In this greatly expanded edition of the defacto standard, you’ll learn about the nearly 200 changes already made since original publication – and find out about gray areas likely to be revised later. Written by the Vice-Chairman of X3J13 (the ANSI...
Gaussian processes (GPs) provide a principled, practical, probabilistic approach to learning in kernel machines. GPs have received increased attention in the machine-learning community over the past decade, and this book provides a long-needed systematic and unified...
This is a book about algorithms for performing arithmetic, and their implementation on modern computers. It collects in the same document all state-of-the-art algorithms in multiple precision arithmetic (integers, integers modulo n, floating-point numbers). The best...
Cracking Codes with Python teaches complete beginners how to program in the Python programming language. The book features the source code to several ciphers and hacking programs for these ciphers. The programs include the Caesar cipher, transposition cipher, simple...
One of the best ways to stifle the growth of an idea is to enshrine it in an educational curriculum. The textbook publishers, certification panels, professional organizations, the folks who write the college entrance exams–once they’ve settled on an...
