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You're reading from Python Data Science Essentials A practitioner's guide covering essential data science principles, tools, and techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789537864

Length 472 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Scikit-learn

Concepts

Data Science

Authors (2):

Luca Massaron

Alberto Boschetti

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. First Steps

2. Data Munging FREE CHAPTER

3. The Data Pipeline

4. Machine Learning

5. Visualization, Insights, and Results

6. Social Network Analysis

7. Deep Learning Beyond the Basics

8. Spark for Big Data

9. Strengthen Your Python Foundations

10. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Who this book is for

If you are an aspiring data scientist and you have at least a working knowledge of data analysis and Python, this book will get you started in data science. Data analysis with experience of R or MATLAB/GNU Octave will also find the book to be a comprehensive reference to enhance their data manipulation and machine learning skills.

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Authors (2)

Alberto Boschetti

Alberto Boschetti is a data scientist with expertise in signal processing and statistics. He holds a Ph.D. in telecommunication engineering and currently lives and works in London. In his work projects, he faces challenges ranging from natural language processing (NLP) and behavioral analysis to machine learning and distributed processing. He is very passionate about his job and always tries to stay updated about the latest developments in data science technologies, attending meet-ups, conferences, and other events.

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Luca Massaron

Having joined Kaggle over 10 years ago, Luca Massaron is a Kaggle Grandmaster in discussions and a Kaggle Master in competitions and notebooks. In Kaggle competitions he reached no. 7 in the worldwide rankings. On the professional side, Luca is a data scientist with more than a decade of experience in transforming data into smarter artifacts, solving real-world problems, and generating value for businesses and stakeholders. He is a Google Developer Expert(GDE) in machine learning and the author of best-selling books on AI, machine learning, and algorithms.

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