There’s always a need for more tidymodels examples on the Internet. Here’s a simple machine learning model using the recent coffee Tidy Tuesday data set. The plot above gives the approach: I’ll define some preprocessing and a model, optimise some hyperparameters, and fit and evaluate the result. And I’ll piece all of the components together using targets, an experimental alternative to the drake package that I love so much. As usual, I don’t care too much about the model itself.| mdneuzerling.com
That’s it for #useR2018. After 6 keynotes, 132 parallel sessions, many more lightning talks and posters, and an all-important conference dinner, we’ve reached the end of the week. This was my first proper conference since 2015. I had almost forgotten how it felt to be surrounded by hundreds of people who are just as passionate (if not more) about your tiny area of specialised knowledge than you are. I took notes for the three tutorials I went to, but I wanted to take a moment to review th...| mdneuzerling.com