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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 Analytics Applied to the Mining Industry
Data Analytics Applied to the Mining Industry describes the key challenges facing the mining sector as it transforms into a digital industry able to fully exploit process automation, remote operation centers, autonomous equipment and the opportunities offered by the industrial internet of things. It provides guidelines on how data needs to be collected, stored and managed to enable the different advanced data analytics methods to be applied effectively in practice, through use of case studies, and worked examples. Aimed at graduate students, researchers, and professionals in the industry of mining engineering, this book: Explains how to implement advanced data analytics through case studies and examples in mining engineering Provides approaches and methods to improve data-driven decision making Explains a concise overview of the state of the art for Mining Executives and Managers Highlights and describes critical opportunity areas for mining optimization Brings experience and learning in digital transformation from adjacent sectors
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Applied Geospatial Data Science with Python
Intelligently connect data points and gain a deeper understanding of environmental problems through hands-on Geospatial Data Science case studies written in PythonThe book includes colored images of important conceptsKey FeaturesLearn how to integrate spatial data and spatial thinking into traditional data science workflowsDevelop a spatial perspective and learn to avoid common pitfalls along the wayGain expertise through practical case studies applicable in a variety of industries with code samples that can be reproduced and expandedBook DescriptionData scientists, when presented with a myriad of data, can often lose sight of how to present geospatial analyses in a meaningful way so that it makes sense to everyone. Using Python to visualize data helps stakeholders in less technical roles to understand the problem and seek solutions. The goal of this book is to help data scientists and GIS professionals learn and implement geospatial data science workflows using Python.Throughout this book, you'll uncover numerous geospatial Python libraries with which you can develop end-to-end spatial data science workflows. You'll learn how to read, process, and manipulate spatial data effectively. With data in hand, you'll move on to crafting spatial data visualizations to better understand and tell the story of your data through static and dynamic mapping applications. As you progress through the book, you'll find yourself developing geospatial AI and ML models focused on clustering, regression, and optimization. The use cases can be leveraged as building blocks for more advanced work in a variety of industries.By the end of the book, you'll be able to tackle random data, find meaningful correlations, and make geospatial data models.What you will learnUnderstand the fundamentals needed to work with geospatial dataTransition from tabular to geo-enabled data in your workflowsDevelop an introductory portfolio of spatial data science work using PythonGain hands-on skills with case studies relevant to different industriesDiscover best practices focusing on geospatial data to bring a positive change in your environmentExplore solving use cases, such as traveling salesperson and vehicle routing problemsWho this book is forThis book is for you if you are a data scientist seeking to incorporate geospatial thinking into your workflows or a GIS professional seeking to incorporate data science methods into yours. You'll need to have a foundational knowledge of Python for data analysis and/or data science.
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Graph Data Modeling in Python
Learn how to transform, store, evolve, refactor, model, and create graph projections using the Python programming languagePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesTransform relational data models into graph data model while learning key applications along the wayDiscover common challenges in graph modeling and analysis, and learn how to overcome themPractice real-world use cases of community detection, knowledge graph, and recommendation networkBook DescriptionGraphs have become increasingly integral to powering the products and services we use in our daily lives, driving social media, online shopping recommendations, and even fraud detection. With this book, you’ll see how a good graph data model can help enhance efficiency and unlock hidden insights through complex network analysis.Graph Data Modeling in Python will guide you through designing, implementing, and harnessing a variety of graph data models using the popular open source Python libraries NetworkX and igraph. Following practical use cases and examples, you’ll find out how to design optimal graph models capable of supporting a wide range of queries and features. Moreover, you’ll seamlessly transition from traditional relational databases and tabular data to the dynamic world of graph data structures that allow powerful, path-based analyses. As well as learning how to manage a persistent graph database using Neo4j, you’ll also get to grips with adapting your network model to evolving data requirements.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to transform tabular data into powerful graph data models. In essence, you’ll build your knowledge from beginner to advanced-level practitioner in no time.What you will learnDesign graph data models and master schema design best practicesWork with the NetworkX and igraph frameworks in PythonStore, query, ingest, and refactor graph dataStore your graphs in memory with Neo4jBuild and work with projections and put them into practiceRefactor schemas and learn tactics for managing an evolved graph data modelWho this book is forIf you are a data analyst or database developer interested in learning graph databases and how to curate and extract data from them, this is the book for you. It is also beneficial for data scientists and Python developers looking to get started with graph data modeling. Although knowledge of Python is assumed, no prior experience in graph data modeling theory and techniques is required.
