Bootstrapping Machine Learning: The first guide to Prediction APIs

by Louis Dorard

In an age of overflowing data, Machine Learning and Data Science seem to be all the rage. By analyzing data, computers are able to "learn" and generalize from examples of things happening in the real world. They can make predictions and answer questions such as “How much should I price this product?” and “Which type of document is this?”. Prediction APIs are making Machine Learning accessible to everyone and this book is the first that teaches how to use them. You will learn the possibilities offered by these APIs, how to formulate your own Machine Learning problem, and what are the key concepts to grasp — not how algorithms work, so it doesn't take a university degree to understand. Learn more at

206 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 2014