All Learning Algorithms Explained in 14 Minutes
Summary
TLDRThis script offers a comprehensive overview of various machine learning algorithms, including linear regression, support vector machines, naive Bayes, logistic regression, K-nearest neighbors, decision trees, random forests, gradient boosted decision trees, and clustering techniques like K-means, DBSCAN, and PCA. It explains the purpose, methodology, and applications of each algorithm, highlighting their strengths and limitations in solving classification, regression, and clustering tasks.
Takeaways
- 📘 An algorithm is a set of instructions for a computer to perform calculations or problem-solving operations, not an entire program or code.
- 📊 Linear regression is a supervised learning algorithm used to model the relationship between a continuous target variable and one or more independent variables by fitting a linear equation to the data.
- 🛰 Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a supervised learning algorithm used for classification and regression tasks, distinguishing classes by drawing a decision boundary that maximizes the margin from support vectors.
- 🤖 Naive Bayes is a supervised learning algorithm for classification that assumes features are independent and calculates the probability of a class given a set of feature values.
- 📈 Logistic regression is a supervised learning algorithm for binary classification problems, using the logistic function to map input values to a probability between 0 and 1.
- 👫 K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) is a supervised learning algorithm for both classification and regression that predicts the class or value of a data point based on the majority vote or mean of the closest points.
- 🌳 Decision trees work by iteratively asking questions to partition data, aiming to increase the purity of nodes to make the most informative splits and avoid overfitting.
- 🌲 Random Forest is an ensemble of decision trees that use bagging to reduce the risk of overfitting and improve accuracy through the majority vote or mean values of multiple trees.
- 🌿 Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT) is an ensemble algorithm that combines individual decision trees in series, with each tree focusing on the errors of the previous one, to achieve high efficiency and accuracy.
- 🔑 K-means clustering is an unsupervised learning method that partitions data into K clusters based on the similarity of data points, using an iterative process to find centroids and assign points to clusters.
- 🏞️ DBSCAN is a density-based clustering algorithm that can find arbitrary shaped clusters and detect outliers without requiring a predetermined number of clusters, using neighborhood distance and minimum points parameters.
Q & A
What is an algorithm in the context of computer science?
-An algorithm is a set of commands that a computer must follow to perform calculations or problem-solving operations. It is a finite set of instructions carried out in a specific order to perform a particular task and is not an entire program or code but rather a simple logic to a problem.
How does linear regression model the relationship between variables?
-Linear regression models the relationship between a continuous target variable and one or more independent variables by fitting a linear equation to the data. It finds the best regression line by minimizing the sum of squares of the distances between the data points and the line.
What is the primary task of a Support Vector Machine (SVM)?
-A Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a supervised learning algorithm primarily used for classification tasks. It distinguishes classes by drawing a decision boundary in multidimensional space, aiming to maximize the distance to support vectors to ensure good generalization.
How does the Naive Bayes algorithm make classification decisions?
-The Naive Bayes algorithm, a supervised learning algorithm for classification, assumes that features are independent of each other. It calculates the probability of a class given a set of feature values using Bayes' theorem, relying on the independence assumption to make predictions quickly.
What is the logistic function used for in logistic regression?
-The logistic function, also known as the sigmoid function, is used in logistic regression to map any real-valued number to a value between 0 and 1. It is used to perform binary classification tasks by calculating probabilities that can be thresholded to classify data points.
How does the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm determine the class of a data point?
-The K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm determines the class of a data point based on the majority voting principle of the K closest points. For regression, it takes the mean value of the K closest points, emphasizing the importance of choosing an optimal K value to avoid overfitting or underfitting.
What is the main advantage of decision trees in handling data?
-Decision trees have the advantage of being easy to interpret and visualize. They work by iteratively asking questions to partition data, aiming to increase the purity of nodes with each split, which makes them suitable for both classification and regression tasks without the need for feature normalization or scaling.
How does Random Forest differ from a single decision tree?
