GSMLBook

This is an introductory book in machine learning with a hands on approach. It uses Python 3 and Jupyter notebooks for all applications. The emphasis is primarily on learning to use existing libraries such as Scikit-Learn with easy recipes and existing data files that can found on-line. Topics include linear, multilinear, polynomial, stepwise, lasso, ridge, and logistic regression; ROC curves and measures of binary classification; nonlinear regression (including an introduction to gradient descent); classification and regression trees; random forests;  neural networks; probabilistic methods (KNN, naive Bayes', QDA, LDA); dimensionality reduction with PCA; support vector machines; and clustering with K-Means, hierarchical, and DBScan. Appendices provide a review of probability and linear algebra. While some mathematical foundation is provided, it is not essential for understanding the implementations. The target audience is advanced community college and university students.