An Introduction to Support Vector Machines and Other Kernel-based Learning Methods
This is the first comprehensive introduction to Support Vector Machines (SVMs), a generation learning system based on recent advances in statistical learning theory. SVMs deliver state-of-the-art performance in real-world applications such as text...
Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis
Kernel methods provide a powerful and unified framework for pattern discovery, motivating algorithms that can act on general types of data (e.g. strings, vectors or text) and look for general types of relations (e.g. rankings, classifications, reg...
Introduction to Computational Genomics
Where did SARS come from? Have we inherited genes from Neanderthals? How do plants use their internal clock? The genomic revolution in biology enables us to answer such questions. But the revolution would have been impossible without the support o...
New Television Ecosystem
This highly topical book deals with the new frontiers of digital television addressing the challenges it faces as a result of the upsurge of new and converging digital technologies. In a world which has developed online interactivity and new roles...
The European Union: Economics, Policy and History
The European Union: Economics, Policy and History
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PREMIO LETTERARIO GALILEO PER LA DIVULGAZIONE SCIENTIFICA, Padova 2012 SELEZIONE GIURIA SCIENTIFICA Il più complesso e ambizioso esperimento scientifico di tutti i tempi è ormai entrato nel vivo, eppure i suoi scopi precisi sono in gran parte scon...