Last Updated on August 9, 2019 Numerical linear algebra is concerned with the practical implications of implementing and executing matrix operations in computers with real data. It is an area that requires some previous experience of linear algebra and is focused on both the performance and precision of the operations. The company fast.ai released a free course titled “Computational Linear Algebra” on the topic of numerical linear algebra that includes Python notebooks and video lectures recorded at the University of […]

Last Updated on August 9, 2019 Linear Algebra for Machine Learning Crash Course. Get on top of the linear algebra used in machine learning in 7 Days. Linear algebra is a field of mathematics that is universally agreed to be a prerequisite for a deeper understanding of machine learning. Although linear algebra is a large field with many esoteric theories and findings, the nuts and bolts tools and notations taken from the field are required for machine learning practitioners. With […]

Last Updated on May 7, 2020 You cannot avoid mathematical notation when reading the descriptions of machine learning methods. Often, all it takes is one term or one fragment of notation in an equation to completely derail your understanding of the entire procedure. This can be extremely frustrating, especially for machine learning beginners coming from the world of development. You can make great progress if you know a few basic areas of mathematical notation and some tricks for working through […]

Last Updated on August 19, 2020 Argmax is a mathematical function that you may encounter in applied machine learning. For example, you may see “argmax” or “arg max” used in a research paper used to describe an algorithm. You may also be instructed to use the argmax function in your algorithm implementation. This may be the first time that you encounter the argmax function and you may wonder what it is and how it works. In this tutorial, you will […]

NumPy arrays provide a fast and efficient way to store and manipulate data in Python. They are particularly useful for representing data as vectors and matrices in machine learning. Data in NumPy arrays can be accessed directly via column and row indexes, and this is reasonably straightforward. Nevertheless, sometimes we must perform operations on arrays of data such as sum or mean of values by row or column and this requires the axis of the operation to be specified. Unfortunately, […]