A Beginner's Guide to Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms

An overview of supervised machine learning algorithms that are commonly used. Supervised learning algorithms try to predict a target (dependent variable) using features (independent variables). Depending on the characteristics of target variable, it can be a classification (discrete target variable) or a regression (continuous target variable) task. If you are here reading this post, you are well aware of the importance of machine learning. Prevalence of machine learning has been increasing tremendously in the recent years due to the high demand in many business areas and the advancements in technology.