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MIT Press
25 December 2018
A new edition of a graduate-level machine learning textbook that focuses on the analysis and theory of algorithms.

This book is a general introduction to machine learning that can serve as a textbook for graduate students and a reference for researchers. It covers fundamental modern topics in machine learning while providing the theoretical basis and conceptual tools needed for the discussion and justification of algorithms. It also describes several key aspects of the application of these algorithms. The authors aim to present novel theoretical tools and concepts while giving concise proofs even for relatively advanced topics.

Foundations of Machine Learning is unique in its focus on the analysis and theory of algorithms. The first four chapters lay the theoretical foundation for what follows; subsequent chapters are mostly self-contained. Topics covered include the Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) learning framework; generalization bounds based on Rademacher complexity and VC-dimension; Support Vector Machines (SVMs); kernel methods; boosting; on-line learning; multi-class classification; ranking; regression; algorithmic stability; dimensionality reduction; learning automata and languages; and reinforcement learning. Each chapter ends with a set of exercises. Appendixes provide additional material including concise probability review.

This second edition offers three new chapters, on model selection, maximum entropy models, and conditional entropy models. New material in the appendixes includes a major section on Fenchel duality, expanded coverage of concentration inequalities, and an entirely new entry on information theory. More than half of the exercises are new to this edition.
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Imprint:   MIT Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   second edition
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 32mm
ISBN:   9780262039406
ISBN 10:   0262039400
Series:   Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series
Pages:   504
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mehryar Mohri is Professor of Computer Science at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and a Research Consultant at Google Research. Afshin Rostamizadeh is a Research Scientist at Google Research. Ameet Talwalkar is Assistant Professor in the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University.

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