Tree-Based Methods for Statistical Learning in R - A Practical Introduction With Applications in R

Informationen zum Autor Brandon M. Greenwell is a data scientist at 84.51° where he works on a diverse team to enable, empower, and enculturate statistical and machine learning best practices where it’s applicable to help others solve real business problems. He received a B.S. in Statistics and an M.S. in Applied Statistics from Wright State University, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He's currently part of the Adjunct Graduate Faculty at Wright State University, an Adjunct Instructor at the University of Cincinnati, the lead developer and maintainer of several R packages available on CRAN (and off CRAN), and co-author of “Hands-On Machine Learning with R.” Klappentext This book provides a thorough introduction to both individual decision tree algorithms (Part I) and ensembles thereof (Part II). Part I of the book brings several different tree algorithms into focus, both conventional and contemporary. Zusammenfassung This book provides a thorough introduction to both individual decision tree algorithms (Part I) and ensembles thereof (Part II). Part I of the book brings several different tree algorithms into focus, both conventional and contemporary. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Binary recursive partitioning with CART 3 Conditional inference trees 4 "The hitchhiker’s GUIDE to modern decision trees" 5 Ensemble algorithms 6 Peeking inside the “black box”: post-hoc interpretability 7 Random forests 8 Gradient boosting machines

Product details

• Authors: Brandon M. Greenwell, Brandon M. (University of Cincinnati Greenwell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780367532468
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53246-8
• No. of pages: 404
• Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Data Science Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Statistics, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, COMPUTERS / Machine Theory, Probability & statistics, Automatic control engineering, Probability and statistics