Python: Deeper Insights into Machine Learning

Design principles

An analogy is often made between systems design and designing other things such as a house. To a certain extent, this analogy holds true. We are attempting to place design components into a structure that meets a specification. The analogy breaks down when we consider their respective operating environments. It is generally assumed in the design of a house that the landscape, once suitably formed, will not change.

Software environments are slightly different. Systems are interactive and dynamic. Any system that we design will be nested inside other systems, either electronic, physical, or human. In the same way different layers in computer networks (application layer, transport layer, physical layer, and so on) nest different ...