Tag: pandas

Why Bother to Use Pandas “Categorical” Type in Python

When we process data using Pandas library in Python, we normally convert the string type of categorical variables to the Categorical data type offered by the Pandas library. Why do we bother to do that, considering there is actually no difference with the output results no matter you are using the Pandas Categorical type or … Continue reading Why Bother to Use Pandas “Categorical” Type in Python

Extracting Features from IoT Sensor Data using Python

The previous blog post discusses three common patterns for extracting feature from IoT sensor data: Window-based descriptive statistics Seasonal pattern Trend pattern This blog post introduces how to implement those three patterns in Python. Window-based descriptive statistics There are three main types of descriptive statistics based on what they describe: distribution (e.g., skewness and kurtosis), … Continue reading Extracting Features from IoT Sensor Data using Python