From the reviews of the second edition: "One excellent feature of the second addition ... . This is a particularly nice overview with excellent descriptions and numerous illustrations, most in color, for a wide variety of types of visualizations. " (E. Ziegel, Technometrics, 2005) "In this second edition ... have expanded the coverage of topics and ensured that this remains the key text for surveying the field. The twelve chapters which make up the book provide an academically rigorous and concise to the key methodologies which make up the discipline. ... In all this is a comprehensive survey of the field, and will appeal to graduate and post-graduate students, researchers and academics seeking an overview of the theoretical tools available for intelligently analyzing large, complex data sets." (TechBookReport, November, 2003)

• Statistical Concepts.- Statistical Methods.- Bayesian Methods.- Support Vector and Kernel Methods.- Analysis of Time Series.- Rule Induction.- Neural Networks.- Fuzzy Logic.- Stochastic Search Methods.- Visualization.- Systems and Applications.

From the reviews of the second edition: "One excellent feature of the second addition ... . This is a particularly nice overview with excellent descriptions and numerous illustrations, most in color, for a wide variety of types of visualizations. " (E. Ziegel, Technometrics, 2005) "In this second edition ... have expanded the coverage of topics and ensured that this remains the key text for surveying the field. The twelve chapters which make up the book provide an academically rigorous and concise to the key methodologies which make up the discipline. ... In all this is a comprehensive survey of the field, and will appeal to graduate and post-graduate students, researchers and academics seeking an overview of the theoretical tools available for intelligently analyzing large, complex data sets." (TechBookReport, November, 2003)

• Statistical Concepts.- Statistical Methods.- Bayesian Methods.- Support Vector and Kernel Methods.- Analysis of Time Series.- Rule Induction.- Neural Networks.- Fuzzy Logic.- Stochastic Search Methods.- Visualization.- Systems and Applications.

From the reviews of the second edition: "One excellent feature of the second addition ... . This is a particularly nice overview with excellent descriptions and numerous illustrations, most in color, for a wide variety of types of visualizations. " (E. Ziegel, Technometrics, 2005) "In this second edition ... have expanded the coverage of topics and ensured that this remains the key text for surveying the field. The twelve chapters which make up the book provide an academically rigorous and concise to the key methodologies which make up the discipline. ... In all this is a comprehensive survey of the field, and will appeal to graduate and post-graduate students, researchers and academics seeking an overview of the theoretical tools available for intelligently analyzing large, complex data sets." (TechBookReport, November, 2003)

• Statistical Concepts.- Statistical Methods.- Bayesian Methods.- Support Vector and Kernel Methods.- Analysis of Time Series.- Rule Induction.- Neural Networks.- Fuzzy Logic.- Stochastic Search Methods.- Visualization.- Systems and Applications.