Category: Books

The Fundamentals of Analysis for Talented Freshmen

  Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics and Statistics August 2016, 98 pages, (doi:10.2200/S00725ED1V01Y201608MAS017) Peter M. Luthy College of Mount Saint Vincent  Guido L. Weiss Washington University in St. Louis  Steven S. Xiao Washington University in St. Louis  Abstract...

Semantic Interaction for Visual Analytics: Inferring Analytical Reasoning for Model Steering

  Synthesis Lectures on Visualization September 2016, 99 pages, (doi:10.2200/S00730ED1V01Y201608VIS007) Alex Endert Georgia Tech  Abstract This book discusses semantic interaction, a user interaction methodology for visual analytic applications that more closely couples the visual reasoning processes...

The Notion of Relevance in Information Science: Everybody knows what relevance is. But, what is it really?

The Notion of Relevance in Information Science: Everybody knows what relevance is. But, what is it really? Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services September 2016, 109 pages, (doi:10.2200/S00723ED1V01Y201607ICR050) Tefko Saracevic Rutgers University Abstract...

The Path to Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning – Free O’REILLY Book

The Path to Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning – Free O’REILLY Book SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 |BY KEVIN WHITE, MemSQL  Organizations once waited hours, days, or even weeks to get a handle on their data. In an...

Synthesis Lectures on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Synthesis Lectures on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Morgan & Claypool Publishers Editors Jiawei Han, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lise Getoor, University of California Santa Cruz Wei Wang, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Johannes...