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  • 9

    Natural Language Processing (Nlp)

    Natural Language Processing (NLP) enhances interactions between computers and human language, crucial for data scientists to extract insights from unstructured data.

  • 9.1

    Understanding Natural Language Processing

    Natural Language Processing (NLP) focuses on enabling machines to understand and generate human language, essential for data scientists dealing with unstructured data.

  • 9.2

    Types Of Nlp Tasks

    In this section, we explore various Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks including text preprocessing, classification, named entity recognition, machine translation, and speech recognition.

  • 9.2.1

    Text Preprocessing

    Text preprocessing is an essential step in Natural Language Processing that prepares raw text data for analysis by converting it into a structured format.

  • 9.2.2

    Text Classification

    Text classification is a crucial Natural Language Processing (NLP) task that involves categorizing text into predefined classes.

  • 9.2.3

    Named Entity Recognition (Ner)

    Named Entity Recognition (NER) is a key NLP task that involves identifying and classifying proper names and other entities in text.

  • 9.2.4

    Machine Translation

    Machine Translation is the process by which computer programs automatically translate text from one language to another.

  • 9.2.5

    Speech Recognition And Text-To-Speech

    This section discusses the fundamentals of speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies, detailing their functionalities and applications.

  • 9.3

    Nlp Pipeline

    The NLP Pipeline outlines the essential steps involved in processing natural language data, including data collection, preprocessing, feature extraction, model training, and evaluation.

  • 9.4

    Feature Extraction Techniques

    Feature extraction techniques transform text data into usable numerical formats for machine learning.

  • 9.4.1

    Bag Of Words (Bow)

    The Bag of Words (BoW) model is a simple and effective technique used in Natural Language Processing for text representation based on word frequency.

  • 9.4.2

    Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (Tf-Idf)

    TF-IDF is a numerical statistic that reflects the importance of a word in a document relative to a collection of documents, emphasizing words that are more unique to individual documents.

  • 9.4.3

    Word Embeddings

    Word embeddings are vector representations of words used in NLP to capture the semantic meanings and relationships between words.

  • 9.5

    Nlp With Machine Learning

    This section discusses various machine learning techniques applied to NLP tasks, highlighting algorithms like Naive Bayes, SVM, and Logistic Regression.

  • 9.6

    Deep Learning In Nlp

    Deep learning techniques, particularly RNNs, LSTMs, and Transformers, have significantly advanced natural language processing capabilities.

  • 9.6.1

    Recurrent Neural Networks (Rnn)

    Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) are a type of neural network particularly suited for processing sequential text data, though they face challenges such as the vanishing gradient problem.

  • 9.6.2

    Long Short-Term Memory (Lstm) & Gru

    LSTM and GRU are advanced types of recurrent neural networks designed to better capture long-term dependencies in sequential data, addressing issues faced by traditional RNNs.

  • 9.6.3

    Transformers

    Transformers are a revolutionary deep learning architecture in Natural Language Processing that utilize self-attention mechanisms to improve the efficiency of language tasks.

  • 9.7

    Modern Nlp Models

    Modern NLP models, including BERT and GPT, represent a significant advancement in natural language processing capabilities.

  • 9.7.1

    Bert (Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformers)

    BERT is a groundbreaking NLP model that uses masked language modeling and next sentence prediction to improve understanding of context in text.

  • 9.7.2

    Gpt (Generative Pre-Trained Transformer)

    GPT is a generative model based on transformers that excels in language generation tasks.

  • 9.7.3

    Other Popular Models

    This section provides an overview of other notable models used in Natural Language Processing (NLP), expanding the reader's understanding beyond BERT and GPT.

  • 9.8

    Evaluation Metrics For Nlp

    This section provides an overview of evaluation metrics used to assess the performance of Natural Language Processing (NLP) models.

  • 9.9

    Tools And Libraries For Nlp

    This section introduces essential tools and libraries used in Natural Language Processing (NLP) for performing various NLP tasks.

  • 9.10

    Real-World Applications

    This section explores the diverse applications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in various industries, emphasizing its significance in enhancing efficiency and outcomes.

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