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Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Predicting, Managing, and Monitoring Disease
Data analytics is proving to be an ally for epidemiologists as they join forces with data scientists to address the scale of crises. Analytics examined from many sources can derive insights and be used to study and fight global outbreaks. Pandemic analytics is a modern way to combat a problem as old as humanity itself: the proliferation of disease. Machine Learning and Data Analytics for Predicting, Managing, and Monitoring Disease explores different types of data and discusses how to prepare data for analysis, perform simple statistical analyses, create meaningful data visualizations, predict future trends from data, and more by applying cutting edge technology such as machine learning and data analytics in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering a range of topics such as mental health analytics during COVID-19, data analysis and machine learning using Python, and statistical model development and deployment, it is ideal for researchers, academicians, data scientists, technologists, data analysts, diagnosticians, healthcare professionals, computer scientists, and students.
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Data Analytics
If you are a manager who receives the results of any data analyst’s work to help with your decision-making, this book is for you. Anyone playing a role in the field of analytics can benefit from this book as well. In the two decades the editors of this book spent teaching and consulting in the field of analytics, they noticed a critical shortcoming in the communication abilities of many analytics professionals. Specifically, analysts have difficulty in articulating in business terms what their analyses showed and what actionable recommendations were made. When analysts made presentations, they tended to lapse into the technicalities of mathematical procedures, rather than focusing on the strategic and tactical impact and meaning of their work. As analytics has become more mainstream and widespread in organizations, this problem has grown more acute.Data Analytics: Effective Methods for Presenting Results tackles this issue. The editors have used their experience as presenters and audience members who have become lost during presentation. Over the years, they experimented with different ways of presenting analytics work to make a more compelling case to top managers. They have discovered tried and true methods for improving presentations, which they share. The book also presents insights from other analysts and managers who share their own experiences. It is truly a collection of experiences and insight from academics and professionals involved with analytics.The book is not a primer on how to draw the most beautiful charts and graphs or about how to perform any specific kind of analysis. Rather, it shares the experiences of professionals in various industries about how they present their analytics results effectively. They tell their stories on how to win over audiences. The book spans multiple functional areas within a business, and in some cases, it discusses how to adapt presentations to the needs of audiences at different levels of management.
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Python Data Analysis Cookbook
Over 140 practical recipes to help you make sense of your data with ease and build production-ready data appsAbout This Book• Analyze Big Data sets, create attractive visualizations, and manipulate and process various data types• Packed with rich recipes to help you learn and explore amazing algorithms for statistics and machine learning• Authored by Ivan Idris, expert in python programming and proud author of eight highly reviewed booksWho This Book Is ForThis book teaches Python data analysis at an intermediate level with the goal of transforming you from journeyman to master. Basic Python and data analysis skills and affinity are assumed.What You Will Learn• Set up reproducible data analysis• Clean and transform data• Apply advanced statistical analysis• Create attractive data visualizations• Web scrape and work with databases, Hadoop, and Spark• Analyze images and time series data• Mine text and analyze social networks• Use machine learning and evaluate the results• Take advantage of parallelism and concurrencyIn DetailData analysis is a rapidly evolving field and Python is a multi-paradigm programming language suitable for object-oriented application development and functional design patterns. As Python offers a range of tools and libraries for all purposes, it has slowly evolved as the primary language for data science, including topics on: data analysis, visualization, and machine learning.Python Data Analysis Cookbook focuses on reproducibility and creating production-ready systems. You will start with recipes that set the foundation for data analysis with libraries such as matplotlib, NumPy, and pandas. You will learn to create visualizations by choosing color maps and palettes then dive into statistical data analysis using distribution algorithms and correlations. You'll then help you find your way around different data and numerical problems, get to grips with Spark and HDFS, and then set up migration scripts for web mining.In this book, you will dive deeper into recipes on spectral analysis, smoothing, and bootstrapping methods. Moving on, you will learn to rank stocks and check market efficiency, then work with metrics and clusters. You will achieve parallelism to improve system performance by using multiple threads and speeding up your code.By the end of the book, you will be capable of handling various data analysis techniques in Python and devising solutions for problem scenarios.Style and ApproachThe book is written in “cookbook” style striving for high realism in data analysis. Through the recipe-based format, you can read each recipe separately as required and immediately apply the knowledge gained.
