Teach your machine to think for itself! Key Features * Delve into supervised learning and grasp how a machine learns from data * Implement popular machine learning algorithms from scratch, developing a deep understanding along the way * Explore some of the most popular scientific and mathematical libraries in the Python language Book Description Supervised machine learning is used in a wide range of sectors (such as finance, online advertising, and analytics) because it allows you to train your system to make pricing predictions, campaign adjustments, customer recommendations, and much more while the system self-adjusts and makes decisions on its own. As a result, it's crucial to know how a machine “learns” under the hood. This book will guide you through the implementation and nuances of many popular supervised machine learning algorithms while facilitating a deep understanding along the way. You’ll embark on this journey with a quick overview and see how supervised machine learning differs from unsupervised learning. Next, we explore parametric models such as linear and logistic regression, non-parametric methods such as decision trees, and various clustering techniques to facilitate decision-making and predictions. As we proceed, you'll work hands-on with recommender systems, which are widely used by online companies to increase user interaction and enrich shopping potential. Finally, you’ll wrap up with a brief foray into neural networks and transfer learning. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped with hands-on techniques and will have gained the practical know-how you need to quickly and powerfully apply algorithms to new problems. What you will learn * Crack how a machine learns a concept and generalize its understanding to new data * Uncover the fundamental differences between parametric and non-parametric models * Implement and grok several well-known supervised learning algorithms from scratch * Work with models in domains such as ecommerce and marketing * Expand your expertise and use various algorithms such as regression, decision trees, and clustering * Build your own models capable of making predictions * Delve into the most popular approaches in deep learning such as transfer learning and neural networks Who this book is for This book is for aspiring machine learning developers who want to get started with supervised learning. Intermediate knowledge of Python programming—and some fundamental knowledge of supervised learning—are expected.

Peter Pan (also known as Peter Pan and Wendy or Peter and Wendy) was written by J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937) and was first published as a novel in 1911. The story follows a young boy who can fly and never grows old. He lives on an island called Neverland with a group of friends called The Lost Boys and fights with the fearsome pirate - Captain Hook. Other friends include fairies, mermaids and of course, children outside of Neverland.This digital edition is beautifully formatted with an active Table of Contents that goes directly to each chapter of the story. Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality books in ebook format. All of the Mermaids Classics epublications are reproductions of classic antique books that were originally published in print format, mostly over a century ago and are now republished in digital format as ebooks. Begin to build your collection of digital books by looking for more literary gems from Mermaids Classics.

Discover interesting recipes to help you understand the concepts of object detection, image processing, and facial detection Key Features * Explore the latest features and APIs in OpenCV 4 and build computer vision algorithms * Develop effective, robust, and fail-safe vision for your applications * Build computer vision algorithms with machine learning capabilities Book Description OpenCV is an image and video processing library used for all types of image and video analysis. Throughout the book, you'll work through recipes that implement a variety of tasks, such as facial recognition and detection. With 70 self-contained tutorials, this book examines common pain points and best practices for computer vision (CV) developers. Each recipe addresses a specific problem and offers a proven, best-practice solution with insights into how it works, so that you can copy the code and configuration files and modify them to suit your needs. This book begins by setting up OpenCV, and explains how to manipulate pixels. You'll understand how you can process images with classes and count pixels with histograms. You'll also learn detecting, describing, and matching interest points. As you advance through the chapters, you'll get to grips with estimating projective relations in images, reconstructing 3D scenes, processing video sequences, and tracking visual motion. In the final chapters, you'll cover deep learning concepts such as face and object detection. By the end of the book, you'll be able to confidently implement a range to computer vision algorithms to meet the technical requirements of your complex CV projects What you will learn * Install and create a program using the OpenCV library * Segment images into homogenous regions and extract meaningful objects * Apply image filters to enhance image content * Exploit image geometry to relay different views of a pictured scene * Calibrate the camera from different image observations * Detect people and objects in images using machine learning techniques * Reconstruct a 3D scene from images * Explore face detection using deep learning Who this book is for If you’re a CV developer or professional who already uses or would like to use OpenCV for building computer vision software, this book is for you. You’ll also find this book useful if you’re a C++ programmer looking to extend your computer vision skillset by learning OpenCV.