-Random Forest is an ensemble of many decision trees built using bagging, where each tree operates as a parallel estimator. It reduces the risk of overfitting and generally provides higher accuracy than a single decision tree, as it aggregates the results from multiple uncorrelated trees.
What is the boosting method used in Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT)?
-Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT) use a boosting method that combines individual decision trees sequentially to achieve a strong learner. Each tree focuses on the errors of the previous one, making GBDT highly efficient and accurate for both classification and regression tasks.
How does K-means clustering determine the number of clusters?
-K-means clustering does not automatically determine the number of clusters; it requires the number of clusters (K) to be predetermined by the user. The algorithm iteratively assigns data points to clusters and updates centroids until convergence is reached, aiming to group similar data points together.
What are the two key parameters of DBSCAN clustering, and how do they work?
-DBSCAN clustering has two key parameters: EPS, which defines the neighborhood distance, and MinPts, which is the minimum number of points required to form a cluster. A point is considered a core point if at least MinPts number of points are within its EPS radius, a border point if fewer points are present, and an outlier if it is not reachable from any core point.
What is the main goal of Principal Component Analysis (PCA)?
-The main goal of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is to reduce the dimensionality of a dataset by deriving new features, called principal components, that explain as much variance within the original data as possible while using fewer features than the original dataset.
Outlines
🤖 Overview of Machine Learning Algorithms
An algorithm is a set of commands that a computer follows to perform tasks. Linear regression models the relationship between a continuous target variable and independent variables by fitting a linear equation to data, minimizing the sum of squares of distances between data points and the regression line. Support Vector Machines (SVM) draw decision boundaries to classify data, maximizing the distance to support vectors. Naive Bayes, based on Bayes' theorem, assumes feature independence and is fast but less accurate. Logistic regression is used for binary classification, employing a logistic function to map values between 0 and 1. K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) uses nearby data points to classify or predict values, with optimal K value crucial for avoiding overfitting or underfitting.
🔍 KNN and Decision Trees
KNN determines the class of a data point based on majority voting of its neighbors, with optimal K value essential to balance specificity and generalization. Decision trees partition data by iteratively asking questions, aiming to increase node purity and predictiveness. Overfitting occurs if the tree becomes too specific, requiring ensemble methods like Random Forests, which use multiple decision trees for improved accuracy and reduced overfitting. Random Forests employ bagging, bootstrapping, and feature randomness to achieve uncorrelated trees and higher accuracy.
🌲 Boosting and Clustering
Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT) use boosting to combine weak learners into a strong model, with each tree correcting errors of the previous ones. K-Means clustering partitions data into clusters by iteratively adjusting centroids based on data point distances. DBSCAN clustering finds arbitrary shaped clusters and detects outliers based on density. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) reduces dimensionality by deriving new features that retain most of the original data's variance, often used as a pre-processing step for supervised learning algorithms.
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Keywords
💡Algorithm
💡Linear Regression
💡Support Vector Machine (SVM)
💡Naive Bayes
💡Logistic Regression
💡K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)
💡Decision Tree
💡Random Forest
💡Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT)
💡K-Means Clustering
Highlights
An algorithm is a finite set of instructions for a computer to perform calculations or problem-solving operations.
Linear regression models the relationship between a continuous target variable and one or more independent variables by fitting a linear equation to the data.
Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used for classification and regression tasks by drawing a decision boundary to distinguish classes.
SVM maximizes the distance to support vectors when drawing the decision boundary to avoid sensitivity to noise and improve generalization.
Naive Bayes classifier assumes feature independence and uses Bayes' theorem for classification tasks.
Logistic regression is used for binary classification problems and is based on the logistic function to map real values to a probability between 0 and 1.
K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm determines the class of a data point based on the majority voting principle of the closest points.
Choosing an optimal K value in KNN is crucial to avoid overfitting or underfitting.
Decision trees partition data by asking iterative questions and are prone to overfitting without proper ensemble techniques.
Random Forest is an ensemble of decision trees that reduces the risk of overfitting and improves accuracy.
