K-means is comparatively simple and works well with large datasets, but it assumes clusters are circular/spherical in shape, so it can only find simple cluster geometries.
- By James McCaffrey
- 12/01/2023
Compared to other clustering techniques, DBSCAN does not require you to explicitly specify how many data clusters to use, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research in this full-code, step-by-step machine language tutorial.
- By James McCaffrey
- 11/15/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains GMM clustering in a full-code, step-by-step tutorial, noting his data scientists colleagues have different opinions about the complicated technique.
- By James McCaffrey
- 11/01/2023
Compared to other regression techniques, a well-tuned neural network regression system can produce the most accurate prediction model, says Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research in presenting this full-code, step-by-step tutorial.
- By James McCaffrey
- 10/18/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says the technique is easy to tune, works well with small datasets and produces highly interpretable predictions, but there are also trade-off cons.
- By James McCaffrey
- 10/02/2023
GPR works well with small datasets and generates a metric of confidence of a predicted result, but it's moderately complex and the results are not easily interpretable, says Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research in this full-code tutorial.
- By James McCaffrey
- 09/15/2023
The main advantages of KNNR are simplicity and interpretability, says Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research in presenting this full-code, step-by-step tutorial.
- By James McCaffrey
- 09/05/2023
KRR is especially useful when there is limited training data, says Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research in this full-code, step-by-step tutorial.
- By James McCaffrey
- 08/15/2023
Implementing LRR from scratch is harder than using a library like scikit-learn, but it helps you customize your code, makes it easier to integrate with other systems, and gives you a complete understanding of how LRR works.
- By James McCaffrey
- 08/01/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research offers a full-code, step-by-step tutorial for this technique, especially useful when there is limited training data.
- By James McCaffrey
- 07/18/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on this regression technique, which is especially useful when there is limited training data.
- By James McCaffrey
- 07/06/2023
With Microsoft's "copilot" AI assistants springing up everywhere, here are the 10 most popular VS Code tools that mention or are tagged with the term.
Machine learning with neural networks is sometimes said to be part art and part science. Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research teaches both with a full-code, step-by-step tutorial.
- By James McCaffrey
- 06/15/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says the main advantage of using Gaussian naive Bayes classification compared to other techniques like decision trees or neural networks is that you don't have to fine tune model parameters.
- By James McCaffrey
- 05/31/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research uses a full-code, step-by-step demo to predict the species of a wheat seed based on seven predictor variables such as seed length, width and perimeter.
- By James McCaffrey
- 05/15/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research uses a full-code, step-by-step demo to show how to predict the annual income of a person based on their sex, age, state where they live and political leaning.
- By James McCaffrey
- 05/02/2023
A full-code demo from Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research shows how to predict the type of a college course by analyzing grade counts for each type of course.
- By James McCaffrey
- 04/17/2023
Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says a neural network model is arguably the most powerful multi-class classification technique.
- By James McCaffrey
- 04/03/2023
Decision trees are useful for relatively small datasets that have a relatively simple underlying structure, and when the trained model must be easily interpretable, explains Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research, who provides step-by-step instructions and full source code.
- By James McCaffrey
- 03/17/2023
With new generative AI tools shaking up the software development space, there are now more than 400 AI-infused extensions in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.