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Frank H. McCourt, Jr. and Michael J. Casey Frank H. McCourt, Jr. and Michael J. Casey
Updated on March 12, 2024

What If We Lived in an Open Data Economy?

In an excerpt from their latest book, our experts imagine a world where we’re in control of our own online experience.

Okan Yenigün Okan Yenigün
Updated on March 11, 2024

DBSCAN Clustering Algorithm Demystified

Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) is a clustering algorithm used to define clusters in a data set and identify outliers. Here’s how it works. 

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Sachin Dev Sachin Dev
Updated on March 07, 2024

Understanding Overfitting vs. Underfitting in Machine Learning

Overfitting and underfitting are two problems that can occur when building a machine learning model and can lead to poor performance. Learn what causes them and how to fix it.

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Bushra Anjum & Ken Hu Bushra Anjum & Ken Hu
Updated on March 05, 2024

How to Build an Agile Framework for Machine Learning Projects

Machine learning projects can get unwieldy without a clear framework. Our experts explain how they built one based on the Agile methodology.

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Stephen Adesina Stephen Adesina
Updated on March 04, 2024

Python Circular Import Error Solved

Python circular import is an error that occurs when two or more modules mutually depending on each other try to import before fully loading. Here’s how to solve it.

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Chris Dowsett Chris Dowsett
Updated on February 28, 2024

What Is Business Intelligence?

Business intelligence (BI) provides insights that guide business decisions and business monitoring while taking advantage of growing volumes of data stored by organizations.

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Willy Sennott Willy Sennott
Updated on February 28, 2024

Here’s How to Take Your FinOps Game to the Next Level

What is advanced FinOps, and how can you achieve it?

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Bharath Krishnamurthy Bharath Krishnamurthy
Updated on February 26, 2024

An Introduction to the ReLU Activation Function

The rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation function introduces the property of nonlinearity to a deep learning model and solves the vanishing gradients issue. Here’s why it’s so popular.

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Michael Galarnyk Michael Galarnyk
Updated on February 23, 2024

PCA Using Python: A Tutorial

Principal component analysis (PCA) in Python can be used to speed up model training or for data visualization. This tutorial covers both using scikit-learn.

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Pau Blasco Roca Pau Blasco Roca
Updated on February 15, 2024

Life Stats: A Data Science Experiment

After collecting life stats data for a year, here’s what you can learn by applying data analysis like correlation studies, time series analysis, Fourier transform and more.

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