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 Mining the social Web: analyzing data from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites
Russell M., O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2011. 360 pp. Type: Book, Reviews: (1 of 2)
This nice introduction to social data mining methods is essentially a manual. It describes, step by step, tools and techniques for accessing data from social networks and extracting information from it. It is intended to be read while ...
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Jan 18 2012 |
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Markov chains and stochastic stability
Meyn S., Tweedie R., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2009. 622 pp. Type: Book (9780521731829)
First published in 1993, this second edition is a classic book on Markov chains. As Sean Meyn notes in the preface, this second edition is a way to honor the second author, Richard Tweedie, who passed in 2001, leaving significant contr...
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Sep 14 2009 |
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Visualization for information retrieval
Zhang J., Springer, 2007. 294 pp. Type: Book
The book offers a comprehensive and systematic review of all the methodologies and procedures developed in the area of information retrieval visualization....
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Nov 19 2008 |
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Linear programming with MATLAB (MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization)
Ferris M., Mangasarian O., Wright S., Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 2008. 280 pp. Type: Book (9780898716436), Reviews: (2 of 2)
This textbook for undergraduate courses on linear programming (LP) is intended for students in various disciplines, including informatics, mathematics, and engineering. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of LP problems under a...
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Aug 13 2008 |
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Stochastic learning and optimization: a sensitivity-based approach (International Series on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems)
Cao X., Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 2007. 566 pp. Type: Book (9780387367873)
Performance optimization is a critical issue related to the design and functionality evaluation of any advanced engineering system. The high complexity of the systems used and studied in various research fields, such as the Internet, w...
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Feb 13 2008 |
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The minimum description length principle
Grünwald P., The MIT Press, 2007. 504 pp. Type: Book (9780262072816), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Minimum description length (MDL) is an information-theoretic method for inductive inference. MDL is related to, but also quite different from, the older notion of minimum message length (MML). This book is a detailed and comprehensive ...
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Dec 5 2007 |
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Random graph dynamics (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics)
Durrett R., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2006. 222 pp. Type: Book (9780521866569), Reviews: (1 of 2)
The theory of random graphs is a branch of mathematics that combines graph theory and probability theory. Briefly, we can describe a random graph as a set of vertices that are connected by random edges, in the sense that the edges are ...
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Oct 1 2007 |
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Optimal design of experiments (Classics in Applied Mathematics)
Pukelsheim F., Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 2006. 454 pp. Type: Book (9780898716047)
The theory of experimental designs is an exciting field of statistics. The continuous need for accurate estimations from experiments in all areas of applied science justifies the plethora of methods and tools for planning an experiment...
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Feb 5 2007 |
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Differential evolution: a practical approach to global optimization (Natural Computing Series)
Price K., Storn R., Lampinen J., Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 2005. 538 pp. Type: Book (9783540209508)
The solution of difficult optimization problems using robust, effective, fast, and, above all, easy-to-use algorithms is a very important problem in all fields of science and engineering. The authors present differential evolution (DE)...
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Jan 23 2007 |
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Discovering statistics using SPSS
Field A., SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2005. 816 pp. Type: Book (9780761944522)
There are many textbooks that use the statistical software SPSS to describe statistical theory, and there are also many SPSS manuals. However, this textbook is unique: it is written in an exceptional humorous style, which aims to make ...
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May 26 2006 |
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