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I can really recommend this book. It's an enjoyable read and is very pragmatic. A useful reference for practitioners.
by martingoodson 9y ago
I can really recommend this book. It's an enjoyable read and is very pragmatic. A useful reference for practitioners.
- wenc 9y agoI've read ISL and ESL. ISL is a practical introduction to concepts, and ESL goes deeper into the algorithms. This books seems like a historical survey of how things came to be, rather than a practical guide. I believe this is not a book for practitioners, but for someone who is looking to advance the field (researchers, Ph.D. students). As someone who was in academia in 12 years, I think it is immensely valuable to have a survey like this because too often new researchers don't have a clear idea what has been tried before and why they failed or succeeded.