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coldnebo · 2014-12-19 · Original thread
It doesn't cover machine learning in a lot of detail (there is one dogs and cats example) but J. Nathan Kutz book is an excellent introduction to the math behind this and other data modeling techniques with lots of hands on examples. The best thing about this book is that it is a broad survey of the maths you need in Data Science -- you get a feel for how various subjects fit together from a high level with practical examples, then you can branch out to other sources to learn more about specific methods.

* http://www.amazon.com/Data-Driven-Modeling-Scientific-Comput...

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