Optimization for Machine Learning

Optimization for Machine Learning
Author: Suvrit Sra
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 026201646X

An up-to-date account of the interplay between optimization and machine learning, accessible to students and researchers in both communities. The interplay between optimization and machine learning is one of the most important developments in modern computational science. Optimization formulations and methods are proving to be vital in designing algorithms to extract essential knowledge from huge volumes of data. Machine learning, however, is not simply a consumer of optimization technology but a rapidly evolving field that is itself generating new optimization ideas. This book captures the state of the art of the interaction between optimization and machine learning in a way that is accessible to researchers in both fields. Optimization approaches have enjoyed prominence in machine learning because of their wide applicability and attractive theoretical properties. The increasing complexity, size, and variety of today's machine learning models call for the reassessment of existing assumptions. This book starts the process of reassessment. It describes the resurgence in novel contexts of established frameworks such as first-order methods, stochastic approximations, convex relaxations, interior-point methods, and proximal methods. It also devotes attention to newer themes such as regularized optimization, robust optimization, gradient and subgradient methods, splitting techniques, and second-order methods. Many of these techniques draw inspiration from other fields, including operations research, theoretical computer science, and subfields of optimization. The book will enrich the ongoing cross-fertilization between the machine learning community and these other fields, and within the broader optimization community.

Optimization for Data Analysis

Optimization for Data Analysis
Author: Stephen J. Wright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2022-04-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1316518981

A concise text that presents and analyzes the fundamental techniques and methods in optimization that are useful in data science.

Bayesian Optimization and Data Science

Bayesian Optimization and Data Science
Author: Francesco Archetti
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783030244934

This volume brings together the main results in the field of Bayesian Optimization (BO), focusing on the last ten years and showing how, on the basic framework, new methods have been specialized to solve emerging problems from machine learning, artificial intelligence, and system optimization. It also analyzes the software resources available for BO and a few selected application areas. Some areas for which new results are shown include constrained optimization, safe optimization, and applied mathematics, specifically BO's use in solving difficult nonlinear mixed integer problems. The book will help bring readers to a full understanding of the basic Bayesian Optimization framework and gain an appreciation of its potential for emerging application areas. It will be of particular interest to the data science, computer science, optimization, and engineering communities.

Data Science and Machine Learning

Data Science and Machine Learning
Author: Dirk P. Kroese
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000730778

Focuses on mathematical understanding Presentation is self-contained, accessible, and comprehensive Full color throughout Extensive list of exercises and worked-out examples Many concrete algorithms with actual code

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science
Author: Giuseppe Nicosia
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2019-02-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030137090

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science, LOD 2018, held in Volterra, Italy, in September 2018.The 46 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 126 submissions. The papers cover topics in the field of machine learning, artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, computational optimization and data science presenting a substantial array of ideas, technologies, algorithms, methods and applications.

Machine Learning and Data Science in the Power Generation Industry

Machine Learning and Data Science in the Power Generation Industry
Author: Patrick Bangert
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128226005

Machine Learning and Data Science in the Power Generation Industry explores current best practices and quantifies the value-add in developing data-oriented computational programs in the power industry, with a particular focus on thoughtfully chosen real-world case studies. It provides a set of realistic pathways for organizations seeking to develop machine learning methods, with a discussion on data selection and curation as well as organizational implementation in terms of staffing and continuing operationalization. It articulates a body of case study–driven best practices, including renewable energy sources, the smart grid, and the finances around spot markets, and forecasting. - Provides best practices on how to design and set up ML projects in power systems, including all nontechnological aspects necessary to be successful - Explores implementation pathways, explaining key ML algorithms and approaches as well as the choices that must be made, how to make them, what outcomes may be expected, and how the data must be prepared for them - Determines the specific data needs for the collection, processing, and operationalization of data within machine learning algorithms for power systems - Accompanied by numerous supporting real-world case studies, providing practical evidence of both best practices and potential pitfalls

AI for Data Science

AI for Data Science
Author: Zacharias Voulgaris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Algorithms
ISBN: 9781634624091

Master the approaches and principles of Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms, and apply them to Data Science projects with Python and Julia code. Aspiring and practicing Data Science and AI professionals, along with Python and Julia programmers, will practice numerous AI algorithms and develop a more holistic understanding of the field of AI, and will learn when to use each framework to tackle projects in our increasingly complex world. The first two chapters introduce the field, with Chapter 1 surveying Deep Learning models and Chapter 2 providing an overview of algorithms beyond Deep Learning, including Optimization, Fuzzy Logic, and Artificial Creativity. The next chapters focus on AI frameworks; they contain data and Python and Julia code in a provided Docker, so you can practice. Chapter 3 covers Apache's MXNet, Chapter 4 covers TensorFlow, and Chapter 5 investigates Keras. After covering these Deep Learning frameworks, we explore a series of optimization frameworks, with Chapter 6 covering Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Chapter 7 on Genetic Algorithms (GAs), and Chapter 8 discussing Simulated Annealing (SA). Chapter 9 begins our exploration of advanced AI methods, by covering Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs). Chapter 10 discusses optimization ensembles and how they can add value to the Data Science pipeline. Chapter 11 contains several alternative AI frameworks including Extreme Learning Machines (ELMs), Capsule Networks (CapsNets), and Fuzzy Inference Systems (FIS). Chapter 12 covers other considerations complementary to the AI topics covered, including Big Data concepts, Data Science specialization areas, and useful data resources to experiment on. A comprehensive glossary is included, as well as a series of appendices covering Transfer Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Autoencoder Systems, and Generative Adversarial Networks. There is also an appendix on the business aspects of AI in data science projects, and an appendix on how to use the Docker image to access the book's data and code. The field of AI is vast, and can be overwhelming for the newcomer to approach. This book will arm you with a solid understanding of the field, plus inspire you to explore further.

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Big Data

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Big Data
Author: Panos M. Pardalos
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 475
Release: 2016-12-24
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319514695

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the Second International Workshop on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Big Data, MOD 2016, held in Volterra, Italy, in August 2016. The 40 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 97 submissions. These proceedings contain papers in the fields of Machine Learning, Computational Optimization and DataScience presenting a substantial array of ideas, technologies, algorithms, methods and applications.

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Big Data

Machine Learning, Optimization, and Big Data
Author: Giuseppe Nicosia
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2017-12-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319729268

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Big Data, MOD 2017, held in Volterra, Italy, in September 2017. The 50 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 126 submissions. The papers cover topics in the field of machine learning, artificial intelligence, computational optimization and data science presenting a substantial array of ideas, technologies, algorithms, methods and applications.