In this introductory chapter, we presented the techniques used by the Amazon ML service. Although Amazon ML offers fewer features than other machine learning workflows, Amazon ML is built on a solid ground, with a simple yet very efficient algorithm driving its predictions.
Amazon ML does not offer to solve any type of automated learning problems and will not be adequate in some contexts and some datasets. However, its simple approach and design will be sufficient for many predictive analytics projects, on the condition that the initial dataset is properly preprocessed and contains relevant signals on which predictions can be made.
In Chapter 2, Machine Learning Definitions and Concepts, we will dive further into techniques and concepts ...
