Preface -- Preface to second edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Introduction -- Science dealing with data: statistic and data science -- Basic data mining methods for variable assessment -- Chaid-based data mining for paired-variable assessment -- The importance of straight data :...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- State of the Art -- Forecasting in Social Settings: The State of the Art* -- I. The Facts -- A Brief History of Forecasting -- When Predictions Go Wrong -- Improving Forecasting Accuracy over Time -- The Importance of...

Biostatistics -- Probability theory -- Medical Data Acquisition and Pre-processing -- Medical Image Processing -- Bio-signals -- Feature Extraction -- Introduction to machine learning -- Cancer detection : Breast Cancer Detection using Mammography, Ultrasound and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...

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