From Data to Decision with Big Data and Predictive Analytics Training Course
Audience
If you are trying to make sense of the data you have access to or wish to analyze unstructured data available on the internet (such as Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), this course is designed for you.
The primary focus is on decision-makers and individuals who need to determine which data is worth collecting and analyzing.
While the course is not intended for those configuring the solution, they can still benefit from understanding the broader context.
Delivery Mode
During the course, participants will be presented with practical examples of mostly open-source technologies.
Short lectures will be followed by presentations and simple exercises for the attendees to complete.
Content and Software Used
All software used in the course is updated each time it is delivered, ensuring we use the latest versions available.
The content covers the entire process from data acquisition, formatting, processing, and analysis, explaining how to automate decision-making processes using machine learning.
This course is available as onsite live training in Uzbekistan or online live training.Course Outline
Quick Overview
- Data Sources
- Minding Data
- Recommender systems
- Target Marketing
Datatypes
- Structured vs unstructured
- Static vs streamed
- Attitudinal, behavioural and demographic data
- Data-driven vs user-driven analytics
- data validity
- Volume, velocity and variety of data
Models
- Building models
- Statistical Models
- Machine learning
Data Classification
- Clustering
- kGroups, k-means, the nearest neighbours
- Ant colonies, birds flocking
Predictive Models
- Decision trees
- Support vector machine
- Naive Bayes classification
- Neural networks
- Markov Model
- Regression
- Ensemble methods
ROI
- Benefit/Cost ratio
- Cost of software
- Cost of development
- Potential benefits
Building Models
- Data Preparation (MapReduce)
- Data cleansing
- Choosing methods
- Developing model
- Testing Model
- Model evaluation
- Model deployment and integration
Overview of Open Source and commercial software
- Selection of R-project package
- Python libraries
- Hadoop and Mahout
- Selected Apache projects related to Big Data and Analytics
- Selected commercial solution
- Integration with existing software and data sources
Requirements
Understanding of traditional data management and analysis methods like SQL, data warehouses, business intelligence, OLAP, etc... Understanding of basic statistics and probability (mean, variance, probability, conditional probability, etc....)
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