Mastering predictive analytics with R : machine learning techniques for advanced models / James D. Miller, Rui Miguel Forte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, James D., author.

Forte, Rui Miguel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

R (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Miller James D. : James D. Miller is an IBM certified expert, Master Consultant, Application/System Architect with +35 years of applications & system design/development experience across multiple platforms, technologies and data formats, including Big Data. His experience includes IBM Planning Analytics, BI, Web architecture & design, systems analysis, GUI design & testing, Data modeling, design, and development of OLAP, Client/Server, Web & Mainframe applications and systems utilizing: Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), IBM Watson Analytics, Cognos BI & TM1, Framework Manager, dynaSight/ArcPlan, ASP, DHTML, XML, MS Visual Basic, VBA, PERL, R, SPLUNK, MS SQL Server, ORACLE, etc. He has authored numerous books, including Implementing Splunk - Second Edition; Mastering Splunk; Hands-On Machine Learning with IBM Watson; IBM Watson Projects; Statistics for Data Science; Mastering Predictive Analytics with R - Second Edition and others. Project areas include those with Data Analytics, Planning Analytics, and FOPM projects, holding various roles from architect, developer, technical and project leader. Forte Rui Miguel: Rui Miguel Forte is currently the chief data scientist at Workable. He was born and raised in Greece and studied in the UK. He is an experienced data scientist, having over 10 years of work experience in a diverse array of industries spanning mobile marketing, health informatics, education technology, and human resources technology. His projects have included predictive modeling of user behavior in mobile marketing promotions, speaker intent identification in an intelligent tutor, information extraction techniques for job applicant resumes and fraud detection for job scams. He currently teaches R, MongoDB, and other data science technologies to graduate students in the Business Analytics MSc program at the Athens University of Economics and Business. In addition, he has lectured in a number of seminars, specialization programs, and R schools for working data science professionals in Athens. His core programming knowledge is in R and Java, and he has extensive experience working with a variety of database technologies such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and HBase. He holds a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London and is currently researching machine learning applications in information extraction and natural language processing.

Summary:

Master the craft of predictive modeling in R by developing strategy, intuition, and a solid foundation in essential concepts About This Book Grasping the major methods of predictive modeling and moving beyond black box thinking to a deeper level of understanding Leveraging the flexibility and modularity of R to experiment with a range of different techniques and data types Packed with practical advice and tips explaining important concepts and best practices to help you understand quickly and easily Who This Book Is For Although budding data scientists, predictive modelers, or quantitative analysts with only basic exposure to R and statistics will find this book to be useful, the experienced data scientist professional wishing to attain master level status , will also find this book extremely valuable.. This book assumes familiarity with the fundamentals of R, such as the main data types, simple functions, and how to move data around. Although no prior experience with machine learning or predictive modeling is required, there are some advanced topics provided that will require more than novice exposure. What You Will Learn Master the steps involved in the predictive modeling process Grow your expertise in using R and its diverse range of packages Learn how to classify predictive models and distinguish which models are suitable for a particular problem Understand steps for tidying data and improving the performing metrics Recognize the assumptions, strengths, and weaknesses of a predictive model Understand how and why each predictive model works in R Select appropriate metrics to assess the performance of different types of predictive model Explore word embedding and recurrent neural networks in R Train models in R that can work on very large datasets In Detail R offers a free and open source environment that is perfect for both learning and deploying predictive modeling solutions. With its constantly growing community and plethora of packages, R offers the functionality to deal with a truly vast array of problems. The book begins with a dedicated chapter on the language of models and the predictive modeling process. You will understand the learning curve and the process of tidying data. Each subsequent chapter tackles a particular type of model, such as neural networks, and focuses on the three important questions of how the model works, how to use R to train it, and how to measure and assess its performance using real-world datasets. How do y...

Contents:

Mastering Predictive Analytics with R, Second Edition: Machine learning techniques for advanced models

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 31, 2017).

OCLC:

1003645407