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The Elements of Statistical Learning
Describes important statistical ideas in machine learning, data mining, and bioinformatics. Covers a broad range, from prediction to unsupervised learning, including classification trees and neural networks.
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I haven't read the book, so my knowledge of his work is limited to the few articles I've read on the web.

What Steve has done deserves a lot of respect. He found a niche in the market (consciously or not) for artificial life simulations. His agents, however, are nothing amazing. He's built a well-designed creature that does what it does really well. It can learn some things, indeed, but that does not make it revolutionary in any way (let alone "intelligent"). Some interesting behaviours arise from this simplicity, but then even the simplest agents can have complex emergent behaviours.

I'll give him credit for making such a polished product out of it.

His book is on my list. Though Lord of the Rings is taking me longer than I expected... hehe

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Monday 25 February, 20:35
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