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It's missing a link. "This tutorial assumes a basic knowledge of machine learning ... go to this Machine Learning course [no link]" Am I missing something?

• metafunctor 10y ago
  Perhaps not exactly the right link, but Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course (also from Stanford) teaches exactly the required things in the first three weeks: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning
  • therockhead 10y ago
    It's been a while since I did any serious maths, would I be lost in course like this ?
    • metafunctor 10y ago
      No. The basic linear algebra and calculus concepts used on the course are rather simple, and the videos hold your hand through the math quite well. You don't need deep understanding of the math to pass the course.
    • stagger87 10y ago
      Probably not. I'm currently about halfway through and the majority of required mathematics revolves around linear algebra (matrix multiplication almost exclusively) and basic algebra. There is a linear algebra refresher as well.
    • espeed 10y ago
      See this course on linear algebra: http://codingthematrix.com/ http://codingthematrix.com/ https://cs.brown.edu/video/channels/coding-matrix-fall-2014/ https://cs.brown.edu/video/channels/coding-matrix-fall-2014/ And this one on Machine Learning: http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html http://work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html
    • jamra 10y ago
      I got 100% on the course and don't really do math myself. He skips over the derivations and gives the formula. The way you interact with the math is by turning a formula into code. It's actually fun and refreshing.