在产业革命的时代背景下，股份公司这一集资本筹措与生产为一体的经营系统发挥着巨大作用，为人类文明的发展与经济的增长做出了巨大贡献。但1929年的世界经济大危机、2008年的雷曼危机等都告诉人们，支撑我们这个世界的经济系统并非坚如磐石，它既有益于改善人们的生活，同时也会让人们陷无妄之灾。 本书所论述的股份公司是指以所有权与经营权分离，以股东拥有决定权为前提，公售股的公司或其早期形态的法人。全书共分为两大部分共十二个章节，极力再现了股份公司诞生的那个时代，发掘其产生的“动因”，探讨其所内含的“病理”。人们习惯性地在公司工作，极其自然地为公司“效忠”，但大概不知道为什么。作者对此行了分析。作者也着意探寻了，股份公司在未来是否仍能作为经济发展的原动力继续发挥作用，是否会出现某种新的要素促使股份公司发生质的改变。

　　弗莱德里克不顾兄弟情谊，篡夺同胞兄弟的公爵头衔，把公爵赶走，使他被迫流亡在森林里。不久公爵的女儿罗瑟琳也被驱逐到森林，遇到了受兄长奥列佛虐待的奥兰多，两人相爱。奥兰多宽恕了奥列佛，使奥列佛悔过，并与罗瑟琳的堂妹西莉娅产生了爱情。他们一起生活在森林里，罗瑟琳终于在森林里找到了父亲，弗莱德里克受隐士拨，对自己的行为十分懊悔，将权位归还给了胞兄，奥兰多与罗瑟琳、奥列佛与西莉娅、牧人西尔维斯与牧女菲必、小丑试金石与村姑奥德雷四对恋人喜结良缘，收获了大团圆的结局。

虚荣的凯蒂为逃避压力嫁给细菌学家沃尔特，婚后出轨遭报复，被丈夫带至霍乱疫区。在异乡的生死考验中，她褪去浮华，看清人性真相，*终实现自我觉醒与救赎。

《East of Eden》为诺贝尔文学奖得主约翰·斯坦贝克长篇小说代表作。 “我似乎永远在写这本书。我一辈子都在写这本书。早期的作品只是习作：准备写这本书的习作。也就是这个缘故，我要这本书写得好，因为它是居于首位的。” 《伊甸园东》确实是史坦贝克所有作品中*具分量的一本书。一九六三年诺贝尔文学奖的授奖词盛赞扬他的作品：“既写实且富于想象力，同时兼具社会性的洞察力与幽默。”《伊甸园东》是斯坦贝克文学生命的顶点，在世界文学史中亦占一席之地。

《熊》是美国作家、诺贝尔文学奖得主威廉·福克纳1941年创作的中篇小说，收录于长篇《去吧，摩西》并构成其核心章节。 本书讲述三次狩猎故事，以象征手法，隐喻工业文明对自然的侵蚀。

本书作为我社“*经典英语文库”第14辑中的一种，精选法国著名作家维克多·雨果的经典作品《悲惨世界 （五卷之第五卷）》（前四卷已出）。作品讲述了主人公土伦苦刑犯冉·阿让（Jean Valjean）的个人经历，并融了法国的历史、革命、战争、道德哲学、法律、正义、宗教信仰。《悲惨世界》以冉·阿让出狱后的种种经历贯穿全书，深刻反映了时代的问题。雨果在作品中融了从拿破仑在滑铁卢的失败到反对“七月王朝”的人民起义这一阶段的历史，反映了当时的社会生活和政治状况。作品不仅描述了获释犯人冉·阿让和流浪妇女芳汀的不幸生活以及芳汀的私生女柯赛特的悲惨遭遇，而且揭示了当时社会中勤劳善良的劳动人民却受歧视和压迫的不公平命运。雨果还在作品中揭露了当时残酷不公的法典和秩序，猛烈抨了那种人们饿死可以而偷面包却要坐牢的社会制度，谴责了那些安于现状和铁石心肠的市民在面对处于困境中的他人时的那种袖手旁观的冷漠态度。

《The Second Shot》为英国推理作家安东尼·伯克莱代表作。 在《第二枪》中，罗杰·谢灵汉要调查他职业生涯中*不寻常的案件——广受欢迎的男子埃里克神秘死亡。 在这本讲述谋杀案而非侦破谋杀案的故事中，农场发生的致命枪击事件原来并非如人们*初所猜测的那样，是意外事故。 警方的调查揭开埃里克的新丑闻——他与当地的一位 “荡妇 ”私情。 *后，凶手承认自己的身份和动机……

《一块牛排》（A Piece of Steak）是杰克·伦敦1909年发表的短篇小说，以现实主义笔触描绘了拳击手汤姆·金因饥饿和贫困被迫参加比赛的悲剧。?牛排?在故事中既是生存所需的食物，也隐喻主人公逐渐消逝的体力与尊严。

