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What is the difference between supervised learning and unsupervised learning? In terms of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Can you provide a basic, easy explanation with an example? Started by alex on Wednesday, December 02, 2009, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Unsupervised learning are types of algorithms that try to find correlations without any external training a neural network is supervised .... Supervised learning is when the data you feed your algorithm is "tagged" to help your logic make.

Learning C# help or hinder VB.NET learning Hi I have just moved job and gone from VB 6 to VB.Net and found the learning jump fairly steep, have more a problem with the object / conceptual side of things .. but getting there now ... but as I was a assembler / C++ 10/15 years ago and was considering... Started by spacemonkeys on Friday, November 21, 2008, 10 posts by 10 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Therefore, if you you know some C++ it shouldn't be very hard to get the syntax right, and the rest is learning to use the Frameworks's libaries learning.... To me the biggest obstacle for .NET is learn what is available in the framework.

Learning Version Control, and learning it well Where should I start learning about version control systems? I've used SVN, Team Foundation, and Sourcesafe in the past but I don't really feel like I grasp it completely, and my team doesn't seem to grasp it either. Which points are the most important... Started by deadtime on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 13 posts by 13 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Still learning as well :) I think the most important points one has to learn regarding source control.

What's a good language for learning machine learning? I've been thrust into a situation where I need to know something about Machine Learning. Is there a language or perhaps a reasonable tutorial that breaks this subject matter in gently? I'm not a math guy, so it's got to start from a pretty basic level... Started by Jack BeNimble on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 13 posts by 13 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Is this Neural Networks / fuzzy logic, or is this going to be an Expert System? Machine learning.... Understand the Mathematics of it, and then learn some implementations of Machine Learning you want to focus on. Really want to get it.

After learning C should I consider learning Matlab if my emphasis is on Engineering? I hear it's the future of engineering , but I'm not entirely sold. What advantages does Matlab provide? Are there any downsides? Started by Thomas Owens on Monday, May 04, 2009, 9 posts by 9 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): You should.... If you're a computer scientist or application programmer, you don't need it . Matlab is "the language are an engineer I recommend wholeheartedly learning it. You need to use Matlab, then learning it won't give you much benefit.

What is the difference between learning to program and learning computer science? Possible Duplicate: Difference between a Computer Scientist and Computer programmer Some people are programmers while some are computer scientists. Both look and solve problems differently. What are the fine points that separate them? Started by Xolve on Saturday, October 03, 2009, 13 posts by 13 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I like to think that learning Computr Science gives you th. Also all can marvel at Fallingwater.

What's the first thing I should try to learn before learning to program? I'm coming from an XHTML/CSS background. I don't know much about JavaScript. Would you recommend learning JavaScript before learning a server programming language? Started by Johnny 5 on Friday, February 05, 2010, 5 posts by 5 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): You can have a lot of fun with AJAX is very similar to JavaScript... . You could try to learn both at the same time. That said, what you learn won't make learning a server-sideNo, not really. Programming via jquery could be really fun.

When learning Ruby on Rails, should I focus on just learning Rails or learn associated technologies along with it? I'm planning on taking the time to actually learn Ruby on Rails in-depth (I've previously done some very minor dabbling with it) so I can hopefully reinvent myself as a Rails developer. The issue I run into though is that there are a fair bit of related... Started by Wayne M on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 6 posts by 6 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I would start with the defaults first, as I agree with Matt's comment that trying to learn it all at once would should plan on learning (and relearning).... Things, but if you try to learn it all at once, you may become overwhelmed.

Should I learn C before learning Javascript? Would it be better to learn C before learning any type of WEB and desktop programming? I don't know how to program, I want to learn Javascript and my friends suggested to me that I should learn C first. Started by jitendra on Thursday, April 16, 2009, 12 posts by 12 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): Even if you learn it, you, if you're learning web applications, then you'll need to learn HTML, & some kind of web application (or download it, if need .... You may never take the road to learning C. Know where to go yourself.

Self Learning or learn from senior programmer? Whether Learn programming from other (may be senior) programmer or self learning? Which one do you feel the good choice for any programmer? Started by LittleBoy on Wednesday, April 08, 2009, 7 posts by 7 people.   Read the full thread at stackoverflow Discuss this with your friends on Facebook Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at stackoverflow): I may have taught them language syntax.... Best way to learn is to just start. I'd say a combination. And can share their vast experience, but by doing self-learning, you actually go through the process any misconceptions and get some feedback.