Posts tagged case study
Using a “black box” likelihood function (numpy)
- 16 December 2021
- Category: beginner
This notebook in part of a set of two twin notebooks that perform the exact same task, this one uses numpy whereas this other one uses Cython
Estimating parameters of a distribution from awkwardly binned data
- 23 October 2021
- Category: intermediate
Let us say that we are interested in inferring the properties of a population. This could be anything from the distribution of age, or income, or body mass index, or a whole range of different possible measures. In completing this task, we might often come across the situation where we have multiple datasets, each of which can inform our beliefs about the overall population.
Probabilistic Matrix Factorization for Making Personalized Recommendations
- 20 September 2021
- Category: intermediate
So you are browsing for something to watch on Netflix and just not liking the suggestions. You just know you can do better. All you need to do is collect some ratings data from yourself and friends and build a recommendation algorithm. This notebook will guide you in doing just that!