The Art Of Randomness

Randomized Algorithms in the Real World

Ronald T. Kneusel

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English

No Starch Press,US
09 April 2024

Chaos theory; Algorithms & data structures

The Art of Randomness is a hands-on guide to mastering the many ways you can use randomized algorithms to solve real programming and scientific problems. You'll learn how to use randomness to run simulations, hide information, design experiments, and even create art and music. All you need is some Python, basic high school math, and a roll of the dice.

Author Ronald T. Kneusel focuses on helping you build your intuition so that you'll know when and how to use random processes to get things done. You'll develop a randomness engine (a Python class that supplies random values from your chosen source), then explore how to leverage randomness to-

Simulate Darwinian evolution and optimize with swarm-based search algorithms Design scientific experiments to produce more meaningful results by making them truly random Implement machine learning algorithms like neural networks and random forests Use Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to sample from complex distributions Hide information in audio files and images, generate art, and create music Reconstruct original signals and images from only randomly sampled data

Scientific anecdotes and code examples throughout illustrate how randomness plays into areas like optimization, machine learning, and audio signals. End-of-chapter exercises encourage further exploration.

Whether you're a programmer, scientist, engineer, mathematician, or artist, you'll find The Art of Randomness to be your ticket to discovering the hidden power of applied randomness and the ways it can transform your approach to solving problems, from the technical to the artistic.

Harness the power of randomness (and Python code) to solve real-world problems in fun, hands-on experiments-from simulating evolution to encrypting messages to making machine-learning algorithms!

The Art of Randomness is a hands-on guide to mastering the many ways you can use randomized algorithms to solve real programming and scientific problems. You'll learn how to use randomness to run simulations, hide information, design experiments, and even create art and music. All you need is some Python, basic high school math, and a roll of the dice.

Author Ronald T. Kneusel focuses on helping you build your intuition so that you'll know when and how to use random processes to get things done. You'll develop a randomness engine (a Python class that supplies random values from your chosen source), then explore how to leverage randomness to-

Simulate Darwinian evolution and optimize with swarm-based search algorithms Design scientific experiments to produce more meaningful results by making them truly random Implement machine learning algorithms like neural networks and random forests Use Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods to sample from complex distributions Hide information in audio files and images, generate art, and create music Reconstruct original signals and images from only randomly sampled data

Scientific anecdotes and code examples throughout illustrate how randomness plays into areas like optimization, machine learning, and audio signals. End-of-chapter exercises encourage further exploration.

Whether you're a programmer, scientist, engineer, mathematician, or artist, you'll find The Art of Randomness to be your ticket to discovering the hidden power of applied randomness and the ways it can transform your approach to solving problems, from the technical to the artistic.

By: Ronald T. Kneusel
Imprint: No Starch Press,US
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 177mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781718503243
ISBN 10: 1718503245
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 09 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

TABLE OF CONTENTS... Introduction Chapter 1: The Nature of Randomness Chapter 2: Hiding Information Chapter 3: Simulate the Real World Chapter 4: Optimize the World Chapter 5: Swarm Optimization Chapter 6: Machine Learning Chapter 7: Art Chapter 8: Music Chapter 9: Audio Signals Chapter 10: Experimental Design Chapter 11: Computer Science Algorithms Chapter 12: Sampling Resources Index

Ronald T. Kneusel is a computer scientist, an expert in machine learning, and a lover of fine craft beers. Kneusel has been working with machine learning in industry since 2003 and completed a PhD in machine learning from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2016. He's the author of four other books with No Starch Press- How AI Works (2023), Strange Code (2022), Practical Deep Learning (2021), and Math for Deep Learning (2021).

Reviews for The Art Of Randomness: Randomized Algorithms in the Real World

"""The Art of Randomness is a useful reference and resource for anyone who needs to apply the power of randomized algorithms, including programmers, scientists, engineers, mathematicians, even artists and musicians...highly recommended."" —Midwest Book Review"