Mastering Julia - Softcover

Malcolm Sherrington

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9781783553310: Mastering Julia
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1783553316 ISBN 13: 9781783553310
Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Key FeaturesBuild statistical models with linear regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA)Create your own modules and contribute to the Julia package systemComplete an extensive data science project through the entire cycle from ETL to analytics and data visualizationBook DescriptionJulia is a well-constructed programming language with fast execution speed, eliminating the classic problem of performing analysis in one language and translating it for performance into a second. This book will help you develop and enhance your programming skills in Julia to solve real-world automation challenges.This book starts off with a refresher on installing and running Julia on different platforms. Next, you will compare the different ways of working with Julia and explore Julia's key features in-depth by looking at design and build. You will see how data works using simple statistics and analytics, and discover Julia's speed, its real strength, which makes it particularly useful in highly intensi

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About the Author

Malcolm Sherrington

Malcolm Sherrington has been working in computing for over 35 years. He holds degrees in mathematics, chemistry, and engineering and has given lectures at two different universities in the UK as well as worked in the aerospace and healthcare industries. Currently, he is running his own company in the finance sector, with specific interests in High Performance Computing and applications of GPUs and parallelism. Always hands-on, Malcolm started programming scientific problems in Fortran and C, progressing through Ada and Common Lisp, and recently became involved with data processing and analytics in Perl, Python, and R. Malcolm is the organizer of the London Julia User Group. In addition, he is a co-organizer of the UK High Performance Computing and the financial engineers and Quant London meetup groups.

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Publisher
Packt Publishing
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1783553316
ISBN 13 
9781783553310
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
390
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