Machine Learning resources for all topics in syllabus

Topics Page Book/web resources

Number
Unit 1: Introduction
What Is Machine Learning 1-4 Ethem Alpaydin,
Machine Learning Applications 4 ―Introduction to
Supervised Learning: Learning a Class from 21 Machine Learning 3e
Examples Third Edition, MIT
Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) Learning 29 Press, 2014
Learning Multiple Classes 32
Regression 34 PDF available at
Model Selection and Generalization 37 https://dl.matlabyar.c
Bayesian Decision Theory 49 om/siavash/ML/Book
Dimensions of a Supervised Machine Learning 41 /Ethem%20Alpaydin-
Algorithm Introduction%20to%2
Knowing What You Know: Testing Machine 0Machine%20Learnin
Learning Algorithms g-
Guidelines for Machine Learning Experiments 555 The%20MIT%20Pres
Cross-Validation and Resampling Methods 558 s%20(2014).pdf
Measuring Classifier Performance 561
Hypothesis Testing 568
Comparing Two Classification Algorithms 573
Unit 2: Linear Models
Introduction 267 Ethem Alpaydin,
Understanding the Brain 268 ―Introduction to
Neural Networks as a Paradigm for Parallel Machine Learning 3e
Processing Third Edition, MIT
The Perceptron 269 Press, 2014
Training a Perceptron 274
Learning Boolean Functions 277
Multilayer Perceptron 279
Backpropagation Algorithm 283
Training & Tuning Procedures 290
Recurrent Networks 305
Gradient descent 248
Curse of Dimensionality 192
Interpolations and Basis Functions
Support Vector Machines 262
Unit 3: Probabilistic Modelling
Learning with Trees 212 Ethem Alpaydin,
Decision Trees 213-232 ―Introduction to
Constructing Decision Trees 213-232 Machine Learning 3e
Third Edition, MIT
Press, 2014
Classification and Regression Trees (CART) 213-232 https://towardsdatasci
ence.com/cart-
classification-and-
 regression-trees-for-
clean-but-powerful-
models-
cc89e60b7a85
Ensemble Learning https://www.analyticsvidhya.com
/blog/2015/08/introduction-
ensemble-learning/
Boosting 499
Bagging 498
Probability and Learning https://www.kdnuggets.com/2019
Data into Probabilities /11/probability-learning-naive-
bayes.html
Basic Statistics https://www.analyticsvidhya.com
/blog/2021/07/basic-statistics-
concepts-for-machine-learning-
newbies/
Gaussian Mixture Models https://towardsdatascience.com/g
aussian-mixture-models-
explained-6986aaf5a95
Nearest Neighbor Methods https://towardsdatascience.com/a-
simple-introduction-to-k-nearest-
neighbors-algorithm-b3519ed98e
Unsupervised Learning – K means Algorithms https://towardsdatascience.com/u
nderstanding-k-means-clustering-
in-machine-learning-
6a6e67336aa1
Unit 4: Dimensionality Reduction and Evolutionary Models
Dimensionality Reduction 115 Ethem Alpaydin,
Linear Discriminant Analysis 140 ―Introduction to
Principal Component Analysis 120 Machine Learning 3e
Factor Analysis 132 Third Edition, MIT
Press, 2014
Independent Component Analysis Independent Component Analysis
(ICA) | by Shawhin Talebi |
Towards Data Science
Locally Linear Embedding 150 Ethem Alpaydin,
―Introduction to
Machine Learning 3e
Third Edition, MIT
Press, 2014
Least Squares Optimization leastSquares.pdf (nyu.edu)
Evolutionary Learning Evolution and Learning |
Encyclopedia.com
Genetic algorithms https://towardsdatascience.com/in
Genetic Offspring troduction-to-genetic-algorithms-
Genetic Operators including-example-code-
e396e98d8bf3#:~:text=A%20gen
etic%20algorithm%20is%20a,off
spring%20of%20the%20next%20
generation.
Hidden Markov Model https://towardsdatascience.com/m
 arkov-and-hidden-markov-model-
3eec42298d75
Unit 5: Introduction to Deep Learning
Introduction to deep learning 306 https://towardsdatasci
ence.com/an-
introduction-to-deep-
learning-
af63448c122c
CNN https://towardsdatascience.com/se
RNN arch?q=cnn
Introduction to Reinforcement Learning: State and https://towardsdatascience.com/in
Action Spaces troduction-to-reinforcement-
learning-c99c8c0720ef
The Reward Function https://towardsdatascience.com/h
ow-to-design-reinforcement-
learning-reward-function-for-a-
lunar-lander-562a24c393f6
cognitive AI https://www.edureka.co/blog/cog
nitive-ai/
Case Studies
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/12_real_world_casestudies_for_machine_learning/index.
asp

https://data-flair.training/blogs/machine-learning-case-studies/

https://towardsdatascience.com/ml-case-studies/home

https://towardsdatascience.com/8-exciting-case-studies-of-machine-learning-
applications-in-life-sciences-and-biotechnology-97c1b0b43688

TEXT BOOKS
 Ethem Alpaydin, ―Introduction to Machine Learning 3e (Adaptive Computation
and Machine Learning Series)‖, Third Edition, MIT Press, 2014
 Stephen Marsland, ―Machine Learning – An Algorithmic Perspective‖, Second
Edition, Chapman and Hall/CRC Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
Series, 2014
REFERENCES
 Peter Flach, ―Machine Learning: The Art and Science of Algorithms that Make
Sense of Data‖, First Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
 Jason Bell, ―Machine learning – Hands on for Developers and Technical
Professionals‖, First Edition, Wiley, 2014
 Tom M Mitchell, ―Machine Learning‖, First Edition, McGraw Hill Education,
2013.

Prepared by-
Dr. Jayashree R. Prasad
Course Coordinator