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Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
Based on the authors’ market leading data structures books in Java and C++, this textbook offers a comprehensive, definitive introduction to data structures in Python by respected authors. Data Structures and Algorithms in Python is the first mainstream object-oriented book available for the Python data structures course. Designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to data structures and algorithms, including their design, analysis, and implementation, the text will maintain the same general structure as Data Structures and Algorithms in Java and Data Structures and Algorithms in C++.
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Financial Analysis and Modeling Using Excel and VBA
An updated look at the theory and practice of financial analysis and modeling Financial Analysis and Modeling Using Excel and VBA, Second Edition presents a comprehensive approach to analyzing financial problems and developing simple to sophisticated financial models in all major areas of finance using Excel 2007 and VBA (as well as earlier versions of both). This expanded and fully updated guide reviews all the necessary financial theory and concepts, and walks you through a wide range of real-world financial problems and models that you can learn from, use for practice, and easily adapt for work and classroom use. A companion website includes several useful modeling tools and fully working versions of all the models discussed in the book. Teaches financial analysis and modeling and illustrates advanced features of Excel and VBA, using a learn-by-doing approachContains detailed coverage of the powerful features of Excel 2007 essential for financial analysis and modeling, such as the Ribbon interface, PivotTables, data analysis, and statistical analysisOther titles by Sengupta: Financial Modeling Using C++ and The Only Proven Road to Investment SuccessDesigned for self-study, classroom use, and reference This comprehensive guide is an essential read for anyone who has to perform financial analysis or understand and implement financial models.
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Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in Finance
This book discusses the financial impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the finance and business sectors. By providing readers with comprehensive insights, real-world case studies, and expert discussions, it delves into various applications of AI in finance, including NLP for financial document analysis, predictive analytics, explainable AI, and blockchain integration. Covering a range of topics, from simplifying financial documents to predicting stock market trends and ensuring ethical investing, this book is crucial to effectively bridge the gap between technical AI concepts and practical applications, making it suitable for both specialists and non-specialists. • In-depth discussions focus on the potential impact of AI on sustainable investments, exploring how these technologies may shape the future of finance.• Emphasises the ethical implications of AI in finance, addressing the responsible use of these technologies and the importance of regulatory compliance.• Each chapter includes practical case studies that illustrate the effective use of AI in the financial industry, providing readers with relatable insights into its applications.• Aids non-specialists in comprehending complex AI concepts and demonstrates how AI can act as a smart assistant in solving intricate financial & business problems.• Leverage AI for informed decision-making, risk management, and sustainable investments, making it a pivotal reference for navigating the rapidly evolving financial landscape.The book is for professionals, data scientists, investors, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding how AI can transform financial practices.
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Hands-on Data Analytics for Business
The knowledge and skills of data analytics enable business professionals to make evidence-based decisions rather than just by intuition. To appreciate the knowledge and skills, one needs to understand the theory, hands-on statistical operations using computer software, business application case studies and the analytics project maturity roadmap.Hands-on Data Analytics for Business is a concise all-in-one analytics textbook for business professionals and university students who want to:Understand the essential theories and concepts of data analyticsGrasp hands-on practical statistical and analytics skills step-by-step using SPSS and ExcelAppreciate real-world well-known case studies in human resources, marketing and supply chain on how data analytics is applied in business.This book is for business professionals or university students seeking to master data analytics knowledge and technical skills to a level allowing them to practice data analytics hands-on and manage data analytics projects at scale. For business professionals, the book is written in a way to help learn statistical skills in a concise way with practical real-world examples to inspire business applications. For students, this book is organized in a sequence readily deliverable for a university course, with classes combining theory or concepts, hands-on practice and case studies. For all readers, the book is an essential guide on using data analytics to tackle modern complex activities for companies to gain a competitive edge.
