Machine Learning - A Journey to Deep Learning: with Exercises and Answers

This unique compendium discusses some core ideas for the development and implementation of machine learning from three different perspectives -- the statistical perspective, the artificial neural network perspective and the deep learning methodology.The useful reference text represents a solid foundation in machine learning and should prepare readers to apply and understand machine learning algorithms as well as to invent new machine learning methods. It tells a story outgoing from a perceptron to deep learning highlighted with concrete examples, including exercises and answers for the students.