The course aims to explore the fundamental concepts of statistical learning, introducing a wide range of tools and techniques such as linear and nonlinear models, decision trees, neural networks, and dimensionality reduction methods. The main objective is to provide both theoretical knowledge and practical skills in data manipulation and analysis, as well as in the evaluation and interpretation of model results with particular attention to supervised learning problems. Real-world problems will be addressed to understand the theoretical principles underlying learning algorithms and to learn their effective application using specific libraries of the statistical software R.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
• Introduction to major statistical learning models;
• Prediction and classification problems;
• Comparison of classification methods;
• Resampling methods: cross-validation and bootstrap;
• Dimensionality reduction methods: lasso;
• Methods based on decision trees: regression trees, classification trees, bagging, random forests, boosting;
• Use of the statistical environment R.
Programme
The course will cover the following topics:• Introduction to major statistical learning models;
• Prediction and classification problems;
• Comparison of classification methods;
• Resampling methods: cross-validation and bootstrap;
• Dimensionality reduction methods: lasso;
• Methods based on decision trees: regression trees, classification trees, bagging, random forests, boosting;
• Use of the statistical environment R.
Core Documentation
G. James, D. Witten, T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani (2020) Introduction to Statistical Learning, Piccin Publishing HouseAttendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but strongly recommendedType of evaluation
Oral examination teacher profile teaching materials
• Introduction to major statistical learning models;
• Prediction and classification problems;
• Comparison of classification methods;
• Resampling methods: cross-validation and bootstrap;
• Dimensionality reduction methods: lasso;
• Methods based on decision trees: regression trees, classification trees, bagging, random forests, boosting;
• Use of the statistical environment R.
Mutuazione: 21210514 Statistical learning in Economia e Gestione della Trasformazione Digitale LM-56 R FORTUNA FRANCESCA
Programme
The course will cover the following topics:• Introduction to major statistical learning models;
• Prediction and classification problems;
• Comparison of classification methods;
• Resampling methods: cross-validation and bootstrap;
• Dimensionality reduction methods: lasso;
• Methods based on decision trees: regression trees, classification trees, bagging, random forests, boosting;
• Use of the statistical environment R.
Core Documentation
G. James, D. Witten, T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani (2020) Introduction to Statistical Learning, Piccin Publishing HouseAttendance
Attendance is not mandatory, but strongly recommendedType of evaluation
Oral examination