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Recent Trends and Future Direction for Data Analytics
In an increasingly data-centric world, scholars and practitioners grapple with the complexities of harnessing data analytics effectively across various industries. The challenge lies in navigating the rapid evolution of methodologies, identifying emerging trends, and understanding the nuanced applications of data analytics in real-world scenarios. This gap between theory and practice inhibits academic progress. It hampers industry innovation, leaving stakeholders needing help to leverage data to its full potential. Recent Trends and Future Direction for Data Analytics presents a compelling solution. By delving into real-world case studies spanning supply chain management, marketing, healthcare, and finance, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice, offering invaluable insights into the practical applications of data analytics. A systematic exploration of fundamental concepts, advanced techniques, and specialized topics equips scholars, researchers, and industry professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of data analytics with confidence. This book is designed as a comprehensive resource for academia and industry alike. It serves as a roadmap for understanding the current state of data analytics and anticipating its future trajectories. By offering a blend of theoretical foundations and practical applications, it empowers readers to unlock the full potential of data analytics, driving innovation, informed decision-making, and transformative change across diverse sectors.
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Creating Value with Data Analytics in Marketing
This book is a refreshingly practical yet theoretically sound roadmap to leveraging data analytics and data science. The vast amount of data generated about us and our world is useless without plans and strategies that are designed to cope with its size and complexity, and which enable organizations to leverage the information to create value in marketing.Creating Value with Data Analytics in Marketing provides a nuanced view of big data developments and data science, arguing that big data is not a revolution but an evolution of the increasing availability of data that has been observed in recent times. Building on the authors’ extensive academic and practical knowledge, this book aims to provide managers and analysts with strategic directions and practical analytical solutions on how to create value from existing and new big data. The second edition of this bestselling text has been fully updated in line with developments in the field and includes a selection of new, international cases and examples, exercises, techniques and methodologies.Tying data and analytics to specific goals and processes for implementation makes this essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and specialists of data analytics, marketing research, marketing management and customer relationship management.Online resources include chapter-by-chapter lecture slides and data sets and corresponding R code for selected chapters.
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Data Visualization in R and Python
Communicate the data that is powering our changing world with this essential text The advent of machine learning and neural networks in recent years, along with other technologies under the broader umbrella of ‘artificial intelligence,’ has produced an explosion in Data Science research and applications. Data Visualization, which combines the technical knowledge of how to work with data and the visual and communication skills required to present it, is an integral part of this subject. The expansion of Data Science is already leading to greater demand for new approaches to Data Visualization, a process that promises only to grow. Data Visualization in R and Python offers a thorough overview of the key dimensions of this subject. Beginning with the fundamentals of data visualization with Python and R, two key environments for data science, the book proceeds to lay out a range of tools for data visualization and their applications in web dashboards, data science environments, graphics, maps, and more. With an eye towards remarkable recent progress in open-source systems and tools, this book offers a cutting-edge introduction to this rapidly growing area of research and technological development. Data Visualization in R and Python readers will also find: Coverage suitable for anyone with a foundational knowledge of R and PythonDetailed treatment of tools including the Ggplot2, Seaborn, and Altair libraries, Plotly/Dash, Shiny, and othersCase studies accompanying each chapter, with full explanations for data operations and logic for each, based on Open Data from many different sources and of different formats Data Visualization in R and Python is ideal for any student or professional looking to understand the working principles of this key field.
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AI-Assisted Statistics for Data Scientists
Statistical methods are a key part of data science, yet few data scientists have formal statistical training. Courses and books on basic statistics rarely cover the topic from a data science perspective. The third edition of this popular guide expands its practical foundations in R and Python into the modern AI toolkit, with new chapters on neural networks, deep learning, and large language models. Generative AI is integrated throughout, showing how tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini work, and how they can support real-world statistical workflows.This book highlights concepts that matter most when working with data, building predictive models, and deploying AI responsibly. If you're comfortable with R or Python and have had some exposure to basic statistics, this concise reference will boost your statistical literacy, your understanding of how AI works, and your confidence in real-world data science and AI projects.Conduct exploratory analysis of data to improve quality and model outcomesApply sampling and experimental design to reduce bias and answer questions with clarityUse regression to understand data-generating processes and detect anomaliesBuild predictive models using classification, clustering, and unsupervised learning with unbalanced data
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AI-Powered Cybersecurity for Banking and Finance
In the digital finance world, cybersecurity and cloud tools can be used to prevent attacks and secure sensitive information such as the data of business transactions, internal payments, interbank payments, bank accounts, loan and deposit accounts, stocks, and other financial transactions.The book explores the importance of artificial intelligence (AI)-based predictive cybersecurity tools in the financial industry and their role in protecting financial data. As AI continues to revolutionize the landscape of global transactions, it also brings forth new challenges, including sophisticated theft activities. This book addresses the problem of enhancing security and prevention of attacks through the application of AI-powered cybersecurity tools.This book contributes to a deeper understanding of the importance of virus detection tools, unauthorized access detection tools, cloud services, and real-time predictive analytics in the finance industry as well as their pivotal role in cybersecurity for preventing data theft. The book provides valuable insights for cybersecurity and cloud services in the financial services industry, aiding administrators, engineers, and managers in fortifying the security and resilience of financial data systems in the face of evolving challenges of financial data theft.This book is not merely a compilation of technical knowledge – through its engaging and thought-provoking content, the book leaves an indelible impression, urging readers to embrace the transformative power of AI-based technologies and embark on a collective mission to unlock the full potential of cybersecurity as well as cloud services for the improved safety of the global financial ecosystem.
