Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)
"An astonishing machine learning book: intuitive, full of examples, fun to read but still comprehensive, strong and deep! A great starting point for any university student -- and a must have for anybody in the field."--Jan Peters, Darmstadt University of Technology; Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems"Kevin Murphy excels at unraveling the complexities of machine learning methods while motivating the reader with a stream of illustrated examples and real world case studies. The accompanying software package includes source code for many of the figures, making it both easy and very tempting to dive in and explore these methods for yourself. A must-buy for anyone interested in machine learning or curious about how to extract useful knowledge from big data."--John Winn, Microsoft Research, Cambridge"This is a wonderful book that starts with basic topics in statistical modeling, culminating in the most advanced topics. It provides both the theoretical foundations of probabilistic machine learning as well as practical tools, in the form of Matlab code. The book should be on the shelf of any student interested in the topic, and any practitioner working in the field."--Yoram Singer, Google Inc."This book will be an essential reference for practitioners of modern machine learning. It covers the basic concepts needed to understand the field as whole, and the powerful modern methods that build on those concepts. InMachine Learning, the language of probability and statistics reveals important connections between seemingly disparate algorithms and strategies. Thus, its readers will become articulate in a holistic view of the state-of-the-art and poised to build the next generation of machine learning algorithms."--David Blei, Princeton University"This comprehensive book should be of great interest to learners and practitioners in the field of machine learning." --British Computer Society