Instructional Material
Step-By-Step Framework for Imbalanced Classification Projects
Classification predictive modeling problems involve predicting a class label for a given set of inputs. It is a challenging problem in general, especially if little is known about the dataset, as there are tens, if not hundreds, of machine learning algorithms to choose from. The problem is made significantly more difficult if the distribution of examples across the classes is imbalanced. This requires the use of specialized methods to either change the dataset or change the learning algorithm to handle the skewed class distribution. A common way to deal with the overwhelm on a new classification project is to use a favorite machine learning algorithm like Random Forest or SMOTE. Another common approach is to scour the research literature for descriptions of vaguely similar problems and attempt to re-implement the algorithms and configurations that are described. These approaches can be effective, although they are hit-or-miss and time-consuming respectively.
Context-aware Non-linear and Neural Attentive Knowledge-based Models for Grade Prediction
Grade prediction for future courses not yet taken by students is important as it can help them and their advisers during the process of course selection as well as for designing personalized degree plans and modifying them based on their performance. One of the successful approaches for accurately predicting a student's grades in future courses is Cumulative Knowledge-based Regression Models (CKRM). CKRM learns shallow linear models that predict a student's grades as the similarity between his/her knowledge state and the target course. However, prior courses taken by a student can have \black{different contributions when estimating a student's knowledge state and towards each target course, which} cannot be captured by linear models. Moreover, CKRM and other grade prediction methods ignore the effect of concurrently-taken courses on a student's performance in a target course. In this paper, we propose context-aware non-linear and neural attentive models that can potentially better estimate a student's knowledge state from his/her prior course information, as well as model the interactions between a target course and concurrent courses. Compared to the competing methods, our experiments on a large real-world dataset consisting of more than $1.5$M grades show the effectiveness of the proposed models in accurately predicting students' grades. Moreover, the attention weights learned by the neural attentive model can be helpful in better designing their degree plans.
Develop a Model for the Imbalanced Classification of Good and Bad Credit
Misclassification errors on the minority class are more important than other types of prediction errors for some imbalanced classification tasks. One example is the problem of classifying bank customers as to whether they should receive a loan or not. Giving a loan to a bad customer marked as a good customer results in a greater cost to the bank than denying a loan to a good customer marked as a bad customer. This requires careful selection of a performance metric that both promotes minimizing misclassification errors in general, and favors minimizing one type of misclassification error over another. The German credit dataset is a standard imbalanced classification dataset that has this property of differing costs to misclassification errors. Models evaluated on this dataset can be evaluated using the Fbeta-Measure that provides a way of both quantifying model performance generally, and captures the requirement that one type of misclassification error is more costly than another. In this tutorial, you will discover how to develop and evaluate a model for the imbalanced German credit classification dataset. Develop an Imbalanced Classification Model to Predict Good and Bad Credit Photo by AL Nieves, some rights reserved. In this project, we will use a standard imbalanced machine learning dataset referred to as the "German Credit" dataset or simply "German."
Develop a Model for the Imbalanced Classification of Good and Bad Credit
Misclassification errors on the minority class are more important than other types of prediction errors for some imbalanced classification tasks. One example is the problem of classifying bank customers as to whether they should receive a loan or not. Giving a loan to a bad customer marked as a good customer results in a greater cost to the bank than denying a loan to a good customer marked as a bad customer. This requires careful selection of a performance metric that both promotes minimizing misclassification errors in general, and favors minimizing one type of misclassification error over another. The German credit dataset is a standard imbalanced classification dataset that has this property of differing costs to misclassification errors. Models evaluated on this dataset can be evaluated using the Fbeta-Measure that provides a way of both quantifying model performance generally, and captures the requirement that one type of misclassification error is more costly than another. In this tutorial, you will discover how to develop and evaluate a model for the imbalanced German credit classification dataset. Develop an Imbalanced Classification Model to Predict Good and Bad Credit Photo by AL Nieves, some rights reserved. In this project, we will use a standard imbalanced machine learning dataset referred to as the "German Credit" dataset or simply "German."
AI in Finance: The first online course about Machine Learning in finance
For those who want to understand how Artificial Intelligence is transforming financial services i.e. AI in Finance, learn from those who are building the future of finance in the biggest banks, tech companies and fast-growing startups: http://www.cfte.education/aifinance It is designed around 18 modules of video lectures, reading assignments and assessment quizzes. Learners can interact with other participants through an online forum, and receive weekly emails with additional content. Once enrolled in the course, participants join a global community of finance professionals, technologists and entrepreneurs interested in AI.
A Crash Course in Game Theory for Machine Learning: Classic and New Ideas
Game theory is one of the most fascinating areas of mathematics that have influenced diverse fields such as economics, social sciences, biology and, obviously, computer science. Games are playing a key role in the evolution of artificial intelligence(AI). For starters, game environments are becoming a popular training mechanism in areas such as reinforcement learning or imitation learning. In theory, any multi-agent AI system can be subjected to gamified interactions between its participants. The branch of mathematics that formulates the principles of games is known as game theory.
Machine Learning For Beginners Linear Regression Model In R - Free Web Cart
In this section we will learn – What does Machine Learning mean. What are the meanings or different terms associated with machine learning? You will see some examples so that you understand what machine learning actually is. It also contains steps involved in building a machine learning model, not just linear models, any machine learning model.
Imbalanced Classification with the Adult Income Dataset
Many binary classification tasks do not have an equal number of examples from each class, e.g. the class distribution is skewed or imbalanced. A popular example is the adult income dataset that involves predicting personal income levels as above or below $50,000 per year based on personal details such as relationship and education level. There are many more cases of incomes less than $50K than above $50K, although the skew is not severe. This means that techniques for imbalanced classification can be used whilst model performance can still be reported using classification accuracy, as is used with balanced classification problems. In this tutorial, you will discover how to develop and evaluate a model for the imbalanced adult income classification dataset. Develop an Imbalanced Classification Model to Predict Income Photo by Kirt Edblom, some rights reserved.