A Comprehensive Guide to Machine Learning Algorithms
Overview:
This guide summarizes key machine learning algorithms used in classification, regression, and clustering
tasks.
1. Supervised Learning:
- Linear Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Decision Trees
- Random Forests
- Support Vector Machines (SVM)
2. Unsupervised Learning:
- K-Means Clustering
- DBSCAN
- Hierarchical Clustering
- Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
3. Model Evaluation Metrics:
- Accuracy
- Precision and Recall
- F1 Score
- ROC-AUC Curve
4. Choosing the Right Algorithm:
Depends on dataset size, interpretability needs, training time, and feature complexity.
5. Real-World Applications:
- Credit scoring
- Spam detection
- Image classification
- Customer segmentation
Conclusion:
ML algorithms are tools understanding their assumptions and trade-offs is key to using them effectively.