Gain insights into predicting retail sales with TensorFlow. Delve into data analysis, training models, and extracting insights using industry techniques. Explore efficient model evaluation with experts from top tech companies.

APLCS.tar.gz

case-study

In this course, you'll work on an industry-level machine learning project based on predicting weekly retail sales given different factors. You will learn the most efficient techniques used to train and evaluate scalable machine learning models. After completing this course, you will be able to take on industry-level machine learning projects, from data analysis to creating efficient models and providing results and insights.

The code for this course is built around the TensorFlow framework, which is one of the premier frameworks for industry machine learning, and the Python pandas library for data analysis. Basic knowledge of Python and TensorFlow are prerequisites. To get some experience with TensorFlow, try our course: Machine Learning for Software Engineers.

This course was created by AdaptiLab, a company specializing in evaluating, sourcing, and upskilling enterprise machine learning talent. It is built in collaboration with industry machine learning experts from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple.

Applied Machine Learning: Industry Case Study with TensorFlow

# Chapter Goals:
- Process the numeric feature columns used for the machine learning model's input layer


# A. Model input layer

Our dataset now contains the feature data and label for each observation. In the **Model Creation** section, we'll convert the feature data into an input layer for the machine learning model. To do that, we first need to set up the necessary feature columns.

Similar to how the Example spec provided specifications for how to parse each Example object, the feature columns give specifications for how the feature data can be aggregated into an input layer. There are three types of feature columns that we'll use: numeric columns, indicator columns, and embedding columns.

Learn about the numeric feature columns for the ML model's input layer.

What you'll learn from this course

Preliminary Data Analysis

Data Processing

Model Predictions

Numeric Columns

Chapter Goals:

A. Model input layer