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Published inDec 2018
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Revathi Gopalakrishnan
Revathi Gopalakrishnan
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Revathi Gopalakrishnan

Revathi Gopalakrishnan is a software professional with more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry. She has worked extensively in mobile application development and has played various roles, including developer and architect, and has led various enterprise mobile enablement initiatives for large organizations. She has also worked on a host of consumer applications for various customers around the globe. She has an interest in emerging areas, and machine learning is one of them. Through this book, she has tried to bring out how machine learning can make mobile application development more interesting and super cool. Revathi resides in Chennai and enjoys her weekends with her husband and her two lovely daughters.
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Avinash Venkateswarlu
Avinash Venkateswarlu
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Avinash Venkateswarlu

Avinash Venkateswarlu has more than 3 years' experience in IT and is currently exploring mobile machine learning. He has worked in enterprise mobile enablement projects and is interested in emerging technologies such as mobile machine learning and cryptocurrency. Venkateswarlu works in Chennai, but enjoys spending his weekends in his home town, Nellore. He likes to do farming or yoga when he is not in front of his laptop exploring emerging technologies.
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Introduction to regression


Regression analysis is a basic method used in the statistical analysis of data. It's a statistical method that helps to find the relationships between variables. It is basically used for understanding the relationship between input and output numerical variables. We should first identify the dependent variable, which will vary based on the value of the independent variable. For example, the value of the house (dependent variable) varies based on the square footage of the house (independent variable). Regression analysis is very useful for prediction.

In a simple regression problem (a single x and a single y), the form of the model would be as follows:

y = A + B*x

In higher dimensions, when we have more than one input (x), the line is called a plane or a hyperplane

In our example, we predict the price of the house based on the various parameters that may impact the price of the data in that particular area.

The following are some of the important points to be considered...

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Revathi Gopalakrishnan

Revathi Gopalakrishnan is a software professional with more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry. She has worked extensively in mobile application development and has played various roles, including developer and architect, and has led various enterprise mobile enablement initiatives for large organizations. She has also worked on a host of consumer applications for various customers around the globe. She has an interest in emerging areas, and machine learning is one of them. Through this book, she has tried to bring out how machine learning can make mobile application development more interesting and super cool. Revathi resides in Chennai and enjoys her weekends with her husband and her two lovely daughters.
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Avinash Venkateswarlu

Avinash Venkateswarlu has more than 3 years' experience in IT and is currently exploring mobile machine learning. He has worked in enterprise mobile enablement projects and is interested in emerging technologies such as mobile machine learning and cryptocurrency. Venkateswarlu works in Chennai, but enjoys spending his weekends in his home town, Nellore. He likes to do farming or yoga when he is not in front of his laptop exploring emerging technologies.
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