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In order best exploit the incredible quantities of data being generated in most diverse disciplines data sciences increasingly gain worldwide importance. The book gives the mathematical foundations to handle data properly. It introduces basics and functionalities of the R programming language which has become the indispensable tool for data sciences. Thus it delivers the reader the skills needed to build own tool kits of a modern data scientist.

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Matthias Dehmer, Hall, Austria; Frank Emmert-Streib, Tampere, Finland; Salissou Moutari, Belfast, UK

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