these three areas complement each other How these three areas are needed for robust machine learning applications How to use MATLAB graphics and visualization tools for machine learning How to code real world examples in MATLAB for major applications of machine learning in big data Who is this book for: The primary audiences are engineers, data scientists and students wanting a comprehensive and code cookbook rich in examples on machine learning using MATLAB.

Beyond Spreadsheets with R

Beyond Spreadsheets with R shows you how to take raw data and transform it for use in computations, tables, graphs, and more. You’ll build on simple programming techniques like loops and conditionals to create your own custom functions. You’ll come away with a toolkit of strategies for analyzing and visualizing data of all sorts using R and RStudio. About the Technology Spreadsheets are powerful tools for many tasks, but if you need to interpret, interrogate, and present data, they can feel like the wrong tools for the task. That’s when R programming is the way to go. The R programming language provides a comfortable environment to properly handle all types of data. And within the open source RStudio development suite, you have at your fingertips easy-to-use ways to simplify complex manipulations and create reproducible processes for analysis and reporting. About the Book With Beyond Spreadsheets with R you’ll learn how to go from raw data to meaningful insights using R and RStudio. Each carefully crafted chapter covers a unique way to wrangle data, from understanding individual values to interacting with complex collections of data, including data you scrape from the web. You’ll build on simple programming techniques like loops and conditionals to create your own custom functions. You’ll come away with a toolkit of strategies for analyzing and visualizing data of all sorts. What's Inside How to start programming with R and RStudio Understanding and implementing important R structures and operators Installing and working with R packages Tidying, refining, and plotting your data About the Reader If you’re comfortable writing formulas in Excel, you’re ready for this book. About the Author Dr Jonathan Carroll is a data science consultant providing R programming services. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics. We interviewed Jonathan as a part of our Six Questions series. Check it out here. Quotes A useful guide to facilitate graduating from spreadsheets to more serious data wrangling with R. - John D. Lewis, DDN An excellent book to help you understand how stored data can be used. - Hilde Van Gysel, Trebol Engineering A great introduction to a data science programming language. Makes you want to learn more! - Jenice Tom, CVS Health Handy to have when your data spreads beyond a spreadsheet. - Danil Mironov, Luxoft Poland

Numerical Python: Scientific Computing and Data Science Applications with Numpy, SciPy and Matplotlib

Leverage the numerical and mathematical modules in Python and its standard library as well as popular open source numerical Python packages like NumPy, SciPy, FiPy, matplotlib and more. This fully revised edition, updated with the latest details of each package and changes to Jupyter projects, demonstrates how to numerically compute solutions and mathematically model applications in big data, cloud computing, financial engineering, business management and more. Numerical Python, Second Edition, presents many brand-new case study examples of applications in data science and statistics using Python, along with extensions to many previous examples. Each of these demonstrates the power of Python for rapid development and exploratory computing due to its simple and high-level syntax and multiple options for data analysis. After reading this book, readers will be familiar with many computing techniques including array-based and symbolic computing, visualization and numerical file I/O, equation solving, optimization, interpolation and integration, and domain-specific computational problems, such as differential equation solving, data analysis, statistical modeling and machine learning. What You'll Learn Work with vectors and matrices using NumPy Plot and visualize data with Matplotlib Perform data analysis tasks with Pandas and SciPy Review statistical modeling and machine learning with statsmodels and scikit-learn Optimize Python code using Numba and Cython Who This Book Is For Developers who want to understand how to use Python and its related ecosystem for numerical computing.

Computational Methods for Data Analysis

This graduate text covers a variety of mathematical and statistical tools for the analysis of big data coming from biology, medicine and economics. Neural networks, Markov chains, tools from statistical physics and wavelet analysis are used to develop efficient computational algorithms, which are then used for the processing of real-life data using Matlab.

Learn R for Applied Statistics: With Data Visualizations, Regressions, and Statistics

Gain the R programming language fundamentals for doing the applied statistics useful for data exploration and analysis in data science and data mining. This book covers topics ranging from R syntax basics, descriptive statistics, and data visualizations to inferential statistics and regressions. After learning R’s syntax, you will work through data visualizations such as histograms and boxplot charting, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics such as t-test, chi-square test, ANOVA, non-parametric test, and linear regressions. Learn R for Applied Statistics is a timely skills-migration book that equips you with the R programming fundamentals and introduces you to applied statistics for data explorations. What You Will Learn Discover R, statistics, data science, data mining, and big data Master the fundamentals of R programming, including variables and arithmetic, vectors, lists, data frames, conditional statements, loops, and functions Work with descriptive statistics Create data visualizations, including bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, boxplots, histograms, and scatterplots Use inferential statistics including t-tests, chi-square tests, ANOVA, non-parametric tests, linear regressions, and multiple linear regressions Who This Book Is For Those who are interested in data science, in particular data exploration using applied statistics, and the use of R programming for data visualizations.

