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Automated Data Collection with R: A Practical Guide to Web Scraping and Text Mining
Contributor(s): Munzert, Simon (Author), Rubba, Christian (Author), Meißner, Peter (Author)
ISBN: 111883481X     ISBN-13: 9781118834817
Publisher: Wiley
OUR PRICE:   $83.55  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2015
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Databases - Data Mining
Dewey: 006.312
LCCN: 2014032266
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.77" W x 9.96" (1.92 lbs) 480 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

A hands on guide to web scraping and text mining for both beginners and experienced users of R

  • Introduces fundamental concepts of the main architecture of the web and databases and covers HTTP, HTML, XML, JSON, SQL.
  • Provides basic techniques to query web documents and data sets (XPath and regular expressions).
  • An extensive set of exercises are presented to guide the reader through each technique.
  • Explores both supervised and unsupervised techniques as well as advanced techniques such as data scraping and text management.
  • Case studies are featured throughout along with examples for each technique presented.
  • R code and solutions to exercises featured in the book are provided on a supporting website.