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PMML in Action: Unleashing the Power of Open Standards for Data Mining and Predictive Analytics

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PMML (Predictive Model Markup Language) is the de facto standard used to represent and share predictive analytic solutions between applications. This enables data mining scientists and users alike to easily build, visualize, and deploy their solutions using different platforms and systems.This book presents PMML from a practical perspective. It contains a variety of code snippets so that concepts are made clear through the use of examples. "PMML in Action" is a great way to learn how to represent your predictive models through a mature open standard. The book is divided into six parts, taking you into a PMML journey in which language elements and attributes are used to represent not only modeling techniques but also data transformations.With PMML, users benefit from a single and concise standard to represent data and models, thus avoiding the need for custom code and proprietary solutions.You too can join the PMML movement! Unleash the power of predictive analytics and data mining today!
Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions

Summary
This book shows how current business trends are forcing organizations to build smarter systems and how these systems can help companies thrive. By focusing on decisions as distinct opportunities for improvement, the book provides unique perspective on how using established technologies in a new way can solve problems and create competitive advantage. The book is full of insightful examples of problems solved by applying Enterprise Decision Management across various industries and it outlines a practical and incremental method for implementing the technology.
Business Rules Community

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Business Rules Community is a vertical, non-commercial community for business rule professionals. BRCommunity provides articles, commentary, discussion areas, and a variety of other valuable hands-on resources.
CRISP-DM

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The CRISP-DM project developed an industry- and tool-neutral data mining process model. Starting from the embryonic knowledge discovery processes used in early data mining projects and responding directly to user requirements, this project defined and validated a data mining process that is applicable in diverse industry sectors. This methodology makes large data mining projects faster, cheaper, more reliable and more manageable. Even small scale data mining investigations benefit from using CRISP-DM.
Data Mining Group

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The Data Mining Group (DMG) is an independent, vendor-led group that develops data mining standards, such as the Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML).
INFORMS

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The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is the largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field of operations research (O.R.). The society serves the scientific and professional needs of O.R. educators, investigators, scientists, students, managers, and consultants, as well as the organizations they serve. The society organizes national and international conferences for academics and professionals, as well as members of the society's special interest groups. The Institute serves as a focal point for O.R. professionals, permitting them to communicate with each other and reach out to other professional societies, as well as the varied clientele of the profession's research and practice.
KDNuggets News

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KDnuggets News is a newsletter for the data mining and knowledge discovery community. KDnuggets News is free and includes news, software, jobs, courses, events, webcasts, and other topics related to data mining and knowledge discovery.
The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI)

Summary
TDWI provides in-depth, high-quality education and research in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry.

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