书名:人工智能的数学基础(影印版)
国内出版社:东南大学出版社
出版时间:2024年03月
页数:568
书号:978-7-5766-1223-3
原版书书名:Essential Math for AI
原版书出版商:O'Reilly Media
Hala Nelson
Hala Nelson是詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学数学系副教授,专门研究数学建模,并为公共部门提供应急和基础设施服务方面的咨询。她拥有纽约大学库兰特数学科学研究所的数学博士学位。
The animal on the cover of Essential Math for AI is a harnessed bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus scriptus), an antelope found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The animals live in many types of habitat, such as woodland, savanna, and rainforest. The harnessed bushbuck is named for a pattern of white stripes and spots along its back and flanks that resembles a saddle or harness. These white patches also appear on the animal’s neck, ears, and chin.
The harnessed bushbuck is the smallest of eight bushbuck subspecies, generally standing about 30 inches tall at the shoulder and weighing 70–100 pounds. Its coat is reddish-brown, though females tend to be lighter in color and have more conspicuous white markings. Male bushbucks also sport horns, which appear around the age of 10 months and eventually develop a single twist. Bushbucks graze on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as well as flowering plants—it is uncommon for them to eat grass.
The bushbuck is most active during the day and lives a solitary life within a defined territory. However, while they don’t gather in groups, neither are these animals overly aggressive. The male’s horns can be used in mating displays, to drive away competitors when a female is in heat, and for the rare territorial dispute, but adult bushbuck tend to avoid contact with each other. Female bushbucks bear one calf at a time, and hide the young one very carefully after birth, only visiting it to nurse. The mother also eats the calf ’s dung so predators are not drawn to the area. After about four months, the calf begins to accompany its mother to graze and play.