Miller Thomas W. Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics with Python and R: A Guide to Data Science

Pearson, 2015. — 448 p. — ISBN: 978-9353065737.Today, successful firms win by understanding their data more deeply than competitors do. They compete based on analytics. In Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics, the Python edition, the leader of Northwestern University’s prestigious analytics program brings together all the up-to-date concepts, techniques, and Python code you need to excel in analytics.Thomas W. Miller’s balanced approach combines business context and quantitative tools, appealing to managers, analysts, programmers, and students alike. This important reference addresses multiple business challenges and business cases, including segmentation, brand positioning, product choice modeling, pricing research, finance, sports, Web and text analytics, and social network analysis. He illuminates the use of cross-sectional data, time series, spatial, and even spatio-temporal data.