Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences
Machine learning methods originated from artificial intelligence and are now used in various fields in environmental sciences today. This is the first single-authored textbook providing a unified treatment of machine learning methods and their applications in the environmental sciences.
Due to their powerful nonlinear modelling capability, machine learning methods today are used in satellite data processing, general circulation models(GCM), weather and climate prediction, air quality forecasting, analysis and modelling of environmental data, oceanographic and hydrological forecasting, ecological modelling and monitoring of snow, ice and forests. Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences includes end-of-chapter review questions and an appendix listing web sites for downloading computer code and data sources. A resources website containing datasets for exercises, and password-protected solutions are available.
Preface
1. Basic notions in classical data analysis
2. Linear multivariate statistical analysis
3. Basic time series analysis
4. Feed-forward neural network models
5. Nonlinear optimization
6. Learning and generalization
7. Kernel methods
8. Nonlinear classification
9. Nonlinear regression
10. Nonlinear principal component analysis
11. Nonlinear canonical correlation analysis
12. Applications in environmental sciences
Appendix A. Sources for data and codes
Appendix B. Lagrange multipliers
Bibliography
Index
William W. Hsieh is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, as well as Chair of the Atmospheric Science Programme, at the University of British Columbia. He is internationally known for his pioneering work in developing and applying machine learning methods in environmental sciences. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal publications covering areas of climate variability, machine learning, oceanography, atmospheric science and hydrology.
| Pm Supplier | CUP/ Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 0521791928 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9780521791922 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2009-07-30 |
| Pm Width | 174 |
| Pm Height | 22 |
| Pm Author | Hsieh,William W |
| Pm Longness | 247 |
- Neural Networks and Kernels
- Key Info: b/w illustrations
- Author: Hsieh,William W
- Page Count: 349
- Publication Date: 2018-03-01
Machine Learning Methods in the Environmental Sciences
- Neural Networks and Kernels
- Key Info: b/w illustrations
- Author: Hsieh,William W
- Page Count: 349
- Publication Date: 2018-03-01