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Audit Analytics in the Financial Industry
In Audit Analytics in the Financial Industry, editors Jun Dai, Miklos A. Vasarhelyi and Ann F. Medinets bring together a cast of expert contributors to explore ways to integrate Audit Analytics techniques into existing audit programs for the financial industry. Separated into six parts, the contributors take a variety of approaches to this exploration. In Part One, the contributors present two articles illustrating the process of applying Audit Analytics to solving audit problems. Part Two contains four studies that use various Audit Analytics techniques to discover fraud risks and potential frauds in the credit card sector. In Part Three, the chapter focus on the insurance sector and show the application of clustering techniques in auditing. Part Four includes two chapters on how to employ Audit Analytics in the transitory system for fraud/anomaly detection. Finally, Parts Five and Six illustrate the use of Audit Analytics to assess risk in the lawsuit and payment processes. For students, researchers, and professionals in the accounting sector, this is an unmissable read exploring the latest research in Audit Analytics.
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Big Data Analytics Using Splunk
Big Data Analytics Using Splunk is a hands-on book showing how to process and derive business value from big data in real time. Examples in the book draw from social media sources such as Twitter (tweets) and Foursquare (check-ins). You also learn to draw from machine data, enabling you to analyze, say, web server log files and patterns of user access in real time, as the access is occurring. Gone are the days when you need be caught out by shifting public opinion or sudden changes in customer behavior. Splunk’s easy to use engine helps you recognize and react in real time, as events are occurring. Splunk is a powerful, yet simple analytical tool fast gaining traction in the fields of big data and operational intelligence. Using Splunk, you can monitor data in real time, or mine your data after the fact. Splunk’s stunning visualizations aid in locating the needle of value in a haystack of a data. Geolocation support spreads your data across a map, allowing you to drill down to geographic areas of interest. Alerts can run in the background and trigger to warn you of shifts or events as they are taking place.With Splunk you can immediately recognize and react to changing trends and shifting public opinion as expressed through social media, and to new patterns of eCommerce and customer behavior. The ability to immediately recognize and react to changing trends provides a tremendous advantage in today’s fast-paced world of Internet business. Big Data Analytics Using Splunk opens the door to an exciting world of real-time operational intelligence.Built around hands-on projects Shows how to mine social media Opens the door to real-time operational intelligence
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Implementing Machine Learning for Finance
Bring together machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in financial trading, with an emphasis on investment management. This book explains systematic approaches to investment portfolio management, risk analysis, and performance analysis, including predictive analytics using data science procedures.The book introduces pattern recognition and future price forecasting that exerts effects on time series analysis models, such as the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model, Seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA) model, and Additive model, and it covers the Least Squares model and the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) model. It presents hidden pattern recognition and market regime prediction applying the Gaussian Hidden Markov Model. The book covers the practical application of the K-Means model in stock clustering. It establishes the practical application of the Variance-Covariance method and Simulation method (using Monte Carlo Simulation) for value at risk estimation. It also includes market direction classification using both the Logistic classifier and the Multilayer Perceptron classifier. Finally, the book presents performance and risk analysis for investment portfolios.By the end of this book, you should be able to explain how algorithmic trading works and its practical application in the real world, and know how to apply supervised and unsupervised ML and DL models to bolster investment decision making and implement and optimize investment strategies and systems.What You Will LearnUnderstand the fundamentals of the financial market and algorithmic trading, as well as supervised and unsupervised learning models that are appropriate for systematic investment portfolio managementKnow the concepts of feature engineering, data visualization, and hyperparameter optimizationDesign, build, and test supervised and unsupervised ML and DL modelsDiscover seasonality, trends, and market regimes, simulating a change in the market and investment strategy problems and predicting market direction and pricesStructure and optimize an investment portfolio with preeminent asset classes and measure the underlying riskWho This Book Is ForBeginning and intermediate data scientists, machine learning engineers, business executives, and finance professionals (such as investment analysts and traders)
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Data Analytics for Business Intelligence
This book studies data, analytics, and intelligence using Boolean structure. Chapters dive into the theories, foundations, technologies, and methods of data, analytics and intelligence.The primary aim of this book is to convey the theories and technologies of data, analytics, and intelligence with applications to readers based on systematic generalization and specialization. Sun uses the Boolean structure to deconstruct all books and papers related to data, analytics, intelligence and reorganize them to reshape the world of big data, data analytics, analytics intelligence, data science, and artificial intelligence. Multi-industry applications in business, management and decision making are provided. Cutting-edge theories, technologies, and applications of data, analytics, and intelligence and their integration are also explored. Overall, this book provides original insights on sharing computing, insight computing, platform computing, a calculus of intelligent analytics and intelligent business analytics, meta computing, data analyticizing, DDPP (Descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive) computing and analytics. A useful resource with multi-industry applications for scientists, engineers, data analysts, educators and university students.
