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Textual Information Access
Wiley 2013; US$ 175.00This book presents statistical models that have recently been developed within several research communities to access information contained in text collections. The problems considered are linked to applications aiming at facilitating information access: - information extraction and retrieval; - text classification and clustering; - opinion mining;... more...
Chinese Handwriting Recognition
Springer 2013; US$ 31.99Designing machines that can read handwriting like human beings has been an ambitious goal for more than half a century, driving talented researchers to explore diverse approaches. Obstacles have often been encountered that at first appeared insurmountable but were indeed overcome before long. Yet some open issues remain to be solved. As an indispensable... more...
PDF Hacks
O'Reilly Media 2012; US$ 19.99PDF--to most of the world it stands for that rather tiresome format used for documents downloaded from the web. Slow to load and slower to print, hopelessly unsearchable, and all but impossible to cut and paste from, the Portable Document Format doesn't inspire much affection in the average user. But PDFs done right is another story. Those who... more...
LaTeX and Friends
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99LaTeX is a free, automated state-of-the-art typesetting system. This book teaches all the ins and outs of LaTeX which are needed to write an article, report, thesis, or book. The book teaches by example, giving many worked out examples showing input and output side by side. The book presents the most recent techniques for presenting data plots, complex... more...
Support Vector Machines for Pattern Classification
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99A guide on the use of SVMs in pattern classification, including a rigorous performance comparison of classifiers and regressors. The book presents architectures for multiclass classification and function approximation problems, as well as evaluation criteria for classifiers and regressors. Features: Clarifies the characteristics of two-class SVMs;... more...
Regular Expression Pocket Reference
O'Reilly Media 2009; US$ 6.99Regular expressions are such a powerful tool for manipulating text and data that anyone who uses a computer can benefit from them. Composed of a mixture of symbols and text, regular expressions can be an outlet for creativity, for brilliant programming, and for the elegant solution. While a command of regular expressions is an invaluable skill, all... more...
Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference
O'Reilly Media 2009; US$ 7.99Support for regular expressions in SQL and PL/SQL is one of the most exciting features of Oracle Database 10G. Oracle has long supported the ANSI-standard LIKE predicate for rudimentary pattern matching, but regular expressions take pattern matching to a new level. They provide a powerful way to select data that matches a pattern, as well as to... more...
Introduction to Information Retrieval
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 54.00Class-tested and up-to-date textbook for introductory courses on information retrieval. more...
RTF Pocket Guide
O'Reilly Media 2008; US$ 7.99Rich Text Format, or RTF, is the internal markup language used by Microsoft Word and understood by dozens of other word processors. RTF is a universal file format that pervades practically every desktop. Because RTF is text, it's much easier to generate and process than binary .doc files. Any programmer working with word processing documents needs... more...
Support Vector Machines for Pattern Classification
Springer 2006; US$ 94.99Support vector machines are popular because of their high classification importance; this book focuses on the discussions on SVMs specifically to pattern classification. more...









