index.Rmd

--- 
title: "An Introduction to Machine Learning with R"
author: "Laurent Gatto"
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
site: bookdown::bookdown_site
output: bookdown::gitbook
documentclass: book
description: "An hands-on introduction to machine learning with R."
github-repo: lgatto/IntroMachineLearningWithR
---

```{r setup, echo=FALSE, warning=FALSE}
source("./src/setup.R")
```

# Preface 

This course material is aimed at people who are already familiar with
the R language and syntax, and who would like to get a hands-on
introduction to machine learning. 

## Caution

This material is currently under development and is likely to change
in the future.

## Installation

A set of packages that are used, either directly or indirectly are
provided in the first chapter. A complete session information with all
packages used to compile this document is available at the end.

The source code for this document is available on GitHub at
https://github.com/lgatto/IntroMachineLearningWithR/

A short URL for this book is http://bit.ly/intromlr

## License

This material is licensed under the
[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). Some
content is inspired by other sources though, see the *Credit* section
in the material.

## Contact 

Feel free to contact me for any question or comments, preferably by
[opening an issue](https://github.com/lgatto/IntroMachineLearningWithR/issues) on
GitHub.