You're reading from Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras – 3rd edition Build and deploy supervised, unsupervised, deep, and reinforcement learning models

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803232911

Length 698 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Keras

Concepts

Deep Learning

Authors (3):

Sujit Pal

Antonio Gulli

Dr. Amita Kapoor

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Neural Network Foundations with TF

2. Regression and Classification FREE CHAPTER

3. Convolutional Neural Networks

4. Word Embeddings

5. Recurrent Neural Networks

6. Transformers

7. Unsupervised Learning

8. Autoencoders

9. Generative Models

10. Self-Supervised Learning

11. Reinforcement Learning

12. Probabilistic TensorFlow

13. An Introduction to AutoML

14. The Math Behind Deep Learning

15. Tensor Processing Unit

16. Other Useful Deep Learning Libraries

17. Graph Neural Networks

18. Machine Learning Best Practices

19. TensorFlow 2 Ecosystem

20. Advanced Convolutional Neural Networks

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

22. Index

What is regression?

Regression is normally the first algorithm that people in machine learning work with. It allows us to make predictions from data by learning about the relationship between a given set of dependent and independent variables. It has its use in almost every field; anywhere that has an interest in drawing relationships between two or more things will find a use for regression.

Consider the case of house price estimation. There are many factors that can have an impact on the house price: the number of rooms, the floor area, the locality, the availability of amenities, the parking space, and so on. Regression analysis can help us in finding the mathematical relationship between these factors and the house price.

Let us imagine a simpler world where only the area of the house determines its price. Using regression, we could determine the relationship between the area of the house (independent variable: these are the variables that do not depend upon any other variables) and its price (dependent variable: these variables depend upon one or more independent variables). Later, we could use this relationship to predict the price of any house, given its area. To learn more about dependent and independent variables and how to identify them, you can refer to this post: https://medium.com/deeplearning-concepts-and-implementation/independent-and-dependent-variables-in-machine-learning-210b82f891db. In machine learning, the independent variables are normally input into the model and the dependent variables are output from our model.

Depending upon the number of independent variables, the number of dependent variables, and the relationship type, we have many different types of regression. There are two important components of regression: the relationship between independent and dependent variables, and the strength of impact of different independent variables on dependent variables. In the following section, we will learn in detail about the widely used linear regression technique.

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What is regression?

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