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Reference books

This course is self sufficient, and does not strictly follow a single text book. We recommend the following books to use as reference for the course.

  • Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach (Third Edition) by Stuart Russell & Peter Norvig (2016). A digital version is available from the College library.
    • Covers a lot more than just Machine Learning
  • Machine Learning by Tom Mitchell (1997).
    • A classic textbook for Machine Learning, albeit dated. The website gives you a few new draft chapters.
  • Pattern Classification (Second Edition) by Richard Duda, Peter Hart & David Stork (2000).
    • A classic Machine Learning reference book.
  • Statistical Pattern Recognition (Third Edition) by Andrew Webb & Keith Copsey (2011).
    • An accessible book with a good coverage of topics.