Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
1 Introduction
2 Overview of Supervised Learning
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Variable Types and Terminology
2.3 Two Simple Approaches to Prediction:Least Squares and Nearest Neighbors
2.3.1 Linear Models and Least Squares
2.3.2 Nearest-Neighbor Methods
2.3.3 From Least Squares to Nearest Neighbors
2.4 Statistical Decision Theory
2.5 Local Methods in High Dimensions
2.6 Statistical Models, Supervised Learning and Function Approximation
2.6.1 A Statistical Model for the Joint Distribution Pr(X,Y)
2.6.2 Supervised Learning
2.6.3 Function Approximation
2.7 Structured Regression Models
2.7.1 Difficulty of the Problem
2.8 Classes of Restricted Estimators
2.8.1 Roughness Penalty and Bayesian Methods
2.8.2 Kernel Methods and Local Regression
2.8.3 Basis Functions and Dictionary Methods
2.9 Model Selection and the Bias-Variance Tradeoff
Bibliographic Notes
Exercises
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