Tag: Mathematics


"A complete list of all major algorithms (300), in any domain. The goal is to provide a ready to run program for each one, or a description of the algorithm. Programming languages include Java, JavaScript and PHP, C, C++ either in direct form or generated from a Scriptol source."

Code comparison (size and complexity) between Mathematica, MatLab and Python.

On a sunny morning in 2001, a piece of investment plan landed on the desk of Dick Fuld, the then Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers. The document, compiled by a team of maths and physics PhDs, included a calculation to show how the bank will always end up with a profit if they invest on the real estate markets.

Course provides a broad introduction to machine learning and statistical pattern recognition.

Topics include: supervised learning (generative/discriminative learning, parametric/non-parametric learning, neural networks, support vector machines); unsupervised learning (clustering, dimensionality reduction, kernel methods); learning theory (bias/variance tradeoffs; VC theory; large margins); reinforcement learning and adaptive control.

Scienceray // 2009-06-26

Science lovers rejoice! We publish articles on a wide variety of science-related subjects including Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science and Physics. Whether you’re looking to learn how the world works, or simply interested in experiments of the wacky and wonderful kind, we have an article for you.

We are all familiar with dividing our days into 24 hours and our hours into 60 minutes. But why do we use these particular units for measuring time?

Data presentation can be beautiful, elegant and descriptive. Smashing Magazine presented a variety of innovative and modern ways to visualize data.

Stephen Marsland shared all Python scripts from his book "Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective".

Easy AI with Python // 2009-04-02

Raymond Hettinger's presentation about Artificial Intelligence in Python. Presentation contains several basic AI techniques implemented with short, open-source Python code recipes.

Gallery of Computation by Jared Tarbell.

Mysterious number 6174 // 2009-02-14

Yutaka Nishiyama wrote "The number 6174 is a really mysterious number. At first glance, it might not seem so obvious. But as we are about to see, anyone who can subtract can uncover the mystery that makes 6174 so special."