R Graphics Cookbook, 2nd Edition

This O’Reilly cookbook provides more than 150 recipes to help scientists, engineers, programmers, and data analysts generate high-quality graphs quickly—without having to comb through all the details of R’s graphing systems. Each recipe tackles a specific problem with a solution you can apply to your own project and includes a discussion of how and why the recipe works. Most of the recipes in this second edition use the updated version of the ggplot2 package, a powerful and flexible way to make graphs in R. You’ll also find expanded content about the visual design of graphics. If you have at least a basic understanding of the R language, you’re ready to get started with this easy-to-use reference. Use R’s default graphics for quick exploration of data Create a variety of bar graphs, line graphs, and scatter plots Summarize data distributions with histograms, density curves, box plots, and more Provide annotations to help viewers interpret data Control the overall appearance of graphics Explore options for using colors in plots Create network graphs, heat maps, and 3D scatter plots Get your data into shape using packages from the tidyverse

Ensemble Classification Methods with Applications in R

An essential guide to two burgeoning topics in machine learning – classification trees and ensemble learning Ensemble Classification Methods with Applications in R introduces the concepts and principles of ensemble classifiers methods and includes a review of the most commonly used techniques. This important resource shows how ensemble classification has become an extension of the individual classifiers. The text puts the emphasis on two areas of machine learning: classification trees and ensemble learning. The authors explore ensemble classification methods’ basic characteristics and explain the types of problems that can emerge in its application. Written by a team of noted experts in the field, the text is divided into two main sections. The first section outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the topic and the second section is designed to include examples of practical applications. The book contains a wealth of illustrative cases of business failure prediction, zoology, ecology and others. This vital guide: Offers an important text that has been tested both in the classroom and at tutorials at conferences Contains authoritative information written by leading experts in the field Presents a comprehensive text that can be applied to courses in machine learning, data mining and artificial intelligence Combines in one volume two of the most intriguing topics in machine learning: ensemble learning and classification trees Written for researchers from many fields such as biostatistics, economics, environment, zoology, as well as students of data mining and machine learning, Ensemble Classification Methods with Applications in R puts the focus on two topics in machine learning: classification trees and ensemble learning.

Communication Systems Principles Using MATLAB

Discover the basic telecommunications systems principles in an accessible learn-by-doing format Communication Systems Principles Using MATLAB covers a variety of systems principles in telecommunications in an accessible format without the need to master a large body of theory. The text puts the focus on topics such as radio and wireless modulation, reception and transmission, wired networks and fiber optic communications. The book also explores packet networks and TCP/IP as well as digital source and channel coding, and the fundamentals of data encryption. Since MATLAB® is widely used by telecommunications engineers, it was chosen as the vehicle to demonstrate many of the basic ideas, with code examples presented in every chapter. The text addresses digital communications with coverage of packet-switched networks. Many fundamental concepts such as routing via shortest-path are introduced with simple and concrete examples. The treatment of advanced telecommunications topics extends to OFDM for wireless modulation, and public-key exchange algorithms for data encryption. Throughout the book, the author puts the emphasis on understanding rather than memorization. The text also: Includes many useful take-home skills that can be honed while studying each aspect of telecommunications Offers a coding and experimentation approach with many real-world examples provided Gives information on the underlying theory in order to better understand conceptual developments Suggests a valuable learn-by-doing approach to the topic Written for students of telecommunications engineering, Communication Systems Principles Using MATLAB® is the hands-on resource for mastering the basic concepts of telecommunications in a learn-by-doing format.

Python Data Analytics: With Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib

Explore the latest Python tools and techniques to help you tackle the world of data acquisition and analysis. You'll review scientific computing with NumPy, visualization with matplotlib, and machine learning with scikit-learn. This revision is fully updated with new content on social media data analysis, image analysis with OpenCV, and deep learning libraries. Each chapter includes multiple examples demonstrating how to work with each library. At its heart lies the coverage of pandas, for high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and tools for data manipulation Author Fabio Nelli expertly demonstrates using Python for data processing, management, and information retrieval. Later chapters apply what you've learned to handwriting recognition and extending graphical capabilities with the JavaScript D3 library. Whether you are dealing with sales data, investment data, medical data, web page usage, or other data sets, Python Data Analytics, Second Edition is an invaluable reference with its examples of storing, accessing, and analyzing data. What You'll Learn Understand the core concepts of data analysis and the Python ecosystem Go in depth with pandas for reading, writing, and processing data Use tools and techniques for data visualization and image analysis Examine popular deep learning libraries Keras, Theano,TensorFlow, and PyTorch Who This Book Is For Experienced Python developers who need to learn about Pythonic tools for data analysis

R Programming Fundamentals

Master the essentials of programming with R and streamline your data analysis workflow with 'R Programming Fundamentals'. This book introduces key R concepts like data structures and control flow, and guides you through practical applications such as data visualization with ggplot2. By the end, you will progress to completing a full data science project for practical hands-on experience. What this Book will help me do Learn to use R's core features, including package management, data structures, and control flow. Process and clean datasets effectively within R, handling missing values and variable transformation. Master data visualization techniques with ggplot2 to create insightful plots and charts. Develop skills to import diverse datasets such as CSVs, Excel spreadsheets, and SQL databases into R. Construct a data science project end-to-end, applying skills in analysis, visualization, and reporting. Author(s) Kaelen Medeiros is a dedicated teacher with a passion for making complex concepts accessible. Bringing years of experience in data science and statistical computing, Kaelen excels at helping learners understand and leverage R for their data analysis needs. With a focus on practical learning, Kaelen has designed this book to give you the hands-on experience and foundational knowledge you need. Who is it for? This book is perfect for analysts looking to enhance their data science toolkit by learning R. It's especially suited for those with little R programming experience looking to start with foundational concepts. Whether you're an aspiring data scientist or a seasoned professional seeking a refresher, this book offers a structured approach to mastering R effectively.

Graphical Data Analysis with R

This book focuses on why one draws graphics to display data and which graphics to draw (and uses R to do so). Graphical data analysis is useful for data cleaning, exploring data structure, detecting outliers and unusual groups, identifying trends and clusters, spotting local patterns, evaluating modelling output, and presenting results. All the datasets are available in R or one of its packages and the R code is available online. Color graphics are used throughout the book.