IIT Lecture Series

 

• Part 1: Introduction to statistical learning: 
  • Reading assignment:  Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures, Leo Breiman, Statistical Science. Volume 16, Issue 3 (2001), 199-231.
• Part 2: Model assessment:
  • Assignment: Applying the Partial least square (PLS) on the soil dataset and use CV to select the optimal model.
• Part 3: Shrinkage methods for linear models:
• Part 4: Nonlinear smoother and generalized additive models:
• Part 5: Classification and regression trees:
• Part 6: Ensemble methods: bagging and random forest:
• Part 7: Boosting:
• Part 8: Artificial neural network:
• Spatial data analysis: