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Ask: Is there a "Machine Learning for Dummies"?
Maybe such a book shouldn't exist but I'm just curious. I tried taking the hacker dojo course but it's too theoretical for me. It'll be long before this saturday before I have HW #1 done.
I'm kind of a person who needs code and an explination and example. I sound dumb compared to most of you but that's the kind of programmer I am, i guess
- DevX101 16y agoProgramming Collective Intelligence. It's very well written and you can cover quite a bit of ground without too much arcane theory.
- cschmidt 16y agoIf you want a "less math" machine learning book, I like these two: Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Third Edition Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Mark A. Hall http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Practical-Techniques-Management/dp/0123748569 http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Practical-Techniques-Manag... Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective Stephen Marsland http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Algorithmic-Perspective-Recognition/dp/1420067184 http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Learning-Algorithmic-Perspecti...
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- HowardRoark 16y agoTo get started, try Mining the Social Web, followed by Programming Collective Intelligence.
- achompas 16y agoPCI is a great, not-too-mathy primer. Let me also add that Drew Conway and Johnny Myles White are working on a ML-type cookbook. Should be available soon via O'Reilly (I think).