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Quantitative Financial Analytics: The Path To Investment Profits
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the important aspects of investment theory, security analysis, and portfolio selection, with a quantitative emphasis not to be found in most other investment texts.The statistical analysis framework of markets and institutions in the book meets the need for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in quantitative disciplines, who wish to apply their craft to the world of investments. In addition, entrepreneurs will find the volume to be especially useful. It also contains a clearly detailed explanation of many recent developments in portfolio and capital market theory as well as a thorough procedural discussion of security analysis. Professionals preparing for the CPA, CFA, and or CFP examinations will also benefit from a close scrutiny of the many problems following each chapter.The level of difficulty progresses through the textbook with more advanced treatment appearing in the latter sections of each chapter, and the last chapters of the volume.
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Handbook of High-Frequency Trading and Modeling in Finance
Reflecting the fast pace and ever-evolving nature of the financial industry, the Handbook of High-Frequency Trading and Modeling in Finance details how high-frequency analysis presents new systematic approaches to implementing quantitative activities with high-frequency financial data. Introducing new and established mathematical foundations necessary to analyze realistic market models and scenarios, the handbook begins with a presentation of the dynamics and complexity of futures and derivatives markets as well as a portfolio optimization problem using quantum computers. Subsequently, the handbook addresses estimating complex model parameters using high-frequency data. Finally, the handbook focuses on the links between models used in financial markets and models used in other research areas such as geophysics, fossil records, and earthquake studies. The Handbook of High-Frequency Trading and Modeling in Finance also features: • Contributions by well-known experts within the academic, industrial, and regulatory fields • A well-structured outline on the various data analysis methodologies used to identify new trading opportunities • Newly emerging quantitative tools that address growing concerns relating to high-frequency data such as stochastic volatility and volatility tracking; stochastic jump processes for limit-order books and broader market indicators; and options markets • Practical applications using real-world data to help readers better understand the presented material The Handbook of High-Frequency Trading and Modeling in Finance is an excellent reference for professionals in the fields of business, applied statistics, econometrics, and financial engineering. The handbook is also a good supplement for graduate and MBA-level courses on quantitative finance, volatility, and financial econometrics. Ionut Florescu, PhD, is Research Associate Professor in Financial Engineering and Director of the Hanlon Financial Systems Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology. His research interests include stochastic volatility, stochastic partial differential equations, Monte Carlo Methods, and numerical methods for stochastic processes. Dr. Florescu is the author of Probability and Stochastic Processes, the coauthor of Handbook of Probability, and the coeditor of Handbook of Modeling High-Frequency Data in Finance, all published by Wiley. Maria C. Mariani, PhD, is Shigeko K. Chan Distinguished Professor in Mathematical Sciences and Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso. Her research interests include mathematical finance, applied mathematics, geophysics, nonlinear and stochastic partial differential equations and numerical methods. Dr. Mariani is the coeditor of Handbook of Modeling High-Frequency Data in Finance, also published by Wiley. H. Eugene Stanley, PhD, is William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor at Boston University. Stanley is one of the key founders of the new interdisciplinary f
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Advanced Analytics with Transact-SQL
