TY - BOOK AU - Rogers,Simon AU - Girolami,Mark TI - A first course in machine learning / T2 - Machine learning & pattern recognition series SN - 9781439824146 U1 - 006.31 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Boca Raton : PB - CRC Press, KW - Machine learning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Linear Modelling: A Least Squares Approach -- Linear Modelling: A Maximum Likelihood Approach -- The Bayesian Approach to Machine Learning -- Bayesian Inference -- Classification -- Clustering -- Principal Components Analysis and Latent Variable Models N2 - A First Course in Machine Learning covers the core mathematical and statistical techniques needed to understand some of the most popular machine learning algorithms. The algorithms presented span the main problem areas within machine learning: classification, clustering and projection. The text gives detailed descriptions and derivations for a small number of algorithms rather than cover many algorithms in less detail ER -