This post was originally published on January 21, 2017.

In order to understand how algorithms influence reputations, it is important to understand how various algorithms work. This infographic from dataiku illstrates the pros and cons of the top predictive algorithms:

• Linear

  • Regression, and

  • Logistic

• Tree Based

  • Decision Tree,

  • Random Forest, and

  • Gradient Boosting

• Neural Networks

This infographic is taken from a larger Machine Learning Basics guidebook the company has published.