Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective, 2nd Edition

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Название: Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective, 2nd Edition

Автор: Stephen Marsland

Издательство: Chapman and Hall/CRC

Год: 2014

Страниц: 457

Язык: English

Формат: pdf

Размер: 6 mb

A Proven, Hands-On Approach for Students without a Strong Statistical Foundation

Since the best-selling first edition was published, there have been several prominent developments in the field of machine learning, including the increasing work on the statistical interpretations of machine learning algorithms. Unfortunately, computer science students without a strong statistical background often find it hard to get started in this area.

Remedying this deficiency, Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective, Second Edition helps students understand the algorithms of machine learning. It puts them on a path toward mastering the relevant mathematics and statistics as well as the necessary programming and experimentation.

New to the Second Edition

Two new chapters on deep belief networks and Gaussian processes

Reorganization of the chapters to make a more natural flow of content

Revision of the support vector machine material, including a simple implementation for experiments

New material on random forests, the perceptron convergence theorem, accuracy methods, and conjugate gradient optimization for the multi-layer perceptron

Additional discussions of the Kalman and particle filters

Improved code, including better use of naming conventions in Python

Suitable for both an introductory one-semester course and more advanced courses, the text strongly encourages students to practice with the code. Each chapter includes detailed examples along with further reading and problems. All of the code used to create the examples is available on the author’s website.