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I stumbled on this book earlier. How would you rate it, it is pricey.. Does it provide solid explanation of the concepts with the code to go with it?
by ssijak 10y ago
I stumbled on this book earlier. How would you rate it, it is pricey.. Does it provide solid explanation of the concepts with the code to go with it?
- eggy 10y agoI bought this book because I wanted to learn Erlang in the context of a subject I am interested in - ANNs. I have been reading books about ANNs and playing with them since the late 80s. Most high-level books on them are filled with math, few diagrams, and assume some knowledge to start. This book covers a special type of ANN, a TWEANN (Topology and Weight Evolving Artificial Neural Network), and more importantly, how Erlang's distributed computation model ties in really well with modelling this and other ANNs. You may find the expository writing on the basics to be a rehash, but if you are interested in this particular type of ANN, and Erlang, the book has many applications. The code is inline with the explanations in the book. I bought the book, because for this type of learning I like to have it open in front of me and my computer. I have seen bootleg PDFs here and there online, but I think the book is well worth it. The author is very enthusiastic about his work. Somebody has started or completed the code in Elixir, and there is a start on the book in LFE too. Sorry but I don't have time to find links just now.