Data smart using data science to transform information into insight

"Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Foreman, John W., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis, IN : Wiley [2014]
Materias:
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011284625908016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Everything you ever needed to know about spreadsheets but were too afraid to ask
  • Cluster analysis part I : using K-means to segment your customer base
  • Naïve Bayes and the incredible lightness of being an idiot
  • Optimization modeling : because that "fresh squeezed" orange juice ain't gonna blend itself
  • Cluster analysis part II : network graphs and community detection
  • The granddaddy of supervised artificial intelligence : regression
  • Ensemble models : a whole lot of bad pizza
  • Forecasting : breathe easy; you can't win
  • Outlier detection : just because they're odd doesn't mean they're unimportant
  • Moving from spreadsheets into R
  • Conclusion