The continued and dramatic rise in the size of data sets has meant that new methods are required to model and analyze them. This timely account introduces topological data analysis (TDA), a method for modeling data by geometric objects, namely graphs and their higher-dimensional versions: simplicial complexes. The authors outline the necessary background material on topology and data philosophy for newcomers, while more complex concepts are highlighted for advanced learners. The book covers all the main TDA techniques, including persistent homology, cohomology, and Mapper. The final section focuses on the diverse applications of TDA, examining a number of case studies drawn from monitoring the progression of infectious diseases to the study of motion capture data. Mathematicians moving into data science, as well as data scientists or computer scientists seeking to understand this new area, will appreciate this self-contained resource which explains the underlying technology and how it can be used.
This volume presents the proceedings from the conference on ``Topology, Geometry, and Algebra: Interactions and New Directions'' held in honor of R. James Milgram at Stanford University in August 1999. The meeting brought together distinguished researchers from a variety of areas related to algebraic topology and its applications. Papers in the book present a wide range of subjects, reflecting the nature of the conference. Topics include moduli spaces, configuration spaces, surgerytheory, homotopy theory, knot theory, group actions, and more. Particular emphasis was given to the breadth of interaction between the different areas.
This volume presents the proceedings from the conference on ''Topology, Geometry, and Algebra: Interactions and New Directions'' held in honor of R. James Milgram at Stanford University in August 1999. The meeting brought together distinguished researchers from a variety of areas related to algebraic topology and its applications. Papers in the book present a wide range of subjects, reflecting the nature of the conference. Topics include moduli spaces, configuration spaces, surgerytheory, homotopy theory, knot theory, group actions, and more. Particular emphasis was given to the breadth of interaction between the different areas.
AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Q-Series, Combinatorics, and Computer Algebra, June 21-25, 1998, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Q-Series, Combinatorics, and Computer Algebra, June 21-25, 1998, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
This volume presents the proceedings of the Summer Research Conference on q-series and related topics held at Mount Holyoke College (Hadley, Massachusetts). All of the papers were contributed by participants and offer original research. Articles in the book reflect the diversity of areas that overlap with q-series, as well as the usefulness of q-series across the mathematical sciences. The conference was held in honour of Richard Askey on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
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