TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bishop,Christopher M.
TI  - Pattern recognition and machine learning / 
T2  - Information science and statistics
SN  - 9780387310732
U1  - 006.4   22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York : 
PB  -  Springer, 
KW  - CIT
KW  - Pattern perception
KW  - Machine learning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1 Introduction -- 2 Probability Distributions -- 3 Linear Models for Regression -- 4 Linear Models for Classification -- 5 Neural Networks -- 6 Kernel Methods -- 7 Sparse Kernel Machines -- 8 Graphical Models -- 9 Mixture Models and EM -- 10 Approximate Inference -- 11 Sampling Methods -- 12 Continuous Latent Variables
N2  - This is the first textbook on pattern recognition to present the Bayesian viewpoint. The book presents approximate inference algorithms that permit fast approximate answers in situations where exact answers are not feasible. It uses graphical models to describe probability distributions when no other books apply graphical models to machine learning. No previous knowledge of pattern recognition or machine learning concepts is assumed. Familiarity with multivariate calculus and basic linear algebra is required, and some experience in the use of probabilities would be helpful though not essential as the book includes a self-contained introduction to basic probability theory
ER  -