The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference and Prediction

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Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction

Excellent book. Has repaid multiple rereadings and is a wonderful springboard for developing your own ideas in the area. Currently I'm going through Additive Models again which I breezed by the first ... Read full review

Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction

A beautifully produced book full of insight, but not for the beginner, nor for the easily daunted. Read full review

Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction

An extremely well-written introduction to machine learning. I now understand why this is the universal textbook for machine learning classes. The math is described at a reasonably high level, but the ... Read full review

Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction

This book is a miracle of clarity and comprehensiveness. It presents a unified approach to state of the art machine learning techniques from a statistical perspective. The layout is logical and the ... Read full review

Review: The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction

This book surveys many modern machine learning tools ranging from generalized linear models to SVM, boosting, different types of trees, etc. The presentation is more or less mathematical, but the book ... Read full review