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Python for Experimental Psychologists
Python for Experimental Psychologists equips researchers who have no prior programming experience with the essential knowledge to independently script experiments and analyses in the programming language Python. The book offers an excellent introduction, whether you are an undergraduate, a PhD candidate, or an established researcher.This updated edition is on Python 3 (the most current version). It starts by teaching the fundamentals of programming in Python, and then offers several chapters on scripting experiments (displaying stimuli, obtaining and logging user input, precision timing, etc.) using the popular PsychoPy package. The remainder of the book is dedicated to data analysis, and includes chapters on reading/writing to text files, time series, eye tracking, data visualisation, and statistics.Access to a companion website enriches the learning experience with colour figures, example stimuli, datasets, scripts, and a portable Windows installation of Python. The book assumes no prior knowledge, and its informal and accessible tone helps readers with backgrounds in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to quickly understand Python. It serves as a useful resource not only for researchers in these fields, but also for lecturers instructing on methodology and data analysis.Python for Experimental Psychologists demystifies programming complexities, and empowers researchers to proficiently conduct experiments and to analyse their results.
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Economic and Financial Analysis for Engineering and Project Management
Economic and Financial Analysis for Engineering and Project Management is for engineers and others who must analyze the financial and economic ramifications of producing and sustaining capital projects. Unlike other books in the field, it offers straightforward and lucid explanations of all main formulas needed to carry out financial analyses. The math is kept simple and is fully explained, making the book accessible to non-technical personnel. Numerous sample problems are provided, and can be worked on standard spreadsheet programs, as well as using interest rate tables. The book shows how to link quantitative data to management decisions and to standard reporting forms and has been designed for practicing engineers and students alike.Economic and Financial Analysis for Engineering and Project Management is a "must have" for graduate students in engineering management departments; graduate and undergraduates taking courses in project management, engineering economics, and engineering finance. Practicing engineers will find this book THE handy reference for any project involving financial analyses.
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Detecting Regime Change in Computational Finance
Based on interdisciplinary research into "Directional Change", a new data-driven approach to financial data analysis, Detecting Regime Change in Computational Finance: Data Science, Machine Learning and Algorithmic Trading applies machine learning to financial market monitoring and algorithmic trading. Directional Change is a new way of summarising price changes in the market. Instead of sampling prices at fixed intervals (such as daily closing in time series), it samples prices when the market changes direction ("zigzags"). By sampling data in a different way, this book lays out concepts which enable the extraction of information that other market participants may not be able to see. The book includes a Foreword by Richard Olsen and explores the following topics: Data science: as an alternative to time series, price movements in a market can be summarised as directional changes Machine learning for regime change detection: historical regime changes in a market can be discovered by a Hidden Markov Model Regime characterisation: normal and abnormal regimes in historical data can be characterised using indicators defined under Directional Change Market Monitoring: by using historical characteristics of normal and abnormal regimes, one can monitor the market to detect whether the market regime has changed Algorithmic trading: regime tracking information can help us to design trading algorithmsIt will be of great interest to researchers in computational finance, machine learning and data science.About the AuthorsJun Chen received his PhD in computational finance from the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents, University of Essex in 2019.Edward P K Tsang is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex, where he co-founded the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents in 2002.
