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In this liveProject, you’ll stretch your Python data science skills by building a simulator for popular Blackjack variant game 21. You’ll design your simulation step-by-step, then use visualization techniques to interpret your findings. By the end of your project, you’ll have a winning strategy for playing card games and new skills with fundamental Python libraries like NumPy and SciPy.
This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.
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When you start your liveProject, you get full access to the following books for 90 days.
prerequisites
The liveProject is for intermediate Python programmers who want to improve their mathematical simulation skills. To begin this liveProject you will need to be familiar with the following:
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- Intermediate Python: loops, conditions, data structures, simple scripts
- Basic plotting using Matplotlib and seaborn
- Basic Jupyter Notebook
- Basic statistics: basic functions and distributions
you will learn
In this liveProject, you’ll work out your Python data science skills in the field of simulations for making predictions. You’ll develop an important understanding of common data science and statistics techniques that will be vital in future projects in the field.
- Python fundamentals to setup simulation environments and test the possible hypotheses
- Simulating real-life game environments in Python
- NumPy and SciPy for mathematical operations
- Matplotlib and seaborn to visualize results
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- You choose the schedule and decide how much time to invest as you build your project.
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- Compare with others
- For each step, compare your deliverable to the solutions by the author and other participants.
- book resources
- Get full access to select books for 90 days. Permanent access to excerpts from Manning products are also included, as well as references to other resources.
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