Mahout in Action: Sean Owen, Robin Anil, Ted Dunning, Ellen Friedman: 9781935182689: Amazon.com: Books

I am brand new to learning algorithms, so I was worried about trying to read this book. First I tried reading some documentation on the Mahout website, but I felt like I was getting a run-around treatment there. Their website kept providing links to documentation that required already knowing how these learning algorithms worked. Eventually I gave this book a try. I was delightfully surprised, this book covers a lot of the learning algorithms in thorough detail.