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2 Predictive Models
The algorithms learn patterns in the data to make predictions on new,
unseen samples.
Classification
Assigning data to discrete categories, such as email spam detection or image
recognition.
Hybrid Tasks
Some problems, like sentiment analysis, can involve both regression and
classification.
Decision Tree Learning
1 Recursive Partitioning
Decision trees work by recursively partitioning the data
based on the most informative features.
2 Greedy Algorithm
The algorithm greedily selects the feature that provides the
greatest information gain at each step.
3 Interpretable Models
Decision trees produce easily interpretable models, making
them useful for understanding the underlying patterns in
data.
Advantages of Decision Trees
1 Simplicity 2 Flexibility
Decision trees are intuitive and easy to They can handle both numerical and categorical
understand, even for non-technical stakeholders. features, and can model complex nonlinear
relationships.
3 Robustness 4 Scalability
Decision trees are relatively insensitive to outliers Decision tree algorithms can efficiently handle
and can handle missing data effectively. large-scale datasets and high-dimensional feature
spaces.
Building Decision Trees
Feature Selection
Choosing the most informative features to split the data
at each node.
Tree Growing
Recursively partitioning the data until a stopping criterion
is met.
Pruning
Removing unnecessary branches to improve
generalization and prevent overfitting.
Pruning Decision Trees
Cost Complexity
Pruning balances model complexity and training error to optimize performance.
Validation
Evaluating the pruned tree's performance on a held-out validation set.
Generalization
Pruning helps the model generalize better to new, unseen data.
Applications of Supervised Machine Learning
Image Recognition Classify images into different categories (e.g., object
detection, facial recognition).