This book introduces the field of data science in a practical and accessible manner, using a hands-on approach that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject.  Meer

Packed with real-world examples, industry insights and practical activities, this textbook is designed to teach machine learning in a way that is easy to understand and apply.  Meer

This volume summarizes the author’s work on social information seeking (SIS), and at the same time serves as an introduction to the topic. Sometimes also referred to as social search or social information retrieval, this is a relatively new area of study concerned with the seeking and acquiring of information from social spaces on the Internet.  Meer

This volume summarizes the author’s work on social information seeking (SIS), and at the same time serves as an introduction to the topic. Sometimes also referred to as social search or social information retrieval, this is a relatively new area of study concerned with the seeking and acquiring of information from social spaces on the Internet.  Meer

Today’s complex, information-intensive problems often require people to work together. Mostly these tasks go far beyond simply searching together; they include information lookup, sharing, synthesis, and decision-making.  Meer

Today’s complex, information-intensive problems often require people to work together. Mostly these tasks go far beyond simply searching together; they include information lookup, sharing, synthesis, and decision-making.  Meer

Develop a practical understanding of data science with this hands-on textbook for introductory courses. This new edition is fully revised and updated, with an exclusive focus on the popular data science tool R.  Meer

Develop a practical understanding of data science with this hands-on textbook for introductory courses. This new edition is fully revised and updated, with an exclusive focus on the popular data science tool Python.  Meer