Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Data Science and Prediction


From the abstract: "The use of the term “Data Science” is becoming increasingly common along with “Big Data.” What does Data Science mean? Is there something unique about it? What skills should a “data scientist” possess to be productive in the emerging digital age characterized by a deluge of data? What are the implications for business and for scientific inquiry? In this brief monograph I address these questions from a predictive modeling perspective." Read more