Modeling the Internet and the Web: Probabilistic Methods and Algorithms

Pierre Baldi

ISBN 10: 0470849061 / ISBN 13: 9780470849064

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

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Despite its haphazard growth, the Web hides powerful underlying regularities -- from the organization of its links to the patterns found in its use by millions of users. Probabilistic modelling allows many of these regularities to be predicted on the basis of theoretical models based on statistical methodology. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBWH; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 588. . 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780470849064

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Title: Modeling the Internet and the Web: ...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Publication Date: 2003

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Modeling the Internet and the Web covers the most important aspects of modeling the Web using a modern mathematical and probabilistic treatment. It focuses on the information and application layers, as well as some of the emerging properties of the Internet.

 Provides a comprehensive introduction to the modeling of the Internet and the Web at the information level.
 Takes a modern approach based on mathematical, probabilistic, and graphical modeling.
 Provides an integrated presentation of theory, examples, exercises and applications.
 Covers key topics such as text analysis, link analysis, crawling techniques, human behaviour, and commerce on the Web.

Interdisciplinary in nature, Modeling the Internet and the Web will be of interest to students and researchers from a variety of disciplines including computer science, machine learning, engineering, statistics, economics, business, and the social sciences.

"This book is fascinating!" - David Hand (Imperial College, UK)

"This book provides an extremely useful introduction to the intellectually stimulating problems of data mining electronic business." - Andreas S. Weigend (Chief Scientist, Amazon.com)

About the Author:

Pierre Baldi is a chancellor's professor of computer science at University of California Irvine and the director of its Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics. Paolo Frasconi is the author of Modeling the Internet and the Web: Probabilistic Methods and Algorithms, published by Wiley.