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I would add: Programming Collective Intelligence (O'reilly) http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321 http://ianma.wor

I would add: Programming Collective Intelligence (O'reilly) http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529321 http://ianma.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/machine-learning-for-beginners/ http://ianma.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/machine-learning-for-b... Practical Artificial Intelligence Programming in Java http://www.markwatson.com/opencontent/ http://www.markwatson.com/opencontent/

bad_user 17y ago
"Programming Collective Intelligence" is very short on theory. It's good for getting your feet wet and for getting over your fear of something new and difficult, but otherwise without proper comprehension of the phenomenons involved in those algorithms, you're not going to get very far.
- ananthrk 17y ago
  Exactly. Please refer this thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=208892 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=208892
- the_real_r2d2 17y ago
  Yes, it is short and basic in theory, but I it is very practical. In my case I learn best trying and applying concepts in practice. That is why I found the book very useful. Also I accompanied my learning with some other books (i.e. Machine Learning from Tom Mitchell) and academic papers that filled the theory gap. As a started point to teach the basics of ML and to encourage to go and learn more, I think PCI is very good.