Mining Your Own Business: A Primer for Executives on Understanding and Employing Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

Deal, Jeff; Pilcher, Gerhard

ISBN 10: 0996712100 / ISBN 13: 9780996712101

Verlag: Data Science Publishing, 2016

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Data Mining and Predictive Analytics – 21st Century’s Most Powerful New Management Tools In this practical guide for organizational leaders and top-level executives, industry experts Jeff Deal and Gerhard Pilcher explain in clear, understandable English… What data mining and predictive analytics are Why they are such powerful management tools How and when to use them for greatest positive impact across a broad spectrum of industries Complete with solid advice and instructive case histories, it demonstrates how to harness the power of data mining and predictive analytics, while avoiding costly mistakes. Use it to gain a quick overview of the subject and as a handy resource to be referred to again and again. If you’re preparing to lead or participate in a data analytics initiative, this is the one book you must read! Receiving early, strong praise from business government leaders who are using these powerful management tools to achieve dramatic goals for projects and their organizations.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Jeff Deal is the Vice President of Operations for Elder Research, Inc. Working out of the firm's corporate headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia, he oversees operational, contractual, and financial matters. Drawing on his more than twenty-five years of management experience in business and government, he regularly helps organizational clients clarify and attain their data analytics goals. A frequent speaker on the subject of organizational challenges to meeting data analytics goals, Mr. Deal is the program chair for the annual Predictive Analytics World - Healthcare conference, which annually attracts leading analytics professionals in the healthcare industry from around the country. He holds a Master of Health Administration degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he was a member of the wrestling team. Jeff and his wife, Jennifer, have four children. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, reading, and an increasing amount of recreational travel with his wife, now that their kids have all moved out of the house.

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Titel: Mining Your Own Business: A Primer for ...
Verlag: Data Science Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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