Patterns, predictions, and actions: A story about machine learning
Patterns, predictions, and actions: A story about machine learning
复制标题
模式、预测和行动:关于机器学习的故事
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2021
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
B. Recht
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Moritz Hardt;B. Recht
This graduate textbook on machine learning tells a story of how patterns in data support predictions and consequential actions. Starting with the foundations of decision making, we cover representation, optimization, and generalization as the constituents of supervised learning. A chapter on datasets as benchmarks examines their histories and scientific bases. Self-contained introductions to causality, the practice of causal inference, sequential decision making, and reinforcement learning equip the reader with concepts and tools to reason about actions and their consequences. Throughout, the text discusses historical context and societal impact. We invite readers from all backgrounds; some experience with probability, calculus, and linear algebra suffices.