Genetic algorithms and machine learning for programmers : create AI models and evolve solutions

Self-driving cars, natural language recognition, and online recommendation engines are all possible thanks to Machine Learning. Now you can create your own genetic algorithms, nature-inspired swarms, Monte Carlo simulations, cellular automata, and clusters. Learn how to test your ML code and dive in...

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Main Author Buontempo, Frances
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Raleigh, North Carolina The Pragmatic Bookshelf 2019
Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The
Edition1
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Genetic algorithms
Genetic programming (Computer science)
Machine learning
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ISBN9781680506204
168050620X

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  • Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Who Is This Book For? -- What's in This Book? -- Online Resources -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Escape! Code Your Way Out of a Paper Bag -- Let's Begin -- Your Mission: Find a Way Out -- How to Help the Turtle Escape -- Let's Save the Turtle -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 2. Decide! Find the Paper Bag -- Your Mission: Learn from Data -- How to Grow a Decision Tree -- Let's Find That Paper Bag -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 3. Boom! Create a Genetic Algorithm -- Your Mission: Fire Cannonballs -- How to Breed Solutions -- Let's Fire Some Cannons -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 4. Swarm! Build a Nature-Inspired Swarm -- Your Mission: Crowd Control -- How to Form a Swarm -- Let's Make a Swarm -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 5. Colonize! Discover Pathways -- Your Mission: Lay Pheromones -- How to Create Pathways -- Let's March Some Ants -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 6. Diffuse! Employ a Stochastic Model -- Your Mission: Make Small Random Steps -- How to Cause Diffusion -- Let's Diffuse Some Particles -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 7. Buzz! Converge on One Solution -- Your Mission: Beekeeping -- How to Feed the Bees -- Let's Make Some Bees Swarm -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 8. Alive! Create Artificial Life -- Your Mission: Make Cells Come Alive -- How to Create Artificial Life -- Let's Make Cellular Automata -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 9. Dream! Explore CA with GA -- Your Mission: Find the Best -- How to Explore a CA -- Let's Find the Best Starting Row -- Did It Work? -- Over to You -- 10. Optimize! Find the Best -- Your Mission: Move Turtles -- How to Get a Turtle into a Paper Bag -- Let's Find the Bottom of the Bag -- Did It Work? -- Extension to More Dimensions -- Over to You -- Bibliography -- Index -- - SYMBOLS - -- - A - -- - B - -- - C - -- - D - -- - E - -- - F - -- - G - -- - H -