Series Foreword vii Preface ix 1 Why We Are Interested in Machine Learning 1 2 Machine Learning, Statistics, and Data Analytics 35 3 Pattern Recognition 71 4 Neural Networks and Deep Learning 105 5 Learning Clusters and Recommendations 143 6 Learning to Take Action 159 7 Challenges and Risks 183 8 Where Do We Go from Here? 201 Glossary 227 Notes 239 References 243 Further Reading 247 Index 249
Ethem Alpaydín is Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Özyegin University and a member of the Science Academy, Istanbul. He is the author of the widely used textbook, Introduction to Machine Learning (MIT Press), now in its fourth edition.