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Data science / machine learning books for mathematicians

I have found other requests for references here. In particular in: Where to start, which books and Books about the "Science" in Data Science? I have given a glance to: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Russel & Norvig) Machine Learning:…
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Books on Reinforcement Learning

I have been trying to understand reinforcement learning for quite sometime, but somehow I am not able to visualize how to write a program for reinforcement learning to solve a grid world problem. Can you suggest me some text books which would help…
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Which book is a standard for introduction to genetic algorithms?

I have heard of genetic algorithms, but I have never seen practical examples and I've never got a systematic introduction to them. I am now looking for a textbook which introduces genetic algorithms in detail and gives practical examples how they…
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Mastering NLP: Reading List

I've searched the web and there are hundreds of recommendations on what to read. The time moves on and new better quality techniques are published, so I would like to know what is relevant in 2018? My background is 4 years of BSc in Maths & Stats…
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What are some good books on Machine Learning and AI like Krugman, Wells and Graddy's "Essentials of Economics"

I am a Logistics student. I like the book "Essentials of Economics" by Krugman, Wells and Graddy in that it is concise, easygoing and not only a beginners book (it gradually approaches advanced subjects thus paving the way for further rigorous…
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MOOC or book on Deep Learning in Python for someone with a basic knowledge of neural networks

I know the concept of a neural network, and I followed the Machine Learning course by Andrew Ng on Coursera, so I also coded some simple ones. However, I miss all the new tricks which are useful to prevent overfitting of Deep networks, such as for…
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What's the Seminal Book on data science?

Can people provide the best textbook they have used for learning data science? I know this is somewhat difficult because you have no basis of comparison but if you can just give your opinion on a book and why, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Why in this case are gradient steps not perpendicular to contour lines?

There is a theorem that gradient at point is perpendicular to tangent line to contour line at given point. Why in this picture it seems that this rule is not respected? source: http://www.deeplearningbook.org/contents/numerical.html page 89 And…
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Where to start, which books

What is a good book or resource to start learning Artificial Intelligence ?
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Good books on unsupervised learning

I am looking for a good book about unsupervised learning that goes beyond the typical k-means and hierarchical clustering algorithms. Practical implementations in R or Python will be a plus. Currently I am working in retail, so the typical use cases…
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Is there any book for modern optimization in Python?

I was reading Modern Optimization with R (Use R!) and wondering if a book like this exists in Python too? To be precise something that covers stochastic gradient descent and other advanced optimization techniques. Many thanks!
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Which Machine Learning book to choose (APM, MLAP or ISL)?

I'm searching a book as a refresher in machine learning (I have taken a lecture in machine learning sometime ago). I will be applying machine learning in a project. I have searched a lot of books and found the following three the one which best fits…
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Modern reference on general Deep Learning theory

In the present, Deep Learning is experiencing lightspeed growth, with plethora of new architectures and radiant ideas emerging each month. Since the last few years several influential ideas, applied in different papers have been developed - among…
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Predictive Maintenance - Top books involving any domain

After working with predictive maintenance using ML algorithms for a while, I felt like I needed more theoretical background. To do so, I started some courses, but they don't dig into the hole and just explain demo cases. I started searching for…
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Suggest an order to read data science books

I'm an undergraduate student that is currently studing data science. However, since we generally don't delve deeply onto things in class, I want to take some time to review the fundamentals and understand things deeply in order to advance to more…
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