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Use Big Data and technology to uncover real-world insights You don't need a time machine to predict the future. All it takes is a little knowledge and know-how, and Predictive Analytics For Dummies gets you there fast. With the help of this friendly guide, you'll discover the core of predictive analytics and get started putting it to use with readily available tools to collect and analyze data. In no time, you'll learn how to incorporate algorithms through data models, identify similarities and relationships in your data, and predict the future through data classification. Along the way, you'll develop a roadmap by preparing your data, creating goals, processing your data, and building a predictive model that will get you stakeholder buy-in. Big Data has taken the marketplace by storm, and companies are seeking qualified talent to quickly fill positions to analyze the massive amount of data that are being collected each day.
About the Author
Anasse Bari holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a focus on Data Mining.
Anasse is a Fulbright Scholar, and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the George Washington University.
Anasse has over eight years of experience in large-scale software architecture and in designing and implementing software systems under different platforms for both the public and private sectors. Anasse has been recently working at the World Bank Group Headquarters in the Poverty Reduction Group, and then at the Information Management and Technology division where he was involved in a data analytics project. He is the recipient of the World Bank Spot award for extraordinary efforts in service of the organization. While at the World Bank, he attended an executive program at Stanford University' d.school--the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design.
His research has been focused on predictive analytics, data mining, biologically inspired knowledge discovery, and information retrieval.
