Guideline When Building Machine Learning

Ensuring Effective and Client-Centric ML Solutions

2.1 Understanding the Client's Needs and Objectives

● Understanding Client Goals: Every ML project should start with a clear understanding of what the
client aims to achieve.
● Customized Solutions: ML is not one-size-fits-all. The approach should be tailored to meet specific
objectives.
● Outcome-Oriented: The ultimate goal of any ML project should be to deliver tangible and measurable
outcomes in line with the client's expectations.
2.2 Assessing Data Availability and Quality

1. Data as the Foundation of ML:

● In ML, data is the foundational element. Models learn from data to make predictions or decisions.
● Quality and quantity of data directly influence the performance of ML models.

2. Data Volume:

● Volume refers to the amount of data available for training models.

● More data can lead to more accurate and robust models.
● However, large data volumes require more processing power and sophisticated algorithms to manage effectively.

3. Data Format:

● The structure of data (text, images, tabular, etc.) determines the type of ML model and preprocessing techniques.
● Different formats require different handling - e.g., NLP techniques for text, CNNs for images.
● Ensuring data is in a usable format is a critical step in ML.
2.2 Assessing Data Availability and Quality

4. Data Collection Methods:

● How data is gathered impacts its reliability and relevance.

● Data can be collected through surveys, sensors, online transactions, etc.
● The method of collection should align with the objective of the ML model.

5. Challenges with Different Types of Data:

● Each data type presents unique challenges.

● Text data may need natural language processing for sentiment analysis.
● Image data might require significant preprocessing to identify features.
● Inconsistent data, missing values, or noisy data can significantly affect model training and accuracy.
2.3 Choosing the Right Approach

Regression (Predicting Numerical Values)

● Use Case: Predicting house prices based on various features like size, location, number of bedrooms, etc.
● Model Choice: Linear Regression is a good starting point for regression tasks.

Classification (Categorizing Data)

■ Use Case: Determining if an email is spam or not based on its content.

■ Model Choice: Logistic Regression for binary classification, or Decision Trees and Random Forest for more complex categorization.

Clustering (Segmentation)

■ Use Case: Market segmentation based on customer shopping behavior.

■ Model Choice: K-Means Clustering.