Mastering Machine Learning with R - Second Edition

Preface

"A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him"                                                                                                                 -John Wayne

It is not so often in life that you get a second chance. I remember that only days after we stopped editing the first edition, I kept asking myself, "Why didn't I...?", or "What the heck was I thinking saying it like that?", and on and on. In fact, the first project I started working on after it was published had nothing to do with any of the methods in the first edition. I made a mental note that if given the chance, it would go into a second edition.

When I started with the first edition, my goal was to create something different, maybe even create a ...