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Books

Textbooks and monographs. Ranked by the same score as the papers, but never inside the Top 500.

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Reinforcement learning1998
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Richard S. Sutton · 27,221 citations · OpenAlex
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Machine learning foundations1988
Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference
Judea Pearl · 16,582 citations · OpenAlex
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3
Machine learning foundations2005 · published 2006
Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning
Carl E. Rasmussen · 11,719 citations · OpenAlex
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4
Machine learning foundations2000
Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference
Judea Pearl · 12,981 citations · Semantic Scholar
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5
Machine learning foundations1995
The Nature of Statistical Learning Theory
Vladimir Vapnik · 39,140 citations · OpenAlex
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6
Machine learning foundations1984
Classification and Regression Trees
Leo Breiman · 23,528 citations · OpenAlex
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Machine learning foundations2001
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Trevor Hastie · 23,846 citations · OpenAlex
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Robotics2005
Probabilistic Robotics
Sebastian Thrun · 1,418 citations · OpenAlex
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Robotics2006
Planning Algorithms
Steven M. LaValle · 5,360 citations · OpenAlex
10
Classic AI: search, logic & planning1972
Human Problem Solving
Newell · 12,454 citations · Semantic Scholar
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Machine learning foundations2006
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
Bishop · 41,889 citations · Semantic Scholar
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12
Machine learning foundations1996
Bayesian Learning for Neural Networks
Radford M. Neal · 4,275 citations · OpenAlex
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13
Safety, alignment & interpretability2014
The Algorithmic Foundations of Differential Privacy
Cynthia Dwork · 5,549 citations · OpenAlex
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14
Machine learning foundations1995
Bayesian Data Analysis
Gelman · 27,273 citations · OpenAlex
15
Classic AI: search, logic & planning1980
Principles of Artificial Intelligence
Nilsson · 4,061 citations · Semantic Scholar
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Machine learning foundations2014
Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms
Shai Shalev-Shwartz · 4,245 citations · Semantic Scholar
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Machine learning foundations2009
Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques
Daphne Koller · 6,153 citations · OpenAlex
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Computer vision & multimodal2004
Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision
Richard Hartley · 21,063 citations · OpenAlex
19
Machine learning foundations1995 · published 1996
Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice
Gilks · 7,933 citations · OpenAlex
20
Machine learning foundations2020
Bandit Algorithms
Tor Lattimore · 3,560 citations · Semantic Scholar
21
Machine learning foundations2005
Algorithmic Learning in a Random World
Vovk · 2,896 citations · Semantic Scholar
22
Machine learning foundations2011
Online Learning and Online Convex Optimization
Shai Shalev-Shwartz · 2,542 citations · Semantic Scholar
23
Classic AI: search, logic & planning1976
Computer-Based Medical Consultations: MYCIN
Edward H. Shortliffe · 402 citations · OpenAlex
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Machine learning foundations2006
Prediction, Learning, and Games
Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi · 3,178 citations · OpenAlex
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Safety, alignment & interpretability2020 · published 2022
Interpretable Machine Learning
Christoph Molnar · 1,091 citations · OpenAlex
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Classic AI: search, logic & planning1984
Qualitative Reasoning about Physical Systems
Forbus · 576 citations · OpenAlex

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