Machine Learning for Finance

MachineLearningforFinanceexploresnewadvancesinmachinelearningandshowshowtheycanbeappliedacrossthefinancialsector,includingininsurance,transactions,andlending.ItexplainstheconceptsandalgorithmsbehindthemainmachinelearningtechniquesandprovidesexamplePythoncodeforimplementingthemodelsyourself.ThebookisbasedonJannesKlaas’experienceofrunningmachinelearningtrainingcoursesforfinancialprofessionals.Ratherthanprovidingready-madefinancialalgorithms,thebookfocusesontheadvancedMLconceptsandideasthatcanbeappliedinawidevarietyofways.Thebookshowshowmachinelearningworksonstructureddata,text,images,andtimeseries.Itincludescoverageofgenerativeadversariallearning,reinforcementlearning,debugging,andlaunchingmachinelearningproducts.ItdiscusseshowtofightbiasinmachinelearningandendswithanexplorationofBayesianinferenceandprobabilisticprogramming.