Even as the number of machine learning frameworks and libraries increases on a daily basis, scikit-learn is retaining its popularity with ease. In particular, scikit-learn features extremely comprehensive support for ensemble learning, an important technique to mitigate overfitting. In this course, Employing Ensemble Methods with scikit-learn, you will gain the ability to construct several important types of ensemble learning models. First, you will learn decision trees and random forests are ideal building blocks for ensemble learning, and how hard voting and soft voting can be used in an ensemble model. Next, you will discover how bagging and pasting can be used to control the manner in which individual learners in the ensemble are trained. Finally, you will round out your knowledge by utilizing model stacking to combine the output of individual learners. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge to design and implement sophisticated ensemble learning techniques using the support provided by the scikit-learn framework.
Author Name: Janani Ravi
Author Description:
Janani has a Masters degree from Stanford and worked for 7+ years at Google. She was one of the original engineers on Google Docs and holds 4 patents for its real-time collaborative editing framework. After spending years working in tech in the Bay Area, New York, and Singapore at companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Flipkart, Janani finally decided to combine her love for technology with her passion for teaching. She is now the co-founder of Loonycorn, a content studio focused on providing … more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Understanding Ensemble Learning Techniques
  47mins
• Implementing Ensemble Learning Using Averaging Methods
  42mins
• Implementing Ensemble Learning Using Boosting Methods
  31mins
• Implementing Ensemble Learning Using Model Stacking
  12mins