本书作为我社“经典英语文库”第15辑中的一种，精选俄国著名剧作家和短篇小说大师契诃夫的短篇小说。其以语言精练、准确见长，善于透过生活的表层行探索，将人物隐蔽的动机揭露得淋漓尽致。他的优秀剧本和短篇小说没有复杂的情节和清晰的解答，集中讲述一些貌似平凡琐碎的故事，创造出一种特别的，有时可以称之为令人难以忘怀的或是抒情味极浓的艺术氛围。他采用简洁的写作技巧避免炫耀文学手段，被认为是19世纪末俄国现实主义文学流派的杰出代表。

关系场理论RFT（Relationship field theory）是以中国传统文化为土壤，以心理学理论为研究基础，以关系场为研究内容，以耗散结构理论为指导原则建构起来的思想体系。是一组内在有序外在广泛联系并尝试对主观世界中的事件做出一般意义上的描述和解释的观念、法则、原理的集合。关系场理论的提出旨在协助人们理解自己的心理事实，解释人际中的各种现象，并能够在此基础上对未来做出有效的预测和控制。 书中从六个层面观察和分析了沟通中所发生的事件。这六个层面分别为：零维元始要素，一维相对关系，二维标准平面，三维心理容器，四维生命个体，五维关系场域。本书包括五章，*章是总述，主要介绍了关系场理论的总体目标及其相关的一些专有概念。第二章是核心假设，列举了九条关系场的理论假设，这九条假设将成为整个关系场丛书的理论根基。第三章谈及五维关系场的结构，先论述了零维元始要素的基本含义和性质，之后从一维到五维逐一展开论述。针对具体事件的分析，可以从这六个维度入手，使分析更加有层次，也更*。第四章的标题是关系场理论中的十级概念，*级概念中只包含一个内容：有序。第十级概念中有十个内容，是有效沟通所用的简要十步。它们既可用于关系场咨询实践，也可用于营销和谈判等其它实践活动中。第五章关系场咨询理论，侧重探讨关系场理论在心理咨询中的应用，包括咨询原则、咨询对象、咨询技术、咨询理念、原因分析、疗效因子、咨询步骤等七个方面的内容。

The Collins College Outline for College Chemistry is a comprehensive guide to the fundamental concepts behind chemical reactions, bonding, equilibria, and thermodynamics, with topics ranging from simple chemical measurements and the basics of atoms and molecules to entropy, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Fully revised and updated by Dr. Steven Boone, College Chemistry includes practical "test yourself" sections with answers and complete explanations at the end of each chapter. Also included are essential vocabulary definitions and sample exercises, as well as detailed images, charts, and diagrams.The Collins College Outlines are a completely revised, in-depth series of study guides for all areas of study, including the Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Science, Language, History, and Business. Featuring the most up-to-date information, each book is written by a seasoned professor in the field and focuses on a simplified and general overview of the subject for college students and, where appropriate, Advanced Placement students. Each Collins College Outline is fully integrated with the major curriculum for its subject and is a perfect supplement for any standard textbook.

From the author of 365 Tao and a leading authority on Taoist practice and philosophy comes a completely innovative translation of the classic text of Eastern wisdom, the I Ching.The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient manual for divining the future. Its basic text is traditionally attributed to the Chinese King Wen, the Duke of Zhou, and the philosopher Confucius. By tossing coins, rolling dice, using a computer, or, more traditionally, counting yarrow stalks, one can create a seemingly random combination of heads or tails, odd or even, yin or yang, to construct six lines (for example, solid for odd numbers or broken for even numbers). These six lines make up a hexagram that provides advice, predictions, and answers to questions on topics from love and career to family and finance.While known mostly as a tool of divination, the I Ching is also a repository of centuries of wisdom. Most of the existing translations offer either dense, scholarly commentary or little more than fortune-cookie platitudes, but in The Living I Ching Deng Ming-Dao takes a more holistic approach. His new translation recovers the true wisdom and philosophy of this ancient classic, so that the I Ching becomes more than just a book of fortune-telling -- it becomes a manual for living.

The lives of four very different women have been shaped—and battered—by one charming man. . . .Ireland's debonair politician Paddy de Courcy—the "John F. Kennedy Jr. of Dublin"—has captured tabloid headlines and the imagination of his country with his charm and charisma. But the crushed hearts he's left behind him reveal more about his character than his winning, votegetting smile. Lola, Grace, Marnie, and Alicia have all suffered from his selfishness and cruelty. But with Paddy's political star ascending, the time is finally ripe for redemption . . . and perhaps a bit of revenge.

Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage systemAbout This BookImplement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practicesHarness the abilities of experienced storage administrators and architects, and run your own software-defined storage systemThis comprehensive, step-by-step guide will show you how to build and manage Ceph storage in production environmentWho This Book Is ForThis book is aimed at storage and cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are interested in building software-defined storage solutions to power their cloud and virtual infrastructure. If you have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, with no experience of software defined storage solutions and Ceph, but eager to learn this book is for you.What You Will LearnUnderstand, install, configure, and manage the Ceph storage systemGet to grips with performance tuning and benchmarking, and gain practical tips to run Ceph in productionIntegrate Ceph with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and nova componentsDeep dive into Ceph object storage, including s3, swift, and keystone integrationBuild a Dropbox-like file sync and share service and Ceph federated gateway setupGain hands-on experience with Calamari and VSM for cluster monitoringFamiliarize yourself with Ceph operations such as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshootingUnderstand advanced topics including erasure coding, CRUSH map, cache pool, and system maintenanceIn DetailCeph is a unified, distributed storage system designed for excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This cutting-edge technology has been transforming the storage industry, and is evolving rapidly as a leader in software-defined storage space, extending full support to cloud platforms such as Openstack and Cloudstack, including virtualization platforms. It is the most popular storage backend for Openstack, public, and private clouds, so is the first choice for a storage solution. Ceph is backed by RedHat and is developed by a thriving open source community of individual developers as well as several companies across the globe.This book takes you from a basic knowledge of Ceph to an expert understanding of the most advanced features, walking you through building up a production-grade Ceph storage cluster and helping you develop all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster. Beginning with the basics, you’ll create a Ceph cluster, followed by block, object, and file storage provisioning. Next, you’ll get a step-by-step tutorial on integrating it with OpenStack and building a Dropbox-like object storage solution. We’ll also take a look at federated architecture and CephFS, and you’ll dive into Calamari and VSM for monitoring the Ceph environment. You’ll develop expert knowledge on troubleshooting and benchmarking your Ceph storage cluster. Finally, you’ll get to grips with the best practices to operate Ceph in a production environment.Style and approach This step-by-step guide is filled with practical tutorials, making complex scenarios easy to understand.

In this long-anticipated, groundbreaking guide to building a portfolio, acclaimed stock pickers and Internet pioneers David and Tom Gardner lay bare the simple philosophy that they have used to help millions of grateful individual investors outfox the professionals on Wall Street. The research, the stories, and the results that underpin this book stem from the revolutionary and wildly successful "Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio"" a one-of-a-kind Web experiment in which individual investors follow along as Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner invests and manages $1 million of The Motley Fool's own money. In page after page of sound, sensible investment advice, readers are offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of The Motley Fool machine and offered a first-class education in building, growing, and defending an individual portfolio, one investment strategy at a time. From learning to think like an investor to finding a first stock, from dividend investing to blue-chip bargains to small-cap treasures, from international investing to community-based online tools that are revolutionizing stock selection and asset allocation, this book takes the reader through the essential strategies for building any portfolio no matter how small its start or how big its ambitions.

Lisa EdwardsThis Prada-wearing magazine editor thinks her life is over when her "fabulous" new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin to launch Colleen magazine. The only saving grace is that her friends aren't there to witness her downward spiral. Might her new boss, the disheveled and moody Jack Devine, save her from a fate worse than hell?Ashling KennedyAshling, Colleen's assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasinglyaware that something fundamental is missing from her life -- apart from a boyfriendand a waistline.Clodagh "Princess" KellyAshling's best friend, Clodagh, lives the domestic dream in a suburban castle.So why, lately, has she had the recurring urge to kiss a frog -- or sleep with afrog, if truth be told?As these three women search for love, success, and happiness, they willdiscover that if you let things simmer under the surface for too long, sooneror later they'll boil over.Discover the Keyes to a Great Read!

After catching her husband having an affair and being fired from her job, Maggie Walsh suddenly finds her perfectly organized existence has become a perfect mess. She decides, for the first time in her life, to do something daring -- and flees to her best friend, Emily, in the faraway wonderland of Los Angeles. In this mecca of tanned, beautiful bodies, unsvelte, uncool Maggie is decidedly a fish out of water. Yet, overnight, she's mixing with film folk, pitching *s, even experimenting with sex -- and discovering that the end of a marriage is not the end of the world.

Bestselling author Marian Keyes has delighted readers with the lives, loves, and foibles of the irrepressible Walsh sisters and their eccentric mammy. In this Life in the Big Apple is perfect for Anna. She has the best job in the world, a lovely apartment, and great friends. Then one morning, she wakes up in her mammy's house in Dublin with stitches in her face, a dislocated knee, hands smashed up, and no memory at all of what happened. As soon as she's able, Anna's flying back to Manhattan, mystified but determined to find out how her life turned upside down. As her past slowly begins coming back to her, she sets out on an outrageous quest—involving lilies, psychics, mediums, and anyone who can point her in the right direction. Marrying life's darker bits with wild humor and tender wit, Anybody Out Thereis a strange and wonderfully charming look at love here and ever after.