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How difficult would this be for someone with minimal linear algebra knowledge?
by Sargis 15y ago
How difficult would this be for someone with minimal linear algebra knowledge?
- dpeck 15y agoFrom the course page: No particular math background is assumed, and we will go over the math concepts you need in the first couple of weeks.
- Homunculiheaded 15y agoHowever pretty early in the lectures they jump right into taking partial derivatives of matrices for calculating gradient descent. I think by 'no particular math background' they mean 'assuming nothing more than single and basic multivariable calculus plus linear algebra'. If your linear algebra and/or multi-variable calculus are weak/fuzzy (as they are for me) I think those sections will take quite a while to really understand.
- edtechre 15y agoThe course has some introductory Linear Algebra videos posted. I don't think you'd be able to understand multiple regression without some basic knowledge of linear algebra.
- samuel 15y agoLook for yourself: http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/CoursePage.php?course=MachineLearning http://openclassroom.stanford.edu/MainFolder/CoursePage.php?... The reference course on Stanford is CS229A instead of CS229, which is much lighter on Math. I have watched the videos on Linear and Logistic regression and the hardest derivations are elided, while the emphasis is put on intuitions.