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Feature engineering is the process of transforming raw data into features that enhance machine learning model performance. Key techniques include encoding, normalization, and discretization, while challenges involve domain knowledge and overengineering. Effective feature engineering requires understanding the data, selecting relevant features, and evaluating their importance to improve model accuracy.

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Feature engineering is the process of transforming raw data into features that enhance machine learning model performance. Key techniques include encoding, normalization, and discretization, while challenges involve domain knowledge and overengineering. Effective feature engineering requires understanding the data, selecting relevant features, and evaluating their importance to improve model accuracy.

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AI Feature

Engineering
in Detai
An introductory overview of techniques for
preparing and transforming data to
improve machine learning model
performance
Introduction

Overview of key concepts Common techniques Challenges


Briefly describe what feature engineering is Mention top techniques like encoding, Discuss main challenges like domain
and why it matters for AI models normalization, discretization etc knowledge, overengineering features etc

Feature engineering is a crucial step in applying AI that can


make or break your models. Use it thoughtfully and
judiciously.
Definition
Feature engineering is the process of using domain
knowledge of the data to create features that make
machine learning algorithms work better. It involves
transforming raw data into features that better
represent the underlying problem to the predictive
models, resulting in improved model accuracy on
unseen
Goals

Understand the Data Identify Relevant Create New Features


Get a thorough understanding of
Features Derive new features from existing
the dataset, including the meaning Determine which features are most data that better capture the
and relationships between feature useful for the machine learning task underlying relationships

Select Features Transform Features Evaluate Feature


Select the final set of features to Apply transformations like
Importance
use for modeling based on their normalization to prepare features Analyze which features have the
relevance for effective modeling most influence on model
performance
Techniques

• Dummifying • Log Transform


Convert categorical features into dummy variables Apply logarithmic transform to highly skewed
continuous features

• Binning
Discretize continuous features into bins
• Interactions
Create interaction features between existing features

• Scaling
• Polynomials
Standardize continuous features to have zero mean and
unit variance Add polynomial terms of existing features
Variance threshold filter

Select K best features

Feature
Selection
Recursive feature elimination

Principal component
analysis
Feature Extraction

Data Cleaning Feature Selection Principal Component Text Vectorization Image Feature
Cleaning data by filling in Selecting the most relevant Analysis Converting text into Extraction
missing values, smoothing features to use for modeling Reducing the number of numerical vectors using Using algorithms to extract
noisy data, identifying or variables using PCA. techniques like TF-IDF visual features from image
removing outlier data
Feature Construction

Identify relevant Explore feature Evaluate new


Productionize
features combinations features

Review the existing features and Experiment with mathematically Measure the predictive power of Update data pipelines to
identify those that are relevant combining features in different the new combined features and generate the new engineered
for the machine learning tas ways such as adding, select those that improve model features for future model
subtracting, multiplying or performanc training and predicti
dividing th
Feature Scaling

Scaling Method Description

Rescales the range of features to scale


Min-Max scaling
the range in [0, 1]

Rescales the features to have a mean of 0


Standardization
and standard deviation of 1

*Min-Max and Standardization descriptions from Scikit Learn documentation


Feature Encoding
Converting categorical features to numeric values

10
0
7
5
50
2
One-hot encoding Binary encoding Hash encoding
5
Embedding encoding
Automated Methods

2022 2028
First research papers on Automated feature
automated feature engineering widely
engineering publishe adopted in industr

2025
Open source libraries
for automated feature
engineering release
Challenges

Lack of quality data Overfitting Concept drift


Garbage in, garbage out - low quality data Models can overfit on training data and fail to Models need updating when data
leads to poor model performance. generalize. distributions change over time.

Careful data cleaning, regularization, and


monitoring for concept drift can help address these
challenges.

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