Learning and Soft Computing
Learning and Soft Computing

Author: Vojislav Kecman

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9780262112550

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This textbook provides a thorough introduction to the field of learning from experimental data and soft computing. Support vector machines (SVM) and neural networks (NN) are the mathematical structures, or models, that underlie learning, while fuzzy logic systems (FLS) enable us to embed structured human knowledge into workable algorithms. The book assumes that it is not only useful, but necessary, to treat SVM, NN, and FLS as parts of a connected whole. Throughout, the theory and algorithms are illustrated by practical examples, as well as by problem sets and simulated experiments. This approach enables the reader to develop SVM, NN, and FLS in addition to understanding them. The book also presents three case studies: on NN-based control, financial time series analysis, and computer graphics. A solutions manual and all of the MATLAB programs needed for the simulated experiments are available.

Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Author: Charu C. Aggarwal

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-08-25

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 3319944630

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This book covers both classical and modern models in deep learning. The primary focus is on the theory and algorithms of deep learning. The theory and algorithms of neural networks are particularly important for understanding important concepts, so that one can understand the important design concepts of neural architectures in different applications. Why do neural networks work? When do they work better than off-the-shelf machine-learning models? When is depth useful? Why is training neural networks so hard? What are the pitfalls? The book is also rich in discussing different applications in order to give the practitioner a flavor of how neural architectures are designed for different types of problems. Applications associated with many different areas like recommender systems, machine translation, image captioning, image classification, reinforcement-learning based gaming, and text analytics are covered. The chapters of this book span three categories: The basics of neural networks: Many traditional machine learning models can be understood as special cases of neural networks. An emphasis is placed in the first two chapters on understanding the relationship between traditional machine learning and neural networks. Support vector machines, linear/logistic regression, singular value decomposition, matrix factorization, and recommender systems are shown to be special cases of neural networks. These methods are studied together with recent feature engineering methods like word2vec. Fundamentals of neural networks: A detailed discussion of training and regularization is provided in Chapters 3 and 4. Chapters 5 and 6 present radial-basis function (RBF) networks and restricted Boltzmann machines. Advanced topics in neural networks: Chapters 7 and 8 discuss recurrent neural networks and convolutional neural networks. Several advanced topics like deep reinforcement learning, neural Turing machines, Kohonen self-organizing maps, and generative adversarial networks are introduced in Chapters 9 and 10. The book is written for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners. Numerous exercises are available along with a solution manual to aid in classroom teaching. Where possible, an application-centric view is highlighted in order to provide an understanding of the practical uses of each class of techniques.

Handbook of Neural Computation
Handbook of Neural Computation

Author: Pijush Samui

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2017-07-18

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 0128113197

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Handbook of Neural Computation explores neural computation applications, ranging from conventional fields of mechanical and civil engineering, to electronics, electrical engineering and computer science. This book covers the numerous applications of artificial and deep neural networks and their uses in learning machines, including image and speech recognition, natural language processing and risk analysis. Edited by renowned authorities in this field, this work is comprised of articles from reputable industry and academic scholars and experts from around the world. Each contributor presents a specific research issue with its recent and future trends. As the demand rises in the engineering and medical industries for neural networks and other machine learning methods to solve different types of operations, such as data prediction, classification of images, analysis of big data, and intelligent decision-making, this book provides readers with the latest, cutting-edge research in one comprehensive text. - Features high-quality research articles on multivariate adaptive regression splines, the minimax probability machine, and more - Discusses machine learning techniques, including classification, clustering, regression, web mining, information retrieval and natural language processing - Covers supervised, unsupervised, reinforced, ensemble, and nature-inspired learning methods

Applied Machine Learning Solutions with Python
Applied Machine Learning Solutions with Python

Author: Siddhanta Bhatta

Publisher: BPB Publications

Published: 2021-08-31

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9391030432

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A problem-focused guide for tackling industrial machine learning issues with methods and frameworks chosen by experts. KEY FEATURES ● Popular techniques for problem formulation, data collection, and data cleaning in machine learning. ● Comprehensive and useful machine learning tools such as MLFlow, Streamlit, and many more. ● Covers numerous machine learning libraries, including Tensorflow, FastAI, Scikit-Learn, Pandas, and Numpy. DESCRIPTION This book discusses how to apply machine learning to real-world problems by utilizing real-world data. In this book, you will investigate data sources, become acquainted with data pipelines, and practice how machine learning works through numerous examples and case studies. The book begins with high-level concepts and implementation (with code!) and progresses towards the real-world of ML systems. It briefly discusses various concepts of Statistics and Linear Algebra. You will learn how to formulate a problem, collect data, build a model, and tune it. You will learn about use cases for data analytics, computer vision, and natural language processing. You will also explore nonlinear architecture, thus enabling you to build models with multiple inputs and outputs. You will get trained on creating a machine learning profile, various machine learning libraries, Statistics, and FAST API. Throughout the book, you will use Python to experiment with machine learning libraries such as Tensorflow, Scikit-learn, Spacy, and FastAI. The book will help train our models on both Kaggle and our datasets. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Construct a machine learning problem, evaluate the feasibility, and gather and clean data. ● Learn to explore data first, select, and train machine learning models. ● Fine-tune the chosen model, deploy, and monitor it in production. ● Discover popular models for data analytics, computer vision, and Natural Language Processing. ● Create a machine learning profile and contribute to the community. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR This book caters to beginners in machine learning, software engineers, and students who want to gain a good understanding of machine learning concepts and create production-ready ML systems. This book assumes you have a beginner-level understanding of Python. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Machine Learning 2. Problem Formulation in Machine Learning 3. Data Acquisition and Cleaning 4. Exploratory Data Analysis 5. Model Building and Tuning 6. Taking Our Model into Production 7. Data Analytics Use Case 8. Building a Custom Image Classifier from Scratch 9. Building a News Summarization App Using Transformers 10. Multiple Inputs and Multiple Output Models 11. Contributing to the Community 12. Creating Your Project 13. Crash Course in Numpy, Matplotlib, and Pandas 14. Crash Course in Linear Algebra and Statistics 15. Crash Course in FastAPI

Neural Networks and Computing
Neural Networks and Computing

Author: Tommy W. S. Chow

Publisher: Imperial College Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 186094969X

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This book covers neural networks with special emphasis on advanced learning methodologies and applications. It includes practical issues of weight initializations, stalling of learning, and escape from a local minima, which have not been covered by many existing books in this area. Additionally, the book highlights the important feature selection problem, which baffles many neural networks practitioners because of the difficulties handling large datasets. It also contains several interesting IT, engineering and bioinformatics applications.