Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:26:52 +0100 From: bell.j@ucles.org.uk Subject: New book on machine learning Machine Learning Methods for Ecological Applications edited by Alan H. Fielding Dept. of Biological Sciences, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK The last 25 years have seen a tremendous growth in the application of statistical and modelling techniques to ecological problems. This expansion has been accelerated by the increasing availability of software, books and computing power. However, the suitability of some of these approaches to data analysis, in a relatively knowledge-poor discipline such as ecology, can be questioned on grounds of appropriateness and robustness. One reason for these concerns is that many ecological problems are at best poorly defined and most lack algorithmic solutions. Machine learning methods offer the potential for a different approach to these difficult problems. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston Hardbound, ISBN 0-412-84190-8 August 1999, 280 pp. NLG 255.00 / USD 125.00 / GBP 81.25 See http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-412-84190-8 for more information
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