Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms
by Shai Shalev-Shwartz, Shai Ben-David
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2014
ISBN/ASIN: 1107057132
ISBN-13: 9781107057135
Number of pages: 449
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The aim of this textbook is to introduce machine learning, and the algorithmic paradigms it offers, in a principled way. The book provides a theoretical account of the fundamentals underlying machine learning and the mathematical derivations that transform these principles into practical algorithms.
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