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# Workshop: Machine Learning for Beginners
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This repository contains the code for the workshop "Machine Learning for
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Beginners" as presented in various occasions at
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[WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management](https://www.whu.edu), such as the
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[Campus for Supply Chain Management](https://www.campus-for-supply-chain-management-cscm.de/),
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[IdeaLab](https://www.idealab.io)'s [IdeaHack](http://www.ideahack.io), or
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within many [executive education](https://ee.whu.edu/) programs.
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## Prerequisites
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To be suitable for *total beginners*, there are *no* prerequisites.
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If you are interested to learn more after this workshop, check out the
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full-semester course **[Introduction to Python & Programming](https://github.com/webartifex/intro-to-python)**.
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## Installation
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To follow this workshop on your own computer, a working installation of
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**Python 3.7** or higher is required.
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A popular and beginner friendly way is to install the [Anaconda Distribution](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/)
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that not only ships Python but comes pre-packaged with a lot of third-party
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libraries from the so-called "scientific stack".
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Just go to the [download](https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/#download-section)
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section and install the latest version (i.e., *2020-02* with Python 3.7 at the
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time of this writing) for your operating system.
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Then, among others, you will find an entry "Jupyter Notebook" in your start
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menu.
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Click on it and a new tab in your web browser will open where you can switch
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between folders as you could in your computer's default file browser.
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To download the course's materials as a ZIP file, click on the green "Clone or
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download" button on the top right on this website.
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Then, unpack the ZIP file into a folder of your choosing (ideally somewhere
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within your personal user folder so that the files show up right away).
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## About the Author
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Alexander Hess is a PhD student at the Chair of Logistics Management at the
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[WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management](https://www.whu.edu) where he
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conducts research on urban delivery platforms and teaches an introductory
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course on Python (cf., [Fall Term 2019](https://vlv.whu.edu/campus/all/event.asp?objgguid=0xE57C2715B01B441AAFD3E79AA05CACCF&from=vvz&gguid=0x6A2B0ED5B2B949E69957A2099E7DE2F1&mode=own&tguid=0x3980A9BBC3BF4A638E977F2DC163F44B&lang=en),
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[Spring Term 2020](https://vlv.whu.edu/campus/all/event.asp?objgguid=0x3354F4C108FF4E959CDD692A325D9AFE&from=vvz&gguid=0x262E29795DD742CFBDE72B12B69CEFD6&mode=own&lang=en&tguid=0x2E4A7D1FF3C34AD08FF07685461781C9)).
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Connect him on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/webartifex).
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