Introduction To Conformal Prediction With Python
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Introduction To Conformal Prediction With Python

A Short Guide For Quantifying Uncertainty Of Machine Learning Models

About the Book

Introduction To Conformal Prediction With Python is the quickest way to learn an easy-to-use and very general technique for uncertainty quantification.

"This concise book is accessible, lucid, and full of helpful code snippets. It explains the mathematical ideas with clarity and provides the reader with practical examples that illustrate the essence of conformal prediction, a powerful idea for uncertainty quantification."

– Junaid Butt, Research Software Engineer, IBM Research

Modern statistics can be a difficult topic, but Christoph has managed to make it feel easy, practical, and fun! Reading this book is a great first step towards gaining mastery of conformal prediction and related topics.

– Anastasios Angelopoulos, Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley

Summary

A prerequisite for trust in machine learning is uncertainty quantification.  Without it, an accurate prediction and a wild guess look the same.

Yet many machine learning models come without uncertainty quantification. And while there are many approaches to uncertainty – from Bayesian posteriors to bootstrapping – we have no guarantees that these approaches will perform well on new data.

I really enjoyed reading the book. The data science and machine learning community needs more people like Christoph Molnar who are able to translate emerging breakthrough research into digestible concepts. I can see this book becoming a key piece in accelerating the rate of adoption of conformal ML.

– Guilherme Del Nero Maia, Principal Data Science at Jabil

At first glance conformal prediction seems like yet another contender. But conformal prediction can work in combination with any other uncertainty approach and has many advantages that make it stand out:

  • Guaranteed coverage: Prediction regions generated by conformal prediction come with coverage guarantees of the true outcome
  • Easy to use: Conformal prediction approaches can be implemented from scratch with just a few lines of code
  • Model-agnostic: Conformal prediction works with any machine learning model
  • Distribution-free: Conformal prediction makes no distributional assumptions
  • No retraining required: Conformal prediction can be used without retraining the model
  • Broad application: conformal prediction works for classification, regression, time series forecasting, and many other tasks

Sound good? 

Then this is the right book for you to learn about this versatile, easy-to-use yet powerful tool for taming the uncertainty of your models.

"Great practical examples, easy explanations, and highly entertaining. If you want to learn about the best Uncertainty Quantification framework for the 21st century, don't miss out on this book."

– Valeriy Manokhin, Managing Director at Open Predictive Technologies & Creator of Awesome Conformal Prediction

This book:

  • Teaches the intuition behind conformal prediction
  • Demonstrates how conformal prediction works for classification and regression
  • Shows how to apply conformal prediction using Python and MAPIE
  • Enables you to quickly learn new conformal algorithms

Note: Please be aware that the ePub version utilizes MathML for mathematical notations and may not be compatible with all eReaders. Leanpub has a 60-day "100% Happiness Guarantee", so don't hesitate to just try it out. And you'll also get the PDF where the equations look good.

With the knowledge in this book, you'll be ready to quantify the uncertainty of any model.

This book is a comprehensive guide and resource for anyone who wants to learn how to quantify uncertainty with conformal prediction by using python. Christoph's writing is clear and engaging. He provides practical examples that help readers understand how to apply conformal prediction techniques/concepts to real-world problems.

– Tony Zhang, Data Scientist at Munich Re

About the Author

Christoph Molnar
Christoph Molnar

On a mission to make algorithms more interpretable by combining machine learning and statistics.

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Reader Testimonials

Anastasios Angelopoulos
Anastasios Angelopoulos

Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley

Modern statistics can be a difficult topic, but Christoph has managed to make it feel easy, practical, and fun! Reading this book is a great first step towards gaining mastery of conformal prediction and related topics.

Junaid Butt
Junaid Butt

Research Software Engineer at IBM Research

This concise book is accessible, lucid, and full of helpful code snippets. It explains the mathematical ideas with clarity and provides the reader with practical examples that illustrate the essence of conformal prediction, a powerful idea for uncertainty quantification.

Valeriy Manokhin
Valeriy Manokhin

Managing Director at Open Predictive Technologies & Creator of Awesome Conformal Prediction

Great practical examples, easy explanations, and highly entertaining. If you want to learn about the best Uncertainty Quantification framework for the 21st century, don't miss out on this book.

Guilherme Del Nero Maia
Guilherme Del Nero Maia

Principal Data Science at Jabil

I really enjoyed reading the book. The data science and machine learning community needs more people like Christoph Molnar who are able to translate emerging breakthrough research into digestible concepts. I can see this book becoming a key piece in accelerating the rate of adoption of conformal ML.

Tony Zhang
Tony Zhang

Data Scientist at Munich Re

This book is a comprehensive guide and resource for anyone who wants to learn how to quantify uncertainty with conformal prediction by using python. Christoph's writing is clear and engaging. He provides practical examples that help readers understand how to apply conformal prediction techniques/concepts to real-world problems.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction to Conformal Prediction
  • Getting Started with Conformal Prediction in Python
  • Intuition Behind Conformal Prediction
  • Classification
  • Regression and Quantile Regression
  • A Glimpse Beyond Classification and Regression
  • Design Your Own Conformal Predictor
  • Q & A

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