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Correlated Data Analysis: Modeling, Analytics, and Applications
This book covers recent developments in correlated data analysis. It utilizes the class of dispersion models as marginal components in the formulation of joint models for correlated data. This enables the book to cover a broader range of data types than the traditional generalized linear models. The reader is provided with a systematic treatment for the topic of estimating functions, and both generalized estimating equations (GEE) and quadratic inference functions (QIF) are studied as special cases. In addition to the discussions on marginal models and mixed-effects models, this book covers new topics on joint regression analysis based on Gaussian copulas.
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Numerical Methods in Finance
GERAD celebrates this year its 25th anniversary. The Center was created in 1980 by a small group of professors and researchers of HEC Montreal, McGill University and of the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. GERAD's activities achieved sufficient scope to justify its conversion in June 1988 into a Joint Research Centre of HEC Montreal, the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and McGill University. In 1996, the U- versite du Quebec a Montreal joined these three institutions. GERAD has fifty members (professors), more than twenty research associates and post doctoral students and more than two hundreds master and Ph.D. students. GERAD is a multi-university center and a vital forum for the devel- ment of operations research. Its mission is defined around the following four complementarily objectives: • The original and expert contribution to all research fields in GERAD's area of expertise; • The dissemination of research results in the best scientific outlets as well as in the society in general; • The training of graduate students and post doctoral researchers; • The contribution to the economic community by solving important problems and providing transferable tools.
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Data Ingestion with Python Cookbook
Deploy your data ingestion pipeline, orchestrate, and monitor efficiently to prevent loss of data and qualityPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesHarness best practices to create a Python and PySpark data ingestion pipelineSeamlessly automate and orchestrate your data pipelines using Apache AirflowBuild a monitoring framework by integrating the concept of data observability into your pipelinesBook DescriptionData Ingestion with Python Cookbook offers a practical approach to designing and implementing data ingestion pipelines. It presents real-world examples with the most widely recognized open source tools on the market to answer commonly asked questions and overcome challenges.You’ll be introduced to designing and working with or without data schemas, as well as creating monitored pipelines with Airflow and data observability principles, all while following industry best practices. The book also addresses challenges associated with reading different data sources and data formats. As you progress through the book, you’ll gain a broader understanding of error logging best practices, troubleshooting techniques, data orchestration, monitoring, and storing logs for further consultation.By the end of the book, you’ll have a fully automated set that enables you to start ingesting and monitoring your data pipeline effortlessly, facilitating seamless integration with subsequent stages of the ETL process.What you will learnImplement data observability using monitoring toolsAutomate your data ingestion pipelineRead analytical and partitioned data, whether schema or non-schema basedDebug and prevent data loss through efficient data monitoring and loggingEstablish data access policies using a data governance frameworkConstruct a data orchestration framework to improve data qualityWho this book is forThis book is for data engineers and data enthusiasts seeking a comprehensive understanding of the data ingestion process using popular tools in the open source community. For more advanced learners, this book takes on the theoretical pillars of data governance while providing practical examples of real-world scenarios commonly encountered by data engineers.
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Data Structures for Engineers and Scientists Using Python
The text covers the fundamentals of Python programming and the implementation of data structures using Python programming with the help of worked-out examples. It provides a learning tool for engineers as well as for researchers and scientists of advanced level. The text further discusses important concepts such as polynomial manipulation, sparse matrices, implementation of stack using queue model, and topological sorting.This book:Discusses the implementation of various data structures such as an array, stack, queue, tree, and graph along with sorting and searching algorithms. Includes programming tips to highlight important concepts and help readers avoid common programming errors. Presents each concept of data structure with a different approach and implements the same using Python programming. Offers rich chapter-end pedagogy including objective-type questions (with answers), review questions, and programming exercises to facilitate revision. Covers fundamentals of Python up to object-oriented concepts including regular expression. It is primarily written for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer engineering, and information technology.
