The focus of this paper is on improving governance through the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the delivery of services to the poor, i.e., improving efficiency, accountability, and transparency, and reducing bribery. A number of papers recognize the potential benefits...

Foreword / by Gareth James -- Foreword / by Ravi Bapna -- Preface to the Python edition -- Overview of the data mining process -- Data visualization -- Dimension reduction -- Evaluating predictive performance -- Multiple linear regression -- k-nearest neighbors (kNN) -- The naive Bayes...

"This book provides comprehensive information on data analytics. It begins with a preliminary introduction and overview of the data mining process in Part I. In Part II the authors move on to discuss data exploration and dimension reduction. Part III covers performance evaluation and Part IV...

An up-to-date introduction to a market-leading platform for data analysis and machine learningMachine learning is the process by which computer algorithms can be made progressively more effective through the accumulation of data and experience. A subset of artificial intelligence, it is an...

MACHINE LEARNING FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICSMachine learning --also known as data mining or data analytics-- is a fundamental part of data science. It is used by organizations in a wide variety of arenas to turn raw data into actionable information.Machine Learning for Business Analytics: Concepts,...