Learn about business intelligence (BI) features in T-SQL and how they can help you with data science and analytics efforts without the need to bring in other languages such as R and Python. This book shows you how to compute statistical measures using your existing skills in T-SQL. You will learn how to calculate descriptive statistics, including centers, spreads, skewness, and kurtosis of distributions. You will also learn to find associations between pairs of variables, including calculating linear regression formulas and confidence levels with definite integration. No analysis is good without data quality. Advanced Analytics with Transact-SQL introduces data quality issues and shows you how to check for completeness and accuracy, and measure improvements in data quality over time. The book also explains how to optimize queries involving temporal data, such as when you search for overlapping intervals. More advanced time-oriented information in the book includes hazard and survival analysis. Forecasting with exponential moving averages and autoregression is covered as well. Every web/retail shop wants to know the products customers tend to buy together. Trying to predict the target discrete or continuous variable with few input variables is important for practically every type of business. This book helps you understand data science and the advanced algorithms use to analyze data, and terms such as data mining, machine learning, and text mining.Key to many of the solutions in this book are T-SQL window functions. Author Dejan Sarka demonstrates efficient statistical queries that are based on window functions and optimized through algorithms built using mathematical knowledge and creativity. The formulas and usage of those statistical procedures are explained so you can understand and modify the techniques presented. T-SQL is supported in SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and in Azure Synapse Analytics. There are so many BI features in T-SQL that it might become your primary analytic database language. If you want to learn how to get information from your data with the T-SQL language that you already are familiar with, then this is the book for you. What You Will LearnDescribe distribution of variables with statistical measuresFind associations between pairs of variablesEvaluate the quality of the data you are analyzingPerform time-series analysis on your dataForecast values of a continuous variablePerform market-basket analysis to predict customer purchasing patternsPredict target variable outcomes from one or more input variablesCategorize passages of text by extracting and analyzing keywordsWho This Book Is ForDatabase developers and database administrators who want to translate their T-SQL skills into the world of business intelligence (BI) and data science. For readers who want to analyze large amounts of data efficiently by using their existing knowledge of T-SQL and Microsoft’s various database platforms such as SQL Server and Azure SQL Dat
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Python for Data Mining Quick Syntax Reference
Learn how to use Python and its structures, how to install Python, and which tools are best suited for data analyst work. This book provides you with a handy reference and tutorial on topics ranging from basic Python concepts through to data mining, manipulating and importing datasets, and data analysis.Python for Data Mining Quick Syntax Reference covers each concept concisely, with many illustrative examples. You'll be introduced to several data mining packages, with examples of how to use each of them. The first part covers core Python including objects, lists, functions, modules, and error handling. The second part covers Python's most important data mining packages: NumPy and SciPy for mathematical functions and random data generation, pandas for dataframe management and data import, Matplotlib for drawing charts, and scikitlearn for machine learning. What You'll LearnInstall Python and choose a development environmentUnderstand the basic concepts of object-oriented programmingImport, open, and edit filesReview the differences between Python 2.x and 3.xWho This Book Is ForProgrammers new to Python's data mining packages or with experience in other languages, who want a quick guide to Pythonic tools and techniques.
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Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance
Handbook of Empirical Economics and Finance explores the latest developments in the analysis and modeling of economic and financial data. Well-recognized econometric experts discuss the rapidly growing research in economics and finance and offer insight on the future direction of these fields.Focusing on micro models, the first group of chapters describes the statistical issues involved in the analysis of econometric models with cross-sectional data often arising in microeconomics. The book then illustrates time series models that are extensively used in empirical macroeconomics and finance. The last set of chapters explores the types of panel data and spatial models that are becoming increasingly significant in analyzing complex economic behavior and policy evaluations.This handbook brings together both background material and new methodological and applied results that are extremely important to the current and future frontiers in empirical economics and finance. It emphasizes inferential issues that transpire in the analysis of cross-sectional, time series, and panel data-based empirical models in economics, finance, and related disciplines.