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Machine Learning with Python for Everyone
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Understanding and Building Machine Learning Systems with Python Machine Learning with Python for Everyone will help you master the processes, patterns, and strategies you need to build effective learning systems, even if you’re an absolute beginner. If you can write some Python code, this book is for you, no matter how little college-level math you know. Principal instructor Mark E. Fenner relies on plain-English stories, pictures, and Python examples to communicate the ideas of machine learning. Mark begins by discussing machine learning and what it can do; introducing key mathematical and computational topics in an approachable manner; and walking you through the first steps in building, training, and evaluating learning systems. Step by step, you’ll fill out the components of a practical learning system, broaden your toolbox, and explore some of the field’s most sophisticated and exciting techniques. Whether you’re a student, analyst, scientist, or hobbyist, this guide’s insights will be applicable to every learning system you ever build or use. Understand machine learning algorithms, models, and core machine learning conceptsClassify examples with classifiers, and quantify examples with regressorsRealistically assess performance of machine learning systemsUse feature engineering to smooth rough data into useful formsChain multiple components into one system and tune its performanceApply machine learning techniques to images and textConnect the core concepts to neural networks and graphical modelsLeverage the Python scikit-learn library and other powerful tools Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.
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Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Techniques for Smart Cities
Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Techniques for Smart Cities covers fundamentals, advanced concepts, and applications of big data analytics for smart cities in a single volume. This comprehensive reference text discusses big data theory modeling and simulation for smart cities and examines case studies in a single volume. The text discusses how to develop a smart city and state-of-the-art system design, system verification, real-time control and adaptation, Internet of Things, and testbeds. It covers applications of smart cities as they relate to smart transportation/connected vehicle (CV) and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) for improved mobility, safety, and environmental protection. It will be useful as a reference text for graduate students in different areas including electrical engineering, computer science engineering, civil engineering, and electronics and communications engineering.Features: Technologies and algorithms associated with the application of big data for smart cities Discussions on big data theory modeling and simulation for smart cities Applications of smart cities as they relate to smart transportation and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) Discussions on concepts including smart education, smart culture, and smart transformation management for social and societal changes
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Learning Analytics
Learning analytics is one of the most important research issues in the field of educational technology. By analyzing logs and records in educational databases and systems, it can provide useful information to teachers, learners, and decision makers – information which they can use to improve teaching strategies, learning performances, and educational policies. However, it is a great challenge for most researchers to efficiently analyze educational data in a meaningful way. This book presents various learning analytics approaches and applications, including the process of determining the coding scheme, analyzing the collected data, and interpreting the findings. This book was originally published as a special issue of Interactive Learning Environments.
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Intro to Python for Computer Science and Data Science
For introductory-level Python programming and/or data-science courses. A groundbreaking, flexible approach to computer science and data science The Deitels’ Introduction to Python for Computer Science and Data Science: Learning to Program with AI, Big Data and the Cloud offers a unique approach to teaching introductory Python programming, appropriate for both computer-science and data-science audiences. Providing the most current coverage of topics and applications, the book is paired with extensive traditional supplements as well as Jupyter Notebooks supplements. Real-world datasets and artificial-intelligence technologies allow students to work on projects making a difference in business, industry, government and academia. Hundreds of examples, exercises, projects (EEPs), and implementation case studies give students an engaging, challenging and entertaining introduction to Python programming and hands-on data science. The book's modular architecture enables instructors to conveniently adapt the text to a wide range of computer-science and data-science courses offered to audiences drawn from many majors. Computer-science instructors can integrate as much or as little data-science and artificial-intelligence topics as they'd like, and data-science instructors can integrate as much or as little Python as they'd like. The book aligns with the latest ACM/IEEE CS-and-related computing curriculum initiatives and with the Data Science Undergraduate Curriculum Proposal sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
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Perception-based Data Mining and Decision Making in Economics and Finance
The primary goal of this book is to present to the scientific and management communities a selection of applications using more recent Soft Computing (SC) and Computing with Words and Perceptions (CWP) models and techniques meant to solve the economics and financial problems. The selected examples could also serve as a starting point or as an opening out, in the SC and CWP techniques application to a wider range of problems in economics and finance. Decision making in the present world is becoming more and more sophisticated, time consuming and difficult for human beings who require more and more computational support. This book addresses the significant increase on research and applications of Soft Computing and Computing with Words and Perceptions for decision making in Economics and Finance in recent years. Decision making is heavily based on information and knowledge usually extracted from the analysis of large amounts of data. Data mining techniques enabled with the capability to integrate human experience could be used for a more realistic business decision support. Computing with Words and Perceptions introduced by Lotfi Zadeh, can serve as a basis for such extension of traditional data mining and decision making systems. Fuzzy logic as a main constituent of CWP gives powerful tools for modeling and processing linguistic information defined on numerical domain.
