Practical Machine Learning: Innovations in Recommendation – Book Review

Years ago when I first developed a website that allows for an easy access and reviews of scientific literature one of my long-term goals was to create recommendation system that would actually be useful for the users of this vast literature. Since my primary background is in Physics and not computer science or one of the related fields, this goal had only remained a dream. The technical difficulties seemed overwhelming and daunting, and I did not have either the time or the resources to invest in all the necessary tools and learning. However, it seems that in the intervening years there has been a great progress in developing a set of "consumer" level tools that are relatively easy to implement. "Practical Machine Learning" is a short e-book intended to introduce the readers to some of the latest machine learning tools and packages.