Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series): Kevin P. Murphy: 9780262018029: Amazon.com: Gateway

An astonishing machine learning book: intuitive, full of examples, fun to read but still comprehensive, strong and deep! A great starting point for any university student―and a must have for anybody in the field. Kevin Murphy excels at unraveling the complexities of machine learning methods while motivating the reader with a stream of illustrated examples and real world case studies. The accompanying software package includes source code for many of the figures, making it both easy and very tempting to dive in and explore these methods for yourself. A must-buy for anyone interested in machine learning or curious about how to extract useful knowledge from big data.