Gradient Boosted Decision Trees (GBDT) combines individual decision trees using boosting methods for efficient and accurate predictions.
K-means clustering is an unsupervised learning method that groups data points based on similarities and requires the number of clusters to be predetermined.
DBSCAN is a density-based clustering algorithm that can find arbitrary shaped clusters and is robust to outliers.
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a dimensionality reduction technique that derives new features to retain significant variance with fewer dimensions.
PCA is widely used as a preprocessing step for supervised learning algorithms to enhance performance.
The order of principal components in PCA is determined by the fraction of variance they explain.
Each machine learning algorithm has unique characteristics and applications, making them suitable for different types of problems and data sets.
Transcripts
every single machine learning algorithm
explained in case you don't know an
algorithm is a set of commands that must
be followed for a computer to perform
calculations or like other
problemsolving operations according to
its formal definition an algorithm is a
finite set of instructions carried out
in a specific order to perform a
particular task it's not an entire
program or code it is simple logic to a
problem linear regression is a
supervised learning algorithm and tries
to model their relationship between a
continuous Target variable and one or
more independent VAR variables by
fitting a linear equation to the data
take this chart of dots for example a
linear regression model tries to fit a
regression line to the data points that
best represents the relations or
correlations with this method the best
regression line is found by minimizing
the sum of squares of the distance
between the data points and the
regression line so for these data points
the regression line Looks like this
support Vector machine or svm for short
is a supervised learning algorithm and
is mostly used for classification tasks
but is also suitable for regression R
tasks svm distinguishes classes by
drawing a decision boundary how to draw
or determine the decision boundary is
the most critical part in svm algorithms
before creating the decision boundary
each observation or data point is
plotted in N dimensional space with n
being the number of features used for
example if we use length and width to
classify different cells observations
are plotted in a two-dimensional space
and decision boundary is a line if we
use three features decision boundary is
a plane in three-dimensional space if we
use more than three features decision
boundary becomes a hyper plane which is
really hard to visualize decision
boundary is drawn in a way that the
distance to support vectors are
maximized if the decision boundary is
too close to a support Vector it'll be
highly sensitive to noises and not
generalize well even very small changes
to independent variables may cause a
misclassification svm is especially
effective in cases where number of
dimensions are more than the number of
samples when finding the decision
boundary svm uses a subset of training
points rather than all points which
makes it memory efficient on the other
hand training time increases for large
data sets which negatively affects the
performance Nave Bas is a supervised
learning algorithm used for
classification tasks hence it is also
called Nave Bas classifier Nave Bas
assumes that features are independent of
each other and there is no correlation
between features however this is not the
case in real life this Nave Assumption
of features being uncorrelated is the
reason why this algorithm is called
naive the intuition behind naive Bay
algorithm is the Bas theorem p a is the
probability of event a given event B has
already occurred PBA is probability of
event B given event a has already
occurred PA is the probability of event
a and PB is the probability of event B
naive Bas classifier calculates the
probability of a class given a set of
feature values the the assumption that
all features are independent makes knif
based algorithm very fast when compared
to complicated algorithms in some cases
speed is preferred over higher accuracy
but on the other hand the same
assumption makes knife Bas algorithm
less accurate than complicated
algorithms logistic regression is a
supervised learning algorithm which is
mostly used for binary classification
problems logistic regression is a simple
yet very effective classification
algorithm so it is commonly used for
many binary classification tasks things
like customer turn spam email website or
ad click predictions are some examples
of the areas where logistic regression
offers a powerful solution the basis of
logistic regression is the logistic
function also called the sigmoid
function which takes any real value
number and Maps it to a value between 0o
and 1 Let's consider we have the
following linear equation to solve
logistic regression model takes a linear
equation as input and uses logistic
function and log odds to perform a
binary classification task then we will
get the f famous shaped graph of
logistic regression we can use the
calculated probability as is for example
the output can be the probability that
this email is Spam is 95% or the
probability that the customer will click
