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che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
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learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
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and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
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s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
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equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
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ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
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and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
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ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
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ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
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The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
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equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
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especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
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ector of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Massey Univ
ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
ter University
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
ation
ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
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ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
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llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
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learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
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"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
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material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
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th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
Read more
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llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
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on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
ter University
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t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ector of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Massey Univ
ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
ter University
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book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ector of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Massey Univ
ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
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ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
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le coverage in existing texts in this area."
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"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
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orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
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ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
So far so good. This is just one of the books I am reading at this time. It help
s solidify the theory after performing some experiments with other books.
Published 10 months ago by JohnCanessa
2.0 out of 5 starssuperficial introduction with math that is confusing at best
This book aims at providing an overview of the field, but it only scratches at t
he surface and pretends to go in depth by throwing sloppy math at you (equations
with undefined...Read more
Published 1 year ago by Wolfgang M. Pauli
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
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Published 1 year ago by PEDRO FORTES FERREIRA
3.0 out of 5 starsDecent intro to machine learning, nice Python+Numpy code, but
many errors
I am somewhat disappointed by this book. Today I'm feeling generous, but it was
tough to bump this up from 2-stars because to me it at times created more confus
ion than anything...Read more
Published 1 year ago by Hadayat Seddiqi
5.0 out of 5 starsI really like this book
I really like this book. It builds up the material gracefully, without too much
expectation about your math/programming background.Read more
Published 1 year ago by Ronald C Munsee
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tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
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to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
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ector of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Massey Univ
ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
ter University
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
I don't think it is a good book. The author put much effort to using many exampl
es and analogies to make it more easy to comprehensible.Read more
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ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
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"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
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"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
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s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
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ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
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equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
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to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
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and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ector of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Massey Univ
ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
ByR. Ritcheyon June 12, 2016
Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
ation
ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
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standing of the current state of the field."
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several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
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material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
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for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
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in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
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have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
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Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
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course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
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books.
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a fine line between trying to provide some
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equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
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nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
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A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
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"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
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"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
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"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
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to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
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uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ector of the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology (SEAT) at Massey Univ
ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
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undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
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llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
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several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
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several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
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The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
their own strengths.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
ation
ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
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learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
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h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
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"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
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machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
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"I thought the first edition was hands down, one of the best texts covering appl
ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
J. P. E. Hodgson, Computing Reviews, March 27, 2015
"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
Daniel Kifer
"This book will equip and engage students with its well-organised and -presented
material. In each chapter, they will find thorough explanations, figures illust
rating the discussed concepts and techniques, lots of programming (Python) and w
orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
book will also be useful to professionals who can quickly inform and refresh th
eir memory and knowledge of how machine learning works and what are the fundamen
tal approaches and methods used in this area. As a whole, it provides an essenti
al source for machine learning methodologies and techniques, how they work, and
what are their application areas."
Ivan Jordanov, University of Portsmouth, UK
Praise for the First Edition:
" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
David J. Hand, International Statistical Review (2010), 78
"If you are interested in learning enough AI to understand the sort of new techn
iques being introduced into Web 2 applications, then this is a good place to sta
rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
references to the source material and further reading but it is written in a fai
rly casual style. Overall it works and much of the mathematics is explained in w
ays that make it fairly clear what is going on . This is a suitable introduction
to AI if you are studying the subject on your own and it would make a good cours
e text for an introduction and overview of AI."
I-Programmer, November 2009
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ersity. His research interests in mathematical computing include shape spaces, E
uler equations, machine learning, and algorithms. He received a PhD from Manches
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
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ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also, I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
. For this reason, the final chapter ought
to be the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
mples and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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ied machine learning from a Python perspective. I still consider this to be the
case. The text, already extremely broad in scope, has been expanded to cover som
e very relevant modern topics I highly recommend this text to anyone who wants to
learn machine learning I particularly recommend it to those students who have fo
llowed along from more of a statistical learning perspective (Ng, Hastie, Tibshi
rani) and are looking to broaden their knowledge of applications. The updated te
xt is very timely, covering topics that are very popular right now and have litt
le coverage in existing texts in this area."
Intelligent Trading Tech blog, April 2015
"The book's emphasis on algorithms distinguishes it from other books on machine
learning (ML). This is further highlighted by the extensive use of Python code t
o implement the algorithms. ... The topics chosen do reflect the current researc
h areas in ML, and the book can be recommended to those wishing to gain an under
standing of the current state of the field."
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"I have been using this textbook for an undergraduate machine learning class for
several years. Some of the best features of this book are the inclusion of Pyth
on code in the text (not just on a website), explanation of what the code does,
and, in some cases, partial numerical run-throughs of the code. This helps stude
nts understand the algorithms better than high-level descriptions and equations
alone and eliminates many sources of ambiguity and misunderstanding."
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orked examples, practice questions, further readings, and a support website. The
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" liberally illustrated with many programming examples, using Python. It includes
a basic primer on Python and has an accompanying website. It has excellent bread
th and is comprehensive in terms of the topics it covers, both in terms of metho
ds and in terms of concepts and theory. I think the author has succeeded in his a
im: the book provides an accessible introduction to machine learning. It would b
e excellent as a first exposure to the subject, and would put the various ideas
in context "
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rt. it covers the subject matter of many an introductory course on AI and it has
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5.0 out of 5 starsA great book for students
ByJohnon February 5, 2010
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This is an good book on machine learning for students at the advanced
undergraduate or Masters level, or for self study, particularly if
some of the background math (eigenvectors, probability theory, etc)
is not already second nature.
