Benjamin-Lee / Benjamin-Lee/deep-rules

Make sure your problem is a good fit for deep learning.

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Not all problems are equally amenable to deep learning. Make sure that there is a high prior probability that your problem will benefit from deep learning. Some useful rules of thumb:

- Is there "structure" in your data. Data types such as imaging, text, time series, etc contain useful and regular kinds of structure and correlation that a deep learning model can more easily exploit relative to traditional models. If all you have is tabular data then DL is unlikely to provide much lift.

- Do you have a lot of data? Deep learning is much more scalable (due to the ability to leverage GPU computing) and can take advantage of large datasets more easily.

- Do you want to assess statistical significance? If so deep learning might not be the best fit.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the guidance in the issue body and the surrounding manuscript content to determine where this rule of thumb belongs. Done means the deep-learning fit guidance is incorporated into the appropriate documentation section with its points about data structure, dataset size, and statistical significance preserved.

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Assessment

Tech stack
machine-learning
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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