Using a Cost Functional to Optimize Hyperparameters Using Cross Validation
This blog post discusses the importance of cost functions in mathematical optimization and how it applies to machine learning problems. The author argues tha...
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My RegEx Cheatsheet
In this post, I compile a cheatsheet of the main regexes that I use in my projects.
Adding a Dark/Light Theme Switcher to Minimal Mistakes
This is how I found out how to add a switcher to toggle between light and dark modes of minimal mistakes theme.
2021
Optimization References
My list of reference materials containing for mathematical optimisation, based on Quora.
Optimizing Marketing Campaigns Part 1: Clustering
In this series of posts, we analyze how to maximize the profit of marketing campaigns using mathematical optimization techniques. In the first part, we use o...
Mixed Integer Programming
Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) are a form of optimization that is formulated using a combination of equations that are continous and discrete.
Soft Maximum
In applications you often want to take the maximum of two numbers. But the simple function
Plotting a weighted graph using networkx
In this blog post, I show how to plot a weighted graph using networkx.
Forecasting Seven Days Average Number of COVID19 Cases
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Using Hyperopt for Hyperparameter Tunning
In this post I show how to use hyperopt to tune hyperparameters of classifiers.
Hypothesis Test Canvas
Based on the machine learning canvas, I wrote down a hypothesis test canvas to clarify what hypothesis we are testing, what data is employed and how the resu...
Estimate Number of Observations Using Power Analysis
In this post I show how to calculate the necessary number of observations using statistical power analysis.
A Digression on the Cantor Set
The Cantor set is a special type of set in mathematics. In this blog post, I will use it as an illustration of how my mind works, when I learning a new topic.
2020
Plotting a Four-Dimensional Heatmap
Here is show how I developed a four-dimensional heatmap.
Pandas Value Counts
The value_counts() function in the popular python data science library Pandas is a quick way to count the unique values in a single column otherwise known as...
Querying the Latest Record
In this gist, I show how to get the latest record or a user based on a datetime column.
My Quick Reference Guide For A Few Natural Language Processing Techniques
Natural language processing (NLP) is a field of study dedicated to analyze of natural languages. In particular, using statistics and algorithms.
Find Row Closest to a Value
In this gist, I find what is the closest row to a given value.
Jupyter Notebook Header
This gist contains my default settings for a Jupyter notebook as a header.
Datetime Resample
In this gist, I calculate aggregate the datetime column according to different periods (e.g. day, week, and month)
Cumulative Sum with Pandas
In this gist, I calculate the cumulative sum of the column no, based on the columns nameand day.
Signing git commits with gpg
I found this post on how to sign commits with gpg on Medium, and I copied to my blog so I can keep for my records. Please, visit the original source at:
Hypothesis Tests Part 2: Statistical Inference
In this post, I present an overview of statistical tests. The goal of calculating a test statistic is to decided if the null hypothesis is true. Once value o...
Hypothesis Tests Part 1: Bayesian Inference
Every quantity that is estimated from data, such as the mean or the variance, is subject to uncertainties of the measurements due to data collection. If a di...
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