Data alchemy : the genesis of business value / Tirath Virdee and Doug Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virdee, Tirath, author.

Brown, Doug, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Big data.

Business--Data processing.

Business.

Data mining.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : LID Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

Beginning with the key challenges that enterprises face in generating value from data, this practical and provocative book systematically outlines practical processes, frameworks and data science and artificial intelligence toolkits to enable businesses to achieve better business outcomes. Written by two leading practitioners, this playbook explores the relationship between data, customer experience and business value. The book features illustrative examples and open source codes to enhance your business knowledge and provide the necessary actions relevant to any industry, and can be successfully deployed by business executives, data science innovators and practitioners. Referencing multi-cloud Agile DevOPs, Data Science and AI, the book addresses issues from defining and sizing projects to continuous development, continuous integration and continuous deployment. It breaks down the value journey into easy to understand steps that all businesses will find engaging and invaluable in their data-driven transformation.

Contents:

Front Cover

Back Cover

Title

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Alchemy and Data Intelligence

What is alchemy?

Unveiling the secrets: the process of alchemy and value creation

Chapter 2: Data Intelligence and Value Exchange

What is data intelligence value exchange?

A brief history of value exchange

Data value exchange

Shared trust and social currency

Data democratization: data-exchange marketplaces

The emergence of shadow intelligence and the phoenix doctrine

Chapter 3: Understanding Intelligence and Intelligent Systems 26

Inspiration from nature

The emergence of intelligence

Neurons: the building blocks of natural intelligence

The neurophysiology of cognition

Manifestations of intelligence

Machine intelligence

Types of machine intelligence

Measuring intelligence

Explaining intelligence

What is consciousness?

Abstracting intelligence into a periodic table

Chapter 4: Data: Sources, Collection and Engineering

Data Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781911671213

1911671219

OCLC:

1341685868