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wxnx on Dec 29, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Machine Learning Crash Course: Part 2

Interesting, thanks - I wasn't aware of this text.

But according to your link, ESL isn't a prototype of ISL, but a more 'advanced treatment'. The R applications in ISL seem like they might be very useful, though.

argonaut on Dec 29, 2016 [–]

ISLR was written after ESL to be an easier to read version. I guarantee you will have trouble if you try to teach yourself ML with ESL.

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