Machine Learning

By Fernando Gómez and Alberto Quesada,  Many common applications of predictive analytics, from customer segmentation to medical diagnosis, arise from complex relationships between features (also called variables or characteristics). Feature selection is the process of finding the most relevant variables for a predictive model. These techniques can be used to Read more…

Genetic algorithms are a mysterious sounding technique in mysterious sounding field–artificial intelligence. This is the problem with naming things appropriately. When the field was labelled artificial intelligence, it meant using mathematics to artificially create the semblance of intelligence, but self-engrandizing researchers and Isaac Asimov redefined it as robots. The name Read more…