Steven Skiena
Autore di The Algorithm Design Manual
Sull'Autore
Steven Skiena is Professor of Computer Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Opere di Steven Skiena
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Skiena, Steven Sol
- Data di nascita
- 1961-01-30
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Istruzione
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Virginia - Attività lavorative
- computer scientist
university professor - Organizzazioni
- Stony Brook University
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- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 984
- Popolarità
- #26,176
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 6
- ISBN
- 31
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1
It's always good to get Skiena's take on things -- I've read three or four of his books now -- and this one is no exception. The statistical-learner stuff is linked more closely to standard CS topics (e.g. algorithmic complexity) than in most other texts, and the overview of linear algebra is really quite good.
The only real downside is that it doesn't do what is says on the tin. Unlike The Algorithm Design Manual, this isn't presented as a taxonomy of data science methods with a briefing of when and how each should be supplied. More's the pity, as that particular book is sorely needed - even in this one, Skiena points out that most researchers become comfortable with one approach and use it for everything, rather than testing alternate approaches on new problems.
Instead, it's a standard Introduction to Data Science textbook with chapters devoted to topics of increasing complexity/sophistication. Well-written, often entertaining, with an excellent selection of exercises (including many Kaggle challenges and some publicly-available datasets - precisely the sort of project that a beginner needs to get their feet wet).… (altro)