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Fast overlap finding for geographic datasets using GeoPandas
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Comparison of a slower, brute-force method of checking for intersections within a geographic dataset, with a faster method that leverages a technology known as a spatial index or R-tree, using the GeoPandas Python package.Mapping the global potential of natural reforestation projects using ground observations, remote sensing, and machine learning
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Creation of a global model for natural forest regeneration rates, with a Google Earth Engine app demonstrated for Africa.Supercharging customer touchpoints with uplift modeling
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An introduction to a powerful way of predicting individual treatment effects, with synthetic data in Python using pandas and XGBoost.Designing an energy arbitrage strategy with linear programming
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How to use a classic mathematical optimization technique to guide the operation of a grid-connected battery and maximize profit.Visualizing a balance history from transaction data using pandas and Plotly
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A practical post on data wrangling and visualization that could be applied in a professional setting, or to your personal finances.Why decision trees are more flexible than linear models
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This blog post will examine a hypothetical dataset of website visits and customer conversion, to illustrate how decision trees are a more flexible mathematical model than linear models such as logistic regression.Overfitting, underfitting, and the bias-variance tradeoff
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Explore these foundational machine learning concepts and learn how to use regularization to leverage the bias-variance tradeoff to improve model performance, through an illustrative example of polynomial fitting in Python and scikit-learn.
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