Algorithms For Dummies

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Xeon Phi processor/chip, 16

XPRESS, 364

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Zachary’s Karate Club, 199

ZIP algorithm, 270–271

zip()

 function, 90

Ziv, Jacob (computer scientist), 275

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About the Authors

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his 

blood, having produced 102 books and more than 600 articles to date. The topics 

range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management 

to heads-down programming. Some of his current books include a book on Python 

for beginners, Python for data science, and a book about MATLAB. He has also 

written books about Amazon Web Services for Administrators, web application 

security, HTML5 development with JavaScript, and CSS3. His technical editing 

skills have helped more than 63 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. 

John has provided technical editing services to various technical magazines as 

well. It was during his time with Data Based Advisor that John was first exposed to 

MATLAB, and he has continued to follow the progress in MATLAB development 

ever since. During his time at Cubic Corporation, John was exposed to reliability 

engineering and has continued his interest in probability. Be sure to read John’s 

blog at 

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When John isn’t working at the computer, you can find him outside in the garden, 

cutting wood, or generally enjoying nature. John also likes making wine, baking 

cookies, and knitting. You can reach John on the Internet at 

John@JohnMueller 

Books.com

. John is also setting up a website at 

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. Feel free to take a look and make suggestions on how he can improve it.

Luca Massaron is a data scientist and marketing research director who is special-

ized in multivariate statistical analysis, machine learning, and customer insight, 

with more than a decade of experience in solving real-world problems and gener-

ating value for stakeholders by applying reasoning, statistics, data  mining, and 

algorithms. Passionate about everything regarding data and analysis and about 

demonstrating the potentiality of data-driven knowledge discovery to both experts 

and non-experts, Luca is the coauthor of Python for Data Science For Dummies and 

Machine Learning For Dummies. Favoring simplicity over unnecessary sophistica-

tion, he believes that a lot can be achieved by understanding in simple terms and 

practicing the essentials of any discipline.