Cosmo N. Santoni

Cosmo N. Santoni

Technical Analyst in Machine Learning & Complex System Modelling at Imperial College London

30 Machine Learning Algorithms in 30 Days

2023

Logistic Regression

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Logistic regression, despite having “regression” in its name, is primarily used for binary classification tasks - where the outcome is one of two categories. Think of it as answering “yes” or “no” to a question. For instance, given a set of features from a breast mass, is it benign or malignant?

Linear Regression

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Linear regression is one of the foundational pillars of machine learning and statistics. It’s a technique that establishes a relationship between two continuous variables. Simply put, it tries to fit the best straight line that predicts the output value within a range.