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Making predictions has been a part of the banking industry since the world was flat. These days, you would be hard-pressed to identify a line of business or function in a bank that doesn’t have multiple needs for predictive analytics. Banks of all sizes are realizing that they must find new ways of capturing, organizing, and making data available, and…

So, you have successfully trained a machine learning model after choosing the best algorithm and high-quality training data. Time to celebrate, right? Not quite! The best machine learning algorithms and models are of no use until you actually apply them to make predictions on future outcomes. Then, you must incorporate those predictions into your decision making. The business value of…

This article was originally published at Algorithimia’s website. The company was acquired by DataRobot in 2021. This article may not be entirely up-to-date or refer to products and offerings no longer in existence. Find out more about DataRobot MLOps here. Sentiment analysis invites us to consider the sentence, You’re so smart! and discern what’s behind it. It sounds like quite a compliment, right? Clearly…

Following best practices when building machine learning models is a time-consuming yet important process. There are so many things to do ranging from: preparing the data, selecting and training algorithms, understanding how the algorithm is making decisions, all the way down to deploying models to production. I like to think of the machine learning design and maintenance process as being…

***Spoilers Ahead***   This blog is meant to be a fun and unique take on predicting which characters are likely to survive (or die) in the final season of "Game of Thrones".   After finishing season seven of Game of Thrones, the record-breaking HBO show based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, we…

This article was originally published at Algorithimia’s website. The company was acquired by DataRobot in 2021. This article may not be entirely up-to-date or refer to products and offerings no longer in existence. Find out more about DataRobot MLOps here. Introduction to loss functions The loss function is the bread and butter of modern machine learning; it takes your algorithm from…

This article was originally published at Algorithimia’s website. The company was acquired by DataRobot in 2021. This article may not be entirely up-to-date or refer to products and offerings no longer in existence. Find out more about DataRobot MLOps here. What is sentiment analysis? Sentiment analysis is the process of using natural language processing, text analysis, and statistics to analyze…

We've gotten some questions recently about how much data is needed to train a good model. While there is no "one-size-fits-all" approach, there are some general best practices to follow and questions to ask about your data beforehand. Ryan elaborates. How much data do you need to train a model? Arguably, only a single data point. Is this model likely…

This article was originally published at Algorithimia’s website. The company was acquired by DataRobot in 2021. This article may not be entirely up-to-date or refer to products and offerings no longer in existence. Find out more about DataRobot MLOps here. This post discusses everything you need to know about NLP—whether you’re a developer, a business, or a complete beginner—and how…