Search icon
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases!
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required
Arrow left icon
All Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Newsletters
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Practical Machine Learning Cookbook

You're reading from  Practical Machine Learning Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Apr 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785280511
Pages 570 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Atul Tripathi Atul Tripathi
Profile icon Atul Tripathi

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Practical Machine Learning Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
1. Introduction to Machine Learning 2. Classification 3. Clustering 4. Model Selection and Regularization 5. Nonlinearity 6. Supervised Learning 7. Unsupervised Learning 8. Reinforcement Learning 9. Structured Prediction 10. Neural Networks 11. Deep Learning 12. Case Study - Exploring World Bank Data 13. Case Study - Pricing Reinsurance Contracts 14. Case Study - Forecast of Electricity Consumption

K-means clustering - foodstuff


Nutrients in the food we consume can be classified by the role they play in building body mass. These nutrients can be divided into either macronutrients or essential micronutrients. Some examples of macronutrients are carbohydrates, protein, and fat while some examples of essential micronutrients are vitamins, minerals, and water.

Getting ready

Let's get started with the recipe.

Step 1 - collecting and describing data

In order to perform K-means clustering we shall be using a dataset collected on various food items and their respective Energy, Protein, Fat, Calcium, and Iron content. The numeric variables are:

  • Energy
  • Protein
  • Fat
  • Calcium
  • Iron

The non-numeric variable is:

  • Food

How to do it...

Let's get into the details.

Step 2 - exploring data

Note

Version info: Code for this page was tested in R version 3.2.3 (2015-12-10).

Loading the cluster() library.

> library(cluster)

Let's explore the data and understand relationships among the variables. We'll begin by importing the...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $15.99/month. Cancel anytime}