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Data Science Solutions with Python
Apply supervised and unsupervised learning to solve practical and real-world big data problems. This book teaches you how to engineer features, optimize hyperparameters, train and test models, develop pipelines, and automate the machine learning (ML) process. The book covers an in-memory, distributed cluster computing framework known as PySpark, machine learning framework platforms known as scikit-learn, PySpark MLlib, H2O, and XGBoost, and a deep learning (DL) framework known as Keras. The book starts off presenting supervised and unsupervised ML and DL models, and then it examines big data frameworks along with ML and DL frameworks. Author Tshepo Chris Nokeri considers a parametric model known as the Generalized Linear Model and a survival regression model known as the Cox Proportional Hazards model along with Accelerated Failure Time (AFT). Also presented is a binary classification model (logistic regression) and an ensemble model (Gradient Boosted Trees). The book introduces DL and an artificial neural network known as the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) classifier. A way of performing cluster analysis using the K-Means model is covered. Dimension reduction techniques such as Principal Components Analysis and Linear Discriminant Analysis are explored. And automated machine learning is unpacked.This book is for intermediate-level data scientists and machine learning engineers who want to learn how to apply key big data frameworks and ML and DL frameworks. You will need prior knowledge of the basics of statistics, Python programming, probability theories, and predictive analytics. What You Will LearnUnderstand widespread supervised and unsupervised learning, including key dimension reduction techniquesKnow the big data analytics layers such as data visualization, advanced statistics, predictive analytics, machine learning, and deep learningIntegrate big data frameworks with a hybrid of machine learning frameworks and deep learning frameworksDesign, build, test, and validate skilled machine models and deep learning modelsOptimize model performance using data transformation, regularization, outlier remedying, hyperparameter optimization, and data split ratio alteration Who This Book Is ForData scientists and machine learning engineers with basic knowledge and understanding of Python programming, probability theories, and predictive analytics
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Data Science and Multiple Criteria Decision Making Approaches in Finance
This book considers and assesses essential financial issues by utilizing data science and fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) methods. It introduces readers to a range of data science methods, and demonstrates their application in the fields of business, health, economics, finance and engineering. In addition, it provides suggestions based on the assessment results on each topic, which can help to enhance the efficiency of the financial system and the sustainability of economic development. Given its scope, the book will help readers broaden their perspective on the assessment and evaluation of financial issues using data science and MCDM approaches.
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Machine Learning for Streaming Data with Python
Apply machine learning to streaming data with the help of practical examples, and deal with challenges that surround streamingKey FeaturesWork on streaming use cases that are not taught in most data science coursesGain experience with state-of-the-art tools for streaming dataMitigate various challenges while handling streaming dataBook DescriptionStreaming data is the new top technology to watch out for in the field of data science and machine learning. As business needs become more demanding, many use cases require real-time analysis as well as real-time machine learning. This book will help you to get up to speed with data analytics for streaming data and focus strongly on adapting machine learning and other analytics to the case of streaming data.You will first learn about the architecture for streaming and real-time machine learning. Next, you will look at the state-of-the-art frameworks for streaming data like River. Later chapters will focus on various industrial use cases for streaming data like Online Anomaly Detection and others. As you progress, you will discover various challenges and learn how to mitigate them. In addition to this, you will learn best practices that will help you use streaming data to generate real-time insights.By the end of this book, you will have gained the confidence you need to stream data in your machine learning models.What you will learnUnderstand the challenges and advantages of working with streaming dataDevelop real-time insights from streaming dataUnderstand the implementation of streaming data with various use cases to boost your knowledgeDevelop a PCA alternative that can work on real-time dataExplore best practices for handling streaming data that you absolutely need to rememberDevelop an API for real-time machine learning inferenceWho this book is forThis book is for data scientists and machine learning engineers who have a background in machine learning, are practice and technology-oriented, and want to learn how to apply machine learning to streaming data through practical examples with modern technologies. Although an understanding of basic Python and machine learning concepts is a must, no prior knowledge of streaming is required.
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Computational Financial Mathematics using MATHEMATICA®
Given the explosion of interest in mathematical methods for solving problems in finance and trading, a great deal of research and development is taking place in universities, large brokerage firms, and in the supporting trading software industry. Mathematical advances have been made both analytically and numerically in finding practical solutions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of existing and original material, about what mathematics when allied with Mathematica can do for finance. Sophisticated theories are presented systematically in a user-friendly style, and a powerful combination of mathematical rigor and Mathematica programming. Three kinds of solution methods are emphasized: symbolic, numerical, and Monte-- Carlo. Nowadays, only good personal computers are required to handle the symbolic and numerical methods that are developed in this book. Key features: * No previous knowledge of Mathematica programming is required * The symbolic, numeric, data management and graphic capabilities of Mathematica are fully utilized * Monte--Carlo solutions of scalar and multivariable SDEs are developed and utilized heavily in discussing trading issues such as Black--Scholes hedging * Black--Scholes and Dupire PDEs are solved symbolically and numerically * Fast numerical solutions to free boundary problems with details of their Mathematica realizations are provided * Comprehensive study of optimal portfolio diversification, including an original theory of optimal portfolio hedging under non-Log-Normal asset price dynamics is presented The book is designed for the academic community of instructors and students, and most importantly, will meet the everyday trading needs of quantitatively inclined professional and individual investors.
