Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) Paperback – 23 Aug. 2016

I have bought 7 similar books andThis is THE best book for introduction.Bishop had a summer school videos on relevant topics on youtube, worth watching over and over again.Ideas are clear and not too heavy going given the complexity of the topics. very well delivered, concepts well explained, well thought through examples. well formatted too.

note that this (cheap) version is in black and white which makes reading the diagrams tricky as the full-price version is presumably in colour. saved about £50 so very happy with this purchase! only just started reading this and would say that it's demanding math-complexity wise but very well written.

As a Data Scientist I have this book and use it regularly, it is an excellent reference book.

The Springer International Edition (which is cheaper) I believe, has no colour, which distracts a little from the readability. Otherwise this is what i wanted and I'm working my way through it.

This book should be colorful inside, but it is gray colors.

Best text book for machine learning. very good name.

Great.

First, the book itself is excellent - a well-established standard text in the field. This review is not about the book itself.Rather, the score above reflects the fact that the copy I purchased from East West Academic Books (and have only studied seriously a year after I bought it) is printed in black and white. The book features many colour figures that do not convert well to black and white, so a great deal of important information in the book is lost. From the information that I was given when I made the purchase I had no idea this would be the case.Obviously, this is not acceptable. Beware of this seller, and Amazon, pull up your socks - we need to be able to trust that we are getting what we pay for - not good enough. Unfortunately I only realised what had happened long after purchase.