The science of data: Basic course. KELLEHER J., Thierny B.

The purpose of the science of data is to improve the decision -making process, finding useful non -obvious patterns in large data arrays.

Today, the science of data is used in almost all areas: you see advertisements selected specially for you, films and books recommended on the basis of your preferences, links to alleged friends in social networks, filtered letters in a spam folder.

This book introduces the basics of the science of data. It covers all key aspects, starting with the history of the development of data collection and analysis and ending with ethical problems associated with the confidentiality of information. The authors explain how neural networks and machine learning work, give examples of analysis of a business problem and how they can be solved, talk about areas on which the science of data will have the greatest influence in the future.