How to Learn a Machine Learning Algorithm

Last Updated on August 15, 2020

The question of how to learn a machine learning algorithm has come up a few times on the email list.

In this post I’ll share with you the strategy I have been using for years to learn and build up a structured description of an algorithm in a step-by-step manner that I can add to, refine and refer back to again and again. I even used it to write a book.

This was just a strategy I used personally and I’ve been really surprised by the positive feedback.

Kick-start your project with my new book Master Machine Learning Algorithms, including step-by-step tutorials and the Excel Spreadsheet files for all examples.

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Algorithm Descriptions are Broken

Learning a machine learning algorithm can be overwhelming. There are so many papers, books and websites describing how the algorithm works mathematically and textually. If you are really lucky you might find a pseudocode description of the algorithm.