Classical ML Algorithms

Discussions compare classical machine learning methods like SVMs, decision trees, random forests, and scikit-learn, questioning differences, advantages, and alternatives to a featured tool.

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isoprophlex Jun 3, 2022 View on HN

Is this a complicated way of saying "just use k-nearest neighbors"?

caffeine Jun 19, 2009 View on HN

Don't forget Hastie & Tibshirani's Elements of Statistical Learning! :)

tgv Jun 30, 2023 View on HN

Looks more like it was found using random forests.

katie-k May 26, 2021 View on HN

Looks super cool! What's the difference between your tool and using scikit learn? Don't they both let you use unsupervised learning?

cache_money Jul 15, 2015 View on HN

Have you thought about the Support Vector Machine?

kzrdude Sep 14, 2021 View on HN

What's a typical task you do with sklearn? Just trying to get inspired about what it can do

paraschopra Jan 1, 2010 View on HN

Any particular hypothesis why decision trees work better for you than SVMs?

toisanji Nov 4, 2013 View on HN

How is this better than using other frameworks such as scikit learn? it is hard to tell what extra value they provide from the copy on their website.

katie-k Jul 14, 2021 View on HN

Why is this better than sci-kit learn?

saverio-murgia Aug 9, 2016 View on HN

Not so obvious. In fact, I believe they are using Random Forest.