End to End Machine Learning Problem

Problem Under Discussion

This presentation
outlines the steps
for an end-to-end
machine learning
project.

Problem:
Predicting the
selling price of
houses.

Features: Number
of bedrooms,
square footage,
location, etc.

Target Variable:
House price.
Step 1:
Understand
the Problem

Crucial to understand
what you're trying to
solve.

Example: Goal is to
predict the selling
price of houses.

Based on features like

number of bedrooms,
square footage, and
location.
Step 2: Collect Data

Data is the backbone of

any machine learning
project.

Collect from multiple

sources: real estate
websites, gov ernment
housing data, surv eys.

Include both features

(e.g., number of This Phot o by U nknow n aut hor is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.

bedrooms, square
footage) and target
v ariable (house price).
Step 3: Data Preprocessing

Raw data requires cleaning and

transformation.

Handle missing values by filling with a

default value or removing rows/columns.

Convert categorical variables like

'location' into numerical form.
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Scale numerical features (Normalization).

Step 4: Exploratory Data Analysis
(EDA)

1 2 3

Explore data Use Calculate

to identify histograms for Pearson
patterns, distribution, correlation
anomalies, or scatter plots matrix.
relationships. for
relationships.
Step 5: Feature Engineering

Create new features or modify

existing ones.

New Features: 'price per square

foot', 'distance to nearest
amenities'.

Feature Selection: Use

techniques like Recursive
Feature Elimination.
Step 6: Model Selection

Choose the machine

learning algorithm that
best suits the problem.

Algorithms: Linear
Regression, Random
Forest, XGBoost.

Evaluation Metrics:
RMSE, MAE.
Step 7: Model Training

Train the selected model Train-Test Split: 80% for Cross-Validation: Use
on a subset of the data. training, 20% for testing. techniques like 5-fold
cross-validation.
Step 8: Model Evaluation

Ev aluate the model's Validation Set

performance on a Performance: Use
separate v alidation metrics like RMSE
set. and MAE.

Hyperparameter
Tuning: Use
techniques like Grid
Search.
Step 9: Model Deployment

DEPLOY THE MODEL TO A PLATFORM: AWS, HEROKU. API: CREATE A RESTFUL

PRODUCTION API.
ENVIRONMENT.
Step 10: Monitoring
and Maintenance

Continuously monitor the

model's performance.

Metrics: Track metrics like log-

loss or latency.

Updates: Periodically retrain

the model with new data.
Step 11: Documentation

Good documentation is Code Comments: Add

crucial. inline comments.

Technical Report: Detail

User Guide: Create a
your choices of
guide on how to use
algorithms, feature
the API.
engineering steps, etc.