on the ad is 70% however in most cases
probabilities are used to classify data
points for example if the probability is
greater than 50% the prediction is
positive class or one otherwise the
prediction is negative class or zero K
nearest Neighbors or K&N for short is a
supervised learning algorithm that can
be used to solve both classification and
regression tasks the main idea behind
KNN is that the value of a class or of a
data point is determined by the data
points around it KNN classifier
determines the class of a data point by
majority voting principle for instance
if K is set to five the classes of five
closest points are checked prediction is
done according to the majority class
similarly K&N regression takes the mean
value of five CL closest points let's go
over an example consider the following
data points that belong to four
different classes and let's see how the
predicted classes change according to
the K value it is very important to
determine an optimal K value if K is too
low the model is too specific and not
generalized well it also tends to be too
sensitive to noise the model
accomplishes a high accuracy on train
set but will be a poor predictor on new
previously unseen data points therefore
we are likely to end up with an overfit
model on the the other hand if K is too
large the model is too generalized and
is not a good predictor on both train
and test sets this situation is known as
underfitting KNN is simple and easy to
interpret it does not make any
assumption so it can be implemented in
nonlinear tasks KNN does become very
slow as number of data points increases
because the model needs to store all
data points thus it is not memory
efficient another downside of KNN is
that it is sensitive to outliers
decision trees work by iteratively
asking questions to partition data it is
easier to conceptualize the partitioning
data with a visual representation of a
decision tree this represents a decision
tree to predict customer CH first split
is based on monthly charges amount then
the algorithm keeps asking questions to
separate class labels the question get
more specific as the tree gets deeper
the aim is to increase the
predictiveness as much as possible at
each partitioning so that the model
keeps gaining information about the data
set randomly splitting the feature does
not usually give us the valuable insight
into the data set it's the splits that
increase purity of nodes that are most
informative the purity of a node is
inversely proportional to the
distribution of different classes in
that node the questions to ask are
chosen in a way that increases Purity or
decreases impurity but how many
questions do we ask when do we stop when
is our tree sufficient to solve our
classification problem the answer to all
of these questions leads us to one of
the most important Concepts in machine
learning overfitting the model can keep
asking questions until all nodes are
pure however this would be a two
specific model and would not generalize
will it achieves high accuracy with
training set but performs poorly on new
previously unseen data points which
indicates overfitting decision tree
algorithm usually does not require to
normalize or scale features it is also
suitable to work on a mixture of feature
data types on the negative side it is
prone to overfitting and needs to be
ensembled in order to generalize well
random Forest is an ensemble of many
decision trees random forests are built
using a method called bagging in which
decision trees are used as par parel
estimators if used for a classification
problem the result is based on majority
vote of the results received from each
decision tree for regression the
prediction of a leaf node is the mean
value of the target values in that leaf
random Forest regression takes mean
values of results from decision trees
random forests reduce the risk of
overfitting and accuracy is much higher
than a single decision tree furthermore
decision trees in a random forest run in
parallel so that the time does not
become a bottleneck the success of a
random Forest highly depends on using
uncorrelated decision trees if we use
the same or very similar trees the
overall result will not be much
different than the result of a single
decision tree random forests achieve to
have uncorrelated decision trees by
bootstrapping and feature Randomness
bootstrapping is randomly selecting
samples from training data with
replacement they are called the
bootstrap samples feature Randomness is
achieved by selecting features randomly
for each decision Tree in a random
Forest the number of features used for
each tree in a random Forest can be
controlled with maxcore features
parameter random Forest is a highly
accurate model on many different
problems and does not require
normalization or scaling however it is
not a good choice for high dimensional
data sets compared to fast linear models
gradient boosted decision trees or gbdt
for short is an ensemble algorithm which
uses boosting methods to combine
individual decision trees boosting means
combining a learning algorithm in series
to achieve a strong learner from many
sequentially connect weak Learners in
the case of gbdt the weak Learners are
the decision trees each tree attempts to
minimize the errors of previous tree
trees in boosting are weak learners but
adding many trees in series and each
