Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms 1st Edition

by Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Author), Shai Ben-David (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-1107057135

ISBN-10: 1107057132

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Machine learning is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science, with far-reaching applications. The aim of this textbook is to introduce machine learning, and the algorithmic paradigms it offers, in a principled way. The book provides an extensive theoretical account of the fundamental ideas underlying machine learning and the mathematical derivations that transform these principles into practical algorithms. Following a presentation of the basics of the field, the book covers a wide array of central topics that have not been addressed by previous textbooks. These include a discussion of the computational complexity of learning and the concepts of convexity and stability; important algorithmic paradigms including stochastic gradient descent, neural networks, and structured output learning; and emerging theoretical concepts such as the PAC-Bayes approach and compression-based bounds. Designed for an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course, the text makes the fundamentals and algorithms of machine learning accessible to students and non-expert readers in statistics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering.

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"This elegant book covers both rigorous theory and practical methods of machine learning. This makes it a rather unique resource, ideal for all those who want to understand how to find structure in data."
Bernhard Schölkopf, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

"This is a timely text on the mathematical foundations of machine learning, providing a treatment that is both deep and broad, not only rigorous but also with intuition and insight. It presents a wide range of classic, fundamental algorithmic and analysis techniques as well as cutting-edge research directions. This is a great book for anyone interested in the mathematical and computational underpinnings of this important and fascinating field."
Avrim Blum, Carnegie Mellon University

"This text gives a clear and broadly accessible view of the most important ideas in the area of full information decision problems. Written by two key contributors to the theoretical foundations in this area, it covers the range from theoretical foundations to algorithms, at a level appropriate for an advanced undergraduate course."
Peter L. Bartlett, University of California, Berkeley

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Machine learning makes use of computer programs to discover meaningful patters in complex data. It is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science, with far-reaching applications. This book explains the principles behind the automated learning approach and the considerations underlying its usage. The authors explain the "hows" and "whys" of the most important machine-learning algorithms, as well as their inherent strengths and weaknesses, making the field accessible to students and practitioners in computer science, statistics, and engineering.

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Hardcover: 410 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 19, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1107057132
ISBN-13: 978-1107057135
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1.1 x 10.2 inches
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C. Tomasi

This is hands down the best. Rather than a laundry list of techniques

March 14, 2018

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I have read many of the main books on machine learning. This is hands down the best. Rather than a laundry list of techniques, the book starts with a concise and clear introduction to statistical machine learning and then consistently connects those concepts to the main ML algorithms. Each chapter is 10 pages or so of crisp math and lean prose. A brief summary at the beginning of each chapter gives a clear sense of what will be accomplished in it, and attention to notation makes sure that mathematics supports understanding rather than getting in the way. This is definitely not a "how to" book, but rather a "what and why" book, focused on understanding principles and connections between them. I read the book cover to cover, and I was left with a sense of machine learning as a coherent discipline, and a solid feel for the main concepts.

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Ruby Shamir

Great book !

May 17, 2017

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I bought it since I wanted to refresh my knowledge on machine learning (I am a CS graduate, took the ML course about 15 years ago...). I finished one third of it by now and enjoy it very much.
What I especially like about this book is that it gives a good theoretical background, before jumping into the algorithms.
When getting to the algorithms the author show how to use the theoretical tools to analyze them, which is great !
Also, the theoretical part was enough for me to further read and understand more recent theoretical ML research papers.
That is a great feeling ! I wholeheartedly recommend this great book for graduates.

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C. lopez

do not bother with this book

November 23, 2018

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31 chapters in 360 pages, has exercises without answers.

The test is very terse as you can figure out (each chapter has bibliography and exercises which take several pages from the chapter).

From theory (no no) to algorithms well I little bit (same information level that I can get in Wikipedia)

Just I want to know why k-means you can use Manhattan or euclidean distance, why to use one versus the other
this book will not answer the question

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Rafael Espericueta

An excellent intro to the mathematical foundations of machine learning

August 14, 2018

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For those with a strong mathematical background, this may be the best introduction out there. It takes one from the beginning concepts through to current research topics. Highly recommended!

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Aardvark8

Mixed

February 18, 2019

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This book contains some good introductory insights and fundamental principles but quickly gets into a lot of esoteric theorems and corollaries. I am happy with the purchase but I do not think all its pages will turn out to be useful to me or the typical practioner. By the way, I received the South Asian (India) edition; not sure if the seller is trying to pull a fast one by substituting that, but condition and content seem equivalent to US edition.

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Joshua Detwiler

Only_books puts obnoxious stickers on

September 4, 2019

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I bought the paperback from Only_books and they put these 3 obnoxious stickers on the textbook. Two large white ones front and back with "NEW" and a black stripe along the top of the cover all the way around.

If you try to take it off, it shreds. Very annoying. Otherwise, the textbook is new as advertised. I hope the authors makes a reasonable profit from me buying this.

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Ittai Artzi

covers every subject that I come over in articles and want to understand better, good exercises

January 25, 2018

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Ideal book for learning theory of machine learning, in order to get a deeper understanding of practical algorithms. Clear mathematical presentation, covers every subject that I come over in articles and want to understand better, good exercises.

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Amazon_customer

Very Nice book but the paperback international version is awful!

February 24, 2019

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This book is a very well written. Doesn’t go so much into detail but it’s still very intuitive. Small chapters are very informative and keep you interested in the topics. I used this book for the undergraduate class in ML I taught and my students loved it. However, the paperback printing is awful. Very cheap papers and graphs are not colored. If you’d like to buy it just go with the original US edition of this book!

Overall, the book is very nice for an introductory class in machine learning for an advanced undergraduate level class. Can also be used for a graduate level class but some other materials should be covered that are not included in this book.

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