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Soccer Analytics
Sports analytics is on the rise, with top soccer clubs, bookmakers, and broadcasters all employing statisticians and data scientists to gain an edge over their competitors.Many popular books have been written exploring the mathematics of soccer. However, few supply details on how soccer data can be analysed in real-life. The book addresses this issue via a practical route one approach designed to show readers how to successfully tackle a range of soccer related problems using the easy-to-learn computer language R. Through a series of easy-to-follow examples, the book explains how R can be used to:Download and edit soccer dataProduce graphics and statisticsPredict match outcomes and final league positionsFormulate betting strategiesRank teamsConstruct passing networksAssess match playSoccer Analytics: An Introduction with R is a comprehensive introduction to soccer analytics aimed at all those interested in analysing soccer data, be they fans, gamblers, coaches, sports scientists, or data scientists and statisticians wishing to pursue a career in professional soccer. It aims to equip the reader with the knowledge and skills required to confidently analyse soccer data using R, all in a few easy lessons.
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Fundamentals of Data Analytics
This book introduces the basic methodologies for successful data analytics. Matrix optimization and approximation are explained in detail and extensively applied to dimensionality reduction by principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling. Diffusion maps and spectral clustering are derived as powerful tools. The methodological overlap between data science and machine learning is emphasized by demonstrating how data science is used for classification as well as supervised and unsupervised learning.
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Python for Chemists
This accessible and self-contained guide provides a comprehensive introduction to the popular programming language Python, with a focus on applications in chemistry and chemical physics. Ideally suited to students and researchers of chemistry learning to employ Python for problem-solving in their research, this fast-paced primer first builds a solid foundation in the programming language before progressing to advanced concepts and applications in chemistry. The required syntax and data structures are established, and then applied to solve problems computationally. Popular numerical packages are described in detail, including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, SymPy, and pandas. End of chapter problems are included throughout, with worked solutions available within the book. Additional resources, datasets, and Jupyter Notebooks are provided on a companion website, allowing readers to reinforce their understanding and gain confidence applying their knowledge through a hands-on approach.
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Fundamentals of Data Science
Fundamentals of Data Science is designed for students, academicians and practitioners with a complete walkthrough right from the foundational groundwork required to outlining all the concepts, techniques and tools required to understand Data Science.Data Science is an umbrella term for the non-traditional techniques and technologies that are required to collect, aggregate, process, and gain insights from massive datasets. This book offers all the processes, methodologies, various steps like data acquisition, pre-process, mining, prediction, and visualization tools for extracting insights from vast amounts of data by the use of various scientific methods, algorithms, and processesReaders will learn the steps necessary to create the application with SQl, NoSQL, Python, R, Matlab, Octave and Tablue.This book provides a stepwise approach to building solutions to data science applications right from understanding the fundamentals, performing data analytics to writing source code. All the concepts are discussed in simple English to help the community to become Data Scientist without much pre-requisite knowledge.Features : Simple strategies for developing statistical models that analyze data and detect patterns, trends, and relationships in data sets. Complete roadmap to Data Science approach with dedicatedsections which includes Fundamentals, Methodology and Tools. Focussed approach for learning and practice various Data Science Toolswith Sample code and examples for practice. Information is presented in an accessible way for students, researchers and academicians and professionals.
