{"id":437,"date":"2018-03-12T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/akquinet-security-en.blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2020-07-07T14:58:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:58:05","slug":"it-trends-explained-easily-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sast-solutions.com\/blog-en\/2018\/03\/12\/it-trends-explained-easily-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Trends explained easily: Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SAST-Blog_IT-Trends\"Machine learning, Internet of Things and Blockchain are some of the new concepts that SAP Leonardo is bringing to the SAP ecosystem to reduce TCO, optimize business processes, and add more value to companies. If these terms are unknown territory for you, our new blog series “IT trends explained easily” is just right for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our first article is about Machine Learning algorithms and how they can be applied.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Machine Learning about? It is the field of research that investigates the development of intelligent algorithms that are capable of learning and making predictions based on data \u2013 even if they are not explicitly programmed to do so. The user has to provide a set of training data to \u2018teach\u2019 the algorithm how to behave: this step is crucial, because if we don\u2019t provide data of the right quality, the algorithm will deliver the wrong results.<\/span><\/p>\n

As an example, let\u2019s consider the following task: sorting garbage into paper, plastic, glass, etc. With a standard algorithm, we have to specify a list of items and assign them to the corresponding bin. Magazines, newspapers, and sheets of paper belong in the paper bin, for example. But what happens when the algorithm has to sort an envelope?<\/span><\/p>\n

Machine learning algorithms don\u2019t need an explicit list covering all the items to be sorted (as this list may be impossible to specify), but enough examples to let the algorithm learn the task logic.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the algorithm has to sort a given item, it calculates where it should go based on this training data. Although the algorithm has never seen an envelope, the envelope is very similar to the sheets of paper. This is why it\u2019s called Machine Learning: the algorithm can learn from experience and can make decisions about new situations based on its encounters with ones that are similar enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

We end up with unexpected results, if the training set is not extensive enough, not enough varied or the data is ambiguous. So the algorithm cannot arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. Therefore, this kind of algorithms is also called probabilistic and that the results should be double-checked at least in the beginning to improve result quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are also \u201cunsupervised\u201d algorithms, that work without needing a training set. However, these algorithms don\u2019t belong explicitly to Machine Learning, but use a number of concepts that include data mining, big data, or statistical methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what we now want to know is: How to benefit from this approach? Unfortunately, there is no ready-made solution here, because there are many different machine-learning algorithms.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to consider the following aspects before starting a project:<\/span>
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understand the problem that we are facing.<\/span>
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understand how a machine learning algorithm can help to solve the problem and its limitations.<\/span>
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Evaluate the quality of the available data (i.e. is the training data extensive enough and representative).<\/span>
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Decide if the implementation of a Machine Learning algorithm is worth the effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are thinking about implementing such techniques or you just want to know more about machine learning, feel free to contact us:<\/span> knowho<\/a>w@akquinet.de<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Monteros,\u00a0\"Jorge,<\/h6>\n
Daniel Monteros and Jorge Lin<\/span>
\nSpecial Developments SAST SOLUTIONS by AKQUINET<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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