An Introduction to Pattern Recognition

Аннотация

The book has jokes, opinionated remarks and pungent value judgments in it, which might serve to entertain readers and keep them on their toes, so to speak. They may also irritate a few who believe that the pretence that the writer has no opinions should be maintained even at the cost of making the book boring. What this convention usually accomplishes is a sort of bland porridge which discourages critical thought about fundamental assumptions, and thought about fundamental assumptions is precisely what this area badly needs.