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+Python Machine Learning - Code Examples
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+##  Chapter 7: Combining Different Models for Ensemble Learning
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+### Chapter Outline
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+- Learning with ensembles
+- Combining classifiers via majority vote
+  - Implementing a simple majority vote classifier
+  - Using the majority voting principle to make predictions
+  - Evaluating and tuning the ensemble classifier
+- Bagging – building an ensemble of classifiers from bootstrap samples
+  - Bagging in a nutshell
+  - Applying bagging to classify samples in the Wine dataset
+- Leveraging weak learners via adaptive boosting
+  - How boosting works
+  - Applying AdaBoost using scikit-learn
+- Summary
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+### A note on using the code examples
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+The recommended way to interact with the code examples in this book is via Jupyter Notebook (the `.ipynb` files). Using Jupyter Notebook, you will be able to execute the code step by step and have all the resulting outputs (including plots and images) all in one convenient document.
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+![](../ch02/images/jupyter-example-1.png)
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+Setting up Jupyter Notebook is really easy: if you are using the Anaconda Python distribution, all you need to install jupyter notebook is to execute the following command in your terminal:
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+    conda install jupyter notebook
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+Then you can launch jupyter notebook by executing
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+    jupyter notebook
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+A window will open up in your browser, which you can then use to navigate to the target directory that contains the `.ipynb` file you wish to open.
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+**More installation and setup instructions can be found in the [README.md file of Chapter 1](../ch01/README.md)**.
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+**(Even if you decide not to install Jupyter Notebook, note that you can also view the notebook files on GitHub by simply clicking on them: [`ch07.ipynb`](ch07.ipynb))**
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+In addition to the code examples, I added a table of contents to each Jupyter notebook as well as section headers that are consistent with the content of the book. Also, I included the original images and figures in hope that these make it easier to navigate and work with the code interactively as you are reading the book.
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+![](../ch02/images/jupyter-example-2.png)
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+When I was creating these notebooks, I was hoping to make your reading (and coding) experience as convenient as possible! However, if you don't wish to use Jupyter Notebooks, I also converted these notebooks to regular Python script files (`.py` files) that can be viewed and edited in any plaintext editor.