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Data Analytics Applications in Emerging Markets
This book analyzes the impact of technology in emerging markets by considering conditions and the history of how it has changed the way of working and market development in such contexts. The book delves into key areas such as fintech enterprises, artificial intelligence, pension funds, stock markets, and energy markets though applied studies and research. This book is a useful read for practitioners and scholars interested in how technology has and continues to change the way in which development is defined and achieved, particularly in emerging markets.
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Python for Secret Agents - Volume II
Gather, analyze, and decode data to reveal hidden facts using Python, the perfect tool for all aspiring secret agentsAbout This Book• Discover the essential features of Python programming: statements, variables, expressions, and many of the built-in data types• Use Python's standard library to do more sophisticated data gathering and analysis• Written by a Python programming expert, with over 35 years' experience as a consultant, teacher, author and software developerWho This Book Is ForThis book is for Secret Agents who have some exposure to Python. Our focus is on the Field Agents who are ready to do more sophisticated and complex programming in Python. We'll stick to simple statistics for the most part. A steady hand with a soldering iron is not required, but a skilled field agent should be able to assemble a working Arduino circuit to gather their own sensor data.What You Will Learn• Upgrade Python to the latest version and discover its latest and greatest tools• Use Python libraries to extract data from log files that are designed more for people to read than for automated analysis• Summarize log files and extract meaningful information• Gather data from social networking sites and leverage your experience of analyzing log files to summarize the data you find• Extract text and images from social networking sites• Parse the complex and confusing data structures in a PDF file to extract meaningful text that we can analyze• Connect small, intelligent devices to our computer to use them as remote sensors• Use Python to analyze measurements from sensors to calibrate them and use sensors efficientlyIn DetailPython is easy to learn and extensible programming language that allows any manner of secret agent to work with a variety of data. Agents from beginners to seasoned veterans will benefit from Python's simplicity and sophistication. The standard library provides numerous packages that move beyond simple beginner missions. The Python ecosystem of related packages and libraries supports deep information processing.This book will guide you through the process of upgrading your Python-based toolset for intelligence gathering, analysis, and communication. You'll explore the ways Python is used to analyze web logs to discover the trails of activities that can be found in web and database servers. We'll also look at how we can use Python to discover details of the social network by looking at the data available from social networking websites.Finally, you'll see how to extract history from PDF files, which opens up new sources of data, and you'll learn about the ways you can gather data using an Arduino-based sensor device.Style and approachEach chapter will include a background briefing that covers an essential Python technology. After some in-depth exploration of the features, the chapter will conclude with a mission that is a concrete application of the Python tools and techniques covered.
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Applying Analytics
Newcomers to quantitative analysis need practical guidance on how to analyze data in the real world yet most introductory books focus on lengthy derivations and justifications instead of practical techniques. Covering the technical and professional skills needed by analysts in the academic, private, and public sectors, Applying Analytics: A Practical Introduction systematically teaches novices how to apply algorithms to real data and how to recognize potential pitfalls. It offers one of the first textbooks for the emerging first course in analytics.The text concentrates on the interpretation, strengths, and weaknesses of analytical techniques, along with challenges encountered by analysts in their daily work. The author shares various lessons learned from applying analytics in the real world. He supplements the technical material with coverage of professional skills traditionally learned through experience, such as project management, analytic communication, and using analysis to inform decisions. Example data sets used in the text are available for download online so that readers can test their own analytic routines. Suitable for beginning analysts in the sciences, business, engineering, and government, this book provides an accessible, example-driven introduction to the emerging field of analytics. It shows how to interpret data and identify trends across a range of fields.
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