Who are the best MMA fighters of all time. A Bayesian study
Like with any sport, the question of who are the best competitors of all time in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is something that is hotly debated among MMA fans. And … Read More
Year: 2015
First Estonian Machine Learning Meetup
Today, we had the first event of the Estonian Machine Learning Meetup series. I was quite baffled by the pretty massive turnout, with more than a hundred people attending, indicating … Read More
7 tools in every data scientist’s toolbox
There is huge number of machine learning methods, statistical tools and data mining techniques available for a given data related task, from self organizing maps to Q-learning, from streaming graph … Read More
Random forest interpretation with scikit-learn
In one of my previous posts I discussed how random forests can be turned into a “white box”, such that each prediction is decomposed into a sum of contributions from … Read More
Prediction intervals for Random Forests
An aspect that is important but often overlooked in applied machine learning is intervals for predictions, be it confidence or prediction intervals. For classification tasks, beginning practitioners quite often conflate … Read More
Which topics get the upvote on Hacker News?
Hacker News is a popular social news website, mostly covering technology and startup topics. It relies on user submissions and moderation, where each submitted story can be upvoted and commented … Read More