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Foundations of Predictive Analytics
Drawing 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. The book begins with the statistical and linear algebra/matrix foundation of modeling methods, from distributions to cumulant and copula functions to Cornish–Fisher 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 additive models, trees, support vector machine, fuzzy systems, clustering, naïve Bayes, and neural nets. The authors go on to cover methodologies used in time series and forecasting, such as ARIMA, GARCH, and survival analysis. They also present a range of optimization techniques and explore several special topics, such as Dempster–Shafer theory.An in-depth collection of the most important fundamental material on predictive analytics, this self-contained book provides the necessary information for understanding various techniques for exploratory data analysis and modeling. It explains the algorithmic details behind each technique (including underlying assumptions and mathematical formulations) and shows how to prepare and encode data, select variables, use model goodness measures, normalize odds, and perform reject inference.Web ResourceThe book’s website at www.DataMinerXL.com offers the DataMinerXL software for building predictive models. The site also includes more examples and information on modeling.
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Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python
Learn to implement complex data structures and algorithms using PythonKey FeaturesUnderstand the analysis and design of fundamental Python data structuresExplore advanced Python concepts such as Big O notation and dynamic programmingLearn functional and reactive implementations of traditional data structuresBook DescriptionData structures allow you to store and organize data efficiently. They are critical to any problem, provide a complete solution, and act like reusable code. Hands-On Data Structures and Algorithms with Python teaches you the essential Python data structures and the most common algorithms for building easy and maintainable applications.This book helps you to understand the power of linked lists, double linked lists, and circular linked lists. You will learn to create complex data structures, such as graphs, stacks, and queues. As you make your way through the chapters, you will explore the application of binary searches and binary search trees, along with learning common techniques and structures used in tasks such as preprocessing, modeling, and transforming data. In the concluding chapters, you will get to grips with organizing your code in a manageable, consistent, and extendable way. You will also study how to bubble sort, selection sort, insertion sort, and merge sort algorithms in detail.By the end of the book, you will have learned how to build components that are easy to understand, debug, and use in different applications. You will get insights into Python implementation of all the important and relevant algorithms.What you will learnUnderstand object representation, attribute binding, and data encapsulationGain a solid understanding of Python data structures using algorithmsStudy algorithms using examples with pictorial representationLearn complex algorithms through easy explanation, implementing PythonBuild sophisticated and efficient data applications in PythonUnderstand common programming algorithms used in Python data scienceWrite efficient and robust code in Python 3.7Who this book is forThis book is for developers who want to learn data structures and algorithms in Python to write complex and flexible programs. Basic Python programming knowledge is expected.
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Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Financial Risk Management
This book presents a collection of high-quality contributions on the state-of-the-art in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data analysis as it relates to financial risk management applications. It brings together, in one place, the latest thinking on an emerging topic and includes principles, reviews, examples, and research directions. The book presents numerous specific use-cases throughout, showing practical applications of the concepts discussed. It looks at technologies such as eye movement analysis, data mining or mobile apps and examines how these technologies are applied by financial institutions, and how this affects both the institutions and the market. This work introduces students and aspiring practitioners to the subject of risk management in a structured manner. It is primarily aimed at researchers and students in finance and intelligent big data applications, such as intelligent information systems, smart economics and finance applications, and the internet of things in a marketing environment.
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AI in Financial Decision Making
Written by experts who have trained global audiences in finance and designed real-life solutions, this book provides exactly what financial decision-makers need: a survival kit for disruptive times.The increasing use of AI has posed challenges and brought benefits at organizational and individual levels. However, financial decision-makers are often not equipped with the necessary skills and may even feel threatened by the speed at which AI is automating the decision-making process. Taking a balanced view encompassing applications from operations, finance, and risk management, this book does not aim to turn finance experts into coders but to clearly connect AI and ML tools to specific business issues. This will help financial decision-makers actively engage with projects involving the implementation of ML tools in their organizations. Beyond simple ML tool identification, the book goes one step further and provides representative codes that the reader can use by tweaking information to make it relevant to their own situation. To keep up with the rapid developments in AI and ML, the book is accompanied by a website where tools and codes will be regularly updated as standards change.Anyone involved in financial decision-making will find this book to be an invaluable resource, whether CFO, finance director, management accountant, budget officer, auditor, strategic planner, or early career professional.
