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Identifying to which category an object belongs to.
Applications: Spam detection, Image recognition. Algorithms: :ref:`SVM`, :ref:`nearest neighbors `, :ref:`random forest `, ... .. raw:: html :ref:`Examples ` .. raw:: html
Predicting a continuous-valued attribute associated with an object.
Applications: Drug response, Stock prices. Algorithms: :ref:`SVR`, :ref:`ridge regression `, :ref:`Lasso `, ... .. raw:: html :ref:`Examples ` .. raw:: html
Automatic grouping of similar objects into sets.
Applications: Customer segmentation, Grouping experiment outcomes Algorithms: :ref:`k-Means`, :ref:`spectral clustering `, :ref:`mean-shift `, ... .. raw:: html :ref:`Examples ` .. raw:: html
Reducing the number of random variables to consider.
Applications: Visualization, Increased efficiency Algorithms: :ref:`PCA`, :ref:`feature selection `, :ref:`non-negative matrix factorization `. .. raw:: html :ref:`Examples ` .. raw:: html
Comparing, validating and choosing parameters and models.
Goal: Improved accuracy via parameter tuning Modules: :ref:`grid search`, :ref:`cross validation `, :ref:`metrics `. .. raw:: html :ref:`Examples ` .. raw:: html
Feature extraction and normalization.
Application: Transforming input data such as text for use with machine learning algorithms. Modules: :ref:`preprocessing`, :ref:`feature extraction `. .. raw:: html :ref:`Examples ` .. raw:: html