Although I am now familiar with much of the math in this area and consider
myself to have intermediate knowledge of machine learning, I can still recall
my first attempts to learn some mathematical topics. At that time my approach
was to implement the ideas as computer programs and plot the results. This
book takes exactly that approach, with each topic being presented both
mathematically and in Python code using the new Numpy and Scipy libraries.
Numpy resembles Matlab and is sufficiently high level that the book code
examples read like pseudocode.
(Another thing I recall when I was first learning was the mistaken
belief that books are free from mistakes. I've since learned to
expect that every first edition is going to have some, and doubly so
for books with math and code examples. However the fact that many of the example
s
in this book produce plots is reassuring.)
As mentioned I have only intermediate knowledge of machine learning, and
have no experience with some techniques. I learned regression trees
and ensemble learning from this book -- and then implemented an ensemble
tree classifier that has been quite successful at our company.
Some other strong books are the two Bishop books (Neural Networks for Pattern
Recognition; Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning),
Friedman/Hastie/Tibshirani (Elements of Statistical Learning) and
Duda/Hart/Stork (Pattern Classification). Of these, I think the first Bishop
book is the only other text suitable for a beginner, but it doesn't have the
explanation-by-programming approach and is also now a bit dated (Marsland
includes modern topics such as manifold learning, ensemble learning, and a bit
of graphical models). Friedman et al. is a good collection of algorithms,
including ones that are not presented in Marsland; it is a bit dry however.
The new Bishop is probably the deepest and best current text, but it is
probably most suited for PhD students. Duda et al would be a good book at a
Masters level though its coverage of modern techniques is more limited. Of
course these are just my impressions. Machine learning is a broad subject and
anyone using these algorithms will eventually want to refer to several of these
books.
For example, the first Bishop covers the normalized flavor of radial basis
functions (a favorite technique for me), and each of the mentioned books has
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning book for those with rusty match skills
or less math inclined.
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For those diving into machine learning who are rusty at math or not a math exper
t this is a solid, understandable book on the topic. It covers a wide variety of
machine learning algorithms, and while it does include some math, the math isn'
t the primary and only focus like other books on the topic. The math sections ar
e less involved, giving the formulas and basic information the various algorithm
s are based on, but most importantly it's accompanied by easier to understand ex
planations and pseudo code/actual code implementations. I certainly hope the aut
hor continues to update and maintain this book over time - I've shown this book
to coworkers who are also less math inclined and they liked the way the book was
written and were interested in picking up their own copies.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCould be better, but does fill a need in machine-learning educ
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ByTodd Eberton August 9, 2011
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I chose to use this book for a course on machine-learning for computer scientist
s that I taught in the spring of 2011.
The main reason for selecting it involved its use of the python language, and a
more overall programming-oriented
approach to machine learning. I do believe the author has the right idea, assumi
ng the targeted audience is cs majors who
need some basic introductory exposure to the subject. Yes, the author does walk
a fine line between trying to provide some
degree of mathematical rigor, and yet not overwhelming the student with too many
equations. In doing so, he trips and stumbles
several times throughout the text, but, in the end, I do believe that the averag
e undergraduate would benefit from this book
more so than from a more traditional math-oriented ML book. So it does fill a ni
che in the ML literature. To improve the book,
say, for the next edition, I would suggest toning down the "cs students need to
have their hands held when doing math"
attitude that is purveyed throughout the text, and adding a bit more rigor where
needed.
Also,
. For
to be
mples
I found much of the python matrix code very slick and often hard to follow
this reason, the final chapter ought
the first read (for those students with no python background) and more exa
and exercises should be given
that reinforce the matrix manipulations. I also suggest that the next edition in
clude more problems at the end of each chapter,
and simple exercises throughout the reading,
especially ones that help students practice both the mathematics and the program
ming. Having lots of exercises can help smooth
out some of the discontinuities that are found throughout the text. By "disconti
nuities", I mean at times taking large leaps from
intuitive wordy explanations, followed by jumping into the mathematical models.
A great example of a textbook that succeeds in walking the above tight rope is "
Theory of Computation", by Michael Sipser.
Every future author who wants to balance accessibility and rigor ought to first
read this book for inspiration. Another
great success story is Mitzenmacher's "Probability and Computing". So it can be
done! And I hope to give the second edition of
this book 5 stars!
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat machine learning resource from "Down Under"
A great choice for a primary text in machine learning. Written in an easy-to-fol
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2.0 out of 5 starsgood enough for an introductory CS undergrad course
At first sight, this is a decent book, explaining ML from a high-level viewpoint
, good enough for an introductory CS undergrad course.Read more
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There are certain sections where the author tends to just skim right through and
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So far so good. This is just one of the books I am reading at this time. It help
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This book aims at providing an overview of the field, but it only scratches at t
he surface and pretends to go in depth by throwing sloppy math at you (equations
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