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Analytical Finance: Volume I
This book provides an introduction to the valuation of financial instruments on equity markets. Written from the perspective of trading, risk management and quantitative research functions and written by a practitioner with many years’ experience in markets and in academia, it provides a valuable learning tool for students and new entrants to these markets.Coverage includes:·Trading and sources of risk, including credit and counterparty risk, market and model risks, settlement and Herstatt risks.·Numerical methods including discrete-time methods, finite different methods, binomial models and Monte Carlo simulations.·Probability theory and stochastic processes from the financial modeling perspective, including probability spaces, sigma algebras, measures and filtrations.·Continuous time models such as Black-Scholes-Merton; Delta-hedging and Delta-Gamma-hedging; general diffusion models and how to solve Partial Differential Equation using the Feynmann-Kac representation.·The trading, structuring and hedging several kinds of exotic options, including: Binary/Digital options; Barrier options; Lookbacks; Asian options; Chooses; Forward options; Ratchets; Compounded options; Basket options; Exchange and Currency-linked options; Pay later options and Quantos.·A detailed explanation of how to construct synthetic instruments and strategies for different market conditions, discussing more than 30 different option strategies. With source code for many of the models featured in the book provided and extensive examples and illustrations throughout, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to this topic and will prove an invaluable learning tool and reference for anyone studying or working in this field.
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Big Data Analytics in the Insurance Market
Big Data Analytics in the Insurance Market is an industry-specific guide to creating operational effectiveness, managing risk, improving financials, and retaining customers. This book will be a 'must' for people seeking to broaden their knowledge of big data concepts and their real-world applications, particularly in the field of insurance.The insurance industry is largely dependent on data, and the advent of Big Data and analytics represents a major advance with tremendous potential. Yet clear, practical advice on the business side of analytics is lacking. This book fills the void with concrete information on using Big Data in the context of day-to-day insurance operations and strategy.This book an invaluable resource for any insurance professional from practitioners and policymakers working at insurance companies, to undergraduate and graduate students of economics management, and finance.Providing high quality academic research, ESFIRM provides a platform for authors to explore, analyse and discuss current and new financial models and theories, and engage with innovative research on an international scale.
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Datamining und Computational Finance
Der Schwerpunkt des siebten Karlsruher Ökonometrie-Workshops lag auf der Anwendung Neuronaler Netze bei Finanzzeitreihen, dem Einsatz von Datamining und Maschinellen Lernverfahren bei Fragestellungen des Finanzbereichs und quantitativen Methoden zur Beurteilung von Markt- und Länderrisiken. Das Spektrum ausgewählter Referate in diesem Buch, u.a. auch von international renommierten Experten, reicht von allgemeinen Betrachtungen zur Prognose mit Neuronalen Netzen und empirischen Ergebnissen für Wechselkurse, Rentenmärkte und Absatzzahlen über die Beurteilung von Marktrisiken und die Kreditüberwachung mit Maschinellen Lernverfahren bis zur Ermittlung und Einschätzung von Länderrisiken. Dieser Band berichtet über die aktuelle Entwicklung in diesen Gebieten und bietet ein Forum für Diskussionen.
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AI FINANCE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - AI DRIVER® SERIES
AI Finance: Financial Management represents a paradigm shift in financial management education. Rather than training students to compete with AI in analysis, this textbook teaches them to build financial solutions with AI as a collaborator, applying the DRIVER® Framework (Define&Discover, Represent, Implement, Validate, Evolve, Reflect) throughout.The curriculum spans foundational corporate finance concepts—from financial statements and time value of money through capital budgeting, securities valuation, and business valuation—while integrating Python coding, AI-powered problem-solving, and systematic product development.Students build three progressive mini-projects and a capstone innovation project, creating a portfolio of working financial applications rather than theoretical exercises. The textbook is classroom-tested at Purdue University with multiple sections serving 200+ students.This textbook prepares students for careers where AI handles routine analysis by emphasizing survival skills: building financial tools, understanding market dynamics, managing capital allocation, and operating AI systematically. The integration of real-world case studies (Apple, Tesla, Netflix, WeWork), hands-on Python labs, and video-based assessment ensures authentic learning and career readiness for modern finance roles.
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