Predictive Analytics Using R

This book is about predictive analytics. Yet, each chapter could easily be handled by an entire volume of its own. So one might think of this a survey of predictive modeling. A predictive model is a statistical model or machine learning model used to predict future behavior based on past behavior. In order to use this book, one should have a basic understanding of mathematical statistics - it is an advanced book. Some theoretical foundations are laid out but not proven, but references are provided for additional coverage. Every chapter culminates in an example using R. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. You may download R, from a preferred CRAN mirror at http: //www.r-project.org/. The book is organized so that statistical models are presented first (hopefully in a logical order), followed by machine learning models, and then applications: uplift modeling and time series. One could use this a textbook with problem solving in R-but there are no "by-hand" exercises. 9781312841017 131284101X 554 BOOK Business & Economics http://books.google.com/books/content?id=7l0sCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl&source=gbs_api http://books.google.com/books/content?id=7l0sCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api en 9781312841017

• | Author: Jeffrey Strickland
• | Publisher: Lulu.com
• | Publication Date: Jan 16, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 552 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 131284101X
• | ISBN-13: 9781312841017