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Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by David MacKay is excellent, and freely available online. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itil
by pcowans 19y ago
Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms by David MacKay is excellent, and freely available online.
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/book.html http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/itila/book.html
- mriley 19y agoI'll second this recommendation - I bought the printed copy, and I'm constantly going to it for reference. The fact that it's available for free is just an added bonus. I would also suggest Elements of Statistical Learning: http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/ http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~tibs/ElemStatLearn/ As well as Duda, Hart, and Stork's Pattern Classification: http://rii.ricoh.com/~stork/DHS.html http://rii.ricoh.com/~stork/DHS.html
- snifty 19y agoThis is a great book, but it's definitely not introductory. I think Segaran's "Programming Collective Intelligence", mentioned above, is the best first bet, primarily because it's fun. And the code is good.