Is there any book for modern optimization in Python?

Question

I was reading Modern Optimization with R (Use R!) and wondering if a book like this exists in Python too? To be precise something that covers stochastic gradient descent and other advanced optimization techniques. Many thanks!

Answer 1

You should be able to translate code written in one language -- even pseudo-code -- to another, so I see no reason to avoid books for R. If you want one specifically for python, there's Machine Learning in Action by Peter Harrington.

One of scikit-learn's core committers is a releasing a book in October: Introduction to Machine Learning with Python: A Guide for Data Scientists.

Answer 2

There is a tutorial Modern Optimization in Python and a corresponding video Modern Optimization in Python | SciPy 2017 Tutoria. Although they are not books, I think they may be helpful to you.

Answer 3

You should look for this book

Pyomo — Optimization Modeling in Python