Authors Martinez and Martinez present students and instructors with a comprehensive textbook on computational statistics emphasizing the implementation of methods over theoretical concepts. The authors cover probability concepts, sampling concepts, the generation of random variables, and many other related subjects. The third edition includes the latest edition of MATLAB and Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox. Other updates for this edition include new sections on support vector machines, partial least squares regression, multivariate adaptive regression splines, and more. Wendy L Martinez is with the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Angel R. Martinez is a faculty member of Strayer University, Virginia. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)