focusing on the errors from the previous
one make boosting a highly efficient and
accurate model unlike bagging boosta
does not involve bootstrap sampling
every time a new tree is added it fits
on a modified version of the initial
data set since trees are added
sequentially boosting algorithms learn
slowly in statistical learning models
that learn slowly perform better gbdt is
very efficient on both classification
and regression tasks and provides more
accurate predictions compared to random
Forest it can handle mixed type of
features and no pre-processing is needed
gbdt does require careful tuning of
hyperparameters in order to prevent the
model from overfitting K means
clustering clustering is a way to group
a set of data points in a way that
similar data points are grouped together
therefore clustering algorithms look for
similarities or dissimilarities among
data points clustering is an
unsupervised learning method so there is
no label associated with data points
clustering algorithms try to find the
underlying structure of the data
observations or data points in a
classification task have labels each
observation is classified according to
some measurements classification
algorithms try to model the relationship
between measurements on observations and
their assigned class then the model
predicts the class of new observations K
means clustering aims to partition data
into K clusters in a way that data
points in the same cluster are similar
and data points in different clusters
are further apart thus it is a partition
based clustering technique similarity of
two points is determined by the distance
between them consider the following 2D
visualization of a data set it can be
partied into four different clusters now
real life data sets are much more
complex in which clusters are not
clearly separated however the algorithm
works in the same way K means is an
iterative process it is built on
expectation maximization algorithm after
the number of clusters are determined it
works by executing the following steps
number one it randomly selects the
centroids or the center of cluster for
each cluster then it calculates the
distance of all data points to the
centroids it assigns the data points to
the closest cluster it finds the new
centroids of each cluster by taking the
mean of all data points in the cluster
and it repeats steps 2 3 and four until
all points converge and cluster Center
stop moving K means clustering is
relatively fast and easy to interpret it
is also able to choose the positions of
initial centroids in a smart way that
speeds up the convergence the one
challenge with K means is that the
number of clusters must be predetermined
cayman's algorithm is not able to guess
how many clusters exist in the data if
there is a nonlinear structure
separating groups in the data K means
will not be a good choice DB scan
clustering partition based and
hierarchical clustering techniques are
highly efficient with normal shaped
clusters however when it comes to
arbitrary shaped clusters or detecting
outliers density based techniques are
more efficient DB scan stands for
density based spatial clustering of
applications with noise it is able to
find arbitrary shaped clusters and
clusters with noise the main idea behind
DB scan is that a point belongs to a
cluster if it is close to many points
from that cluster there are two key
parameters of DB scan EPS which is the
distance that specifies the neighborhood
two points are considered to be
neighbors if the distance between them
are less than or equal to EPs and Min
pts which is the minimum number of data
points to define a cluster based on
these two parameters points are
classified as score Point border point
or outlier a point is a core point if
there are at least Min pts number of
points including the point itself in its
surrounding area with radius EPS a point
is a border point if it is unreachable
from a core point and there are less
than Min pts number of points within its
surrounding area and a point is an
outlier if it is not a core point and
not reach from any core points DB scan
does not require to specify a number of
clusters beforehand it is robust to
outliers and able to detect the outliers
in some cases determining an appropriate
distance of neighborhood EPS is not easy
and it requires domain knowledge
principle components analysis or PCA is
a dimensionally reduction algorithm
which basically derives new features
from the existing ones with keeping as
much information as possible PCA is an
unsupervised learning algorithm but it
is also widely used as a pre-processing
step for supervised learning algorithms
PCA deres new features by finding the
relations among features in a data set
the aim of PCA is to explain the
variance within the original data set as
much as possible by using less features
the new derived features are called
principal components the order of
principal components is determined
according to the fraction of variance of
original data set they explain the
advantage of PCA is that a significant
amount of variance of the original data
set is retained using much smaller
number of features than the original
data set principal components are
ordered according to the amount of
variants that they explain and that is
every common machine learning algorithm
explained
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