Foundations of Predictive Analytics - 9780367381684

CRC Press

Foundations of Predictive AnalyticsAuthor(s): James Wu, Stephen Coggeshall\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC\nISBN-13: 9780367381684, 978-0367381684\nSynopsis\nDrawing on the authors two decades of experience in applied modeling and data mining, Foundations of Predictive Analytics presents the fundamental background required for analyzing data and building models for many practical applications, such as consumer behavior modeling, risk and marketing analytics, and other areas. It also discusses a variety of practical topics that are frequently missing from similar texts. \n\nThe book begins with the statistical and linear algebra/matrix foundation of modeling methods, from distributions to cumulant and copula functions to CornishFisher expansion and other useful but hard-to-find statistical techniques. It then describes common and unusual linear methods as well as popular nonlinear modeling approaches, including a.