Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis
"The book provides an excellent overview of this growing field. I highly recommend it to those who are interested in pattern analysis and machine learning, and especially to those who want to apply kernel-based methods to text analysis and bioinformatics problems."Computing Reviews"I enjoyed reading this book and am happy about its addition to my library as it is a valuable practitioner's reference.  I especially liked the presentation of kernel-based pattern analysis algorithms in terse mathematical steps clearly identifying input data, output data, and steps of the process.  The accompanying Matlab code or pseudocode is also extremely useful."IAPR Newsletter"If you are interested in an introduction to statistical techniques for analyzing text documents, Kernel Methods will serve you well."M. Last, Journal of the American Statistical Association