Take a deep dive into the concepts of machine learning as they apply to contemporary business and management. You will learn how machine learning techniques are used to solve fundamental and complex problems in society and industry. Machine Learning for Decision Makers serves as an excellent resource for establishing the relationship of machine learning with IoT, big data, and cognitive and cloud computing to give you an overview of how these modern areas of computing relate to each other. This book introduces a collection of the most important concepts of machine learning and sets them in context with other vital technologies that decision makers need to know about. These concepts span the process from envisioning the problem to applying machine-learning techniques to your particular situation. This discussion also provides an insight to help deploy the results to improve decision-making. The book uses case studies and jargon busting to help you grasp the theory of machine learning quickly. You'll soon gain the big picture of machine learning and how it fits with other cutting-edge IT services. This knowledge will give you confidence in your decisions for the future of your business. What You Will Learn Discover the machine learning, big data, and cloud and cognitive computing technology stack Gain insights into machine learning concepts and practices Understand business and enterprise decision-making using machine learning Absorb machine-learning best practices Who This Book Is For Managers tasked with making key decisions who want to learn how and when machine learning and related technologies can help them.

Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making There are always difficulties in making machines that learn from experience. Complete information is not always available—or it becomes available in bits and pieces over a period of time. With respect to systemic learning, there is a need to understand the impact of decisions and actions on a system over that period of time. This book takes a holistic approach to addressing that need and presents a new paradigm—creating new learning applications and, ultimately, more intelligent machines. The first book of its kind in this new and growing field, Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning for Decision Making focuses on the specialized research area of machine learning and systemic machine learning. It addresses reinforcement learning and its applications, incremental machine learning, repetitive failure-correction mechanisms, and multiperspective decision making. Chapters include: Introduction to Reinforcement and Systemic Machine Learning Fundamentals of Whole-System, Systemic, and Multiperspective Machine Learning Systemic Machine Learning and Model Inference and Information Integration Adaptive Learning Incremental Learning and Knowledge Representation Knowledge Augmentation: A Machine Learning Perspective Building a Learning System With the potential of this paradigm to become one of the more utilized in its field, professionals in the area of machine and systemic learning will find this book to be a valuable resource.

Learn modern-day technologies from modern-day technical giants.KEY FEATURES1. Real-world success and failure stories of artificial intelligence explained2. Understand concepts of artificial intelligence and deep learning methods 3. Learn how to use artificial intelligence and deep learning methods4. Know how to prepare dataset and implement models using industry leading Python packages 5. You'll be able to apply and analyze the results produced by the models for predictionDESCRIPTION The aim of this book is to help the readers understand the concept of artificial intelligence and deep learning methods and implement them into their businesses and organizations. The first two chapters describe the introduction of the artificial intelligence and deep learning methods. In the first chapter, the concept of human thinking process, starting from the biochemical responses within the structure of neurons to the problem-solving steps through computational thinking skills are discussed. All chapters after the first two should be considered as the study of different technological and Artificial Intelligence giants of current age. These chapters are placed in a way that each chapter could be considered a separate study of a separate company, which includes the achievements of intelligent services currently provided by the company, discussion on the business model of the company towards the use of the deep learning technologies, the advancement of the web services which are incorporated with intelligent capability introduced by company, the efforts of the company in contributing to the development of the artificial intelligence and deep learning research. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN How to use the algorithms written in the Python programming language to design models and perform predictions in general datasetsUnderstand use cases in different industries related to the implementation of artificial intelligence and deep learning methodsLearn the use of potential ideas in artificial intelligence and deep learning methods to improve the operational processes or new products and how services can be produced based on the methodsWHO THIS BOOK IS FORThis book is targeted to business and organization leaders, technology enthusiasts, professionals, and managers who seek knowledge of artificial intelligence and deep learning methods.Table of Contents1. Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning2. Data Science for Business Analysis3. Decision Making4. Intelligent Computing Strategies By Google 5. Cognitive Learning Services in IBM Watson6. Advancement web services by Baidu 7. Improved Social Business by Facebook8. Personalized Intelligent Computing by Apple9. Cloud Computing Intelligent by MicrosoftAbout the AuthorDr. Jagreet KaurDr. Jagreet Kaur is a doctorate in computer science and engineering. Her topic of thesis was "e;ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ANALYTICAL PLATFORM FOR PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS IN HEALTH CARE."e; With more than 12 years of experience in academics and research, she is working in data wrangling, machine learning and deeplearning algorithms on large datasets, real-time data often in production environments for data science solutions and data products to get actionable insights for the last four years. She also possesses ten international publications and five national publications under her name.Her skill set includes data engineering skills (Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Hive, Flume, Scoop, and Elasticsearch), programming skills (Python, Angularjs, D3.js , Machine Learning, and R), data science skills (Statistics, Machine Learning, NLP, NLTK, Artificial Intelligence, R, Python, Pandas, Sklearn, Hadoop, SQL, Statistical Modeling, Data Munging, Decision Science, Machine Learning, Graph Analysis, Text Mining and Optimization, and Web Scraping, Deep learning packages:- Theano, Keras, Tensorflow, Pytorch, Julia) and Algorithms Specialization (Regression Algorithms: Linear Regression, Random Forest Regressor, XGBoost, SVR, Ridge Regression, Lasso Regression, Neural Networks Classification Algorithms: Decision Trees, Random Forest Classifier, Support Vector Machines(SVM), Logistic Regression, KNN Classifier, Neural Network, Clustering Algorithms: K-Means, DBSCAN, Deep Learning Algorithms: Simple RNN, LSTM Network, GRU)Currently, she works as a Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Data Scientist in Xenonstack. Under her Guidance, more than 400 projects are already developed and productionized which also includes more than 200 AI and data science projects. Navdeep Singh GillNaveed Singh Gill is a technology and solution architect having more than 15 years of experience in the IT and Telecom industry. For the past six years, he is working in big data analytics, automation and advanced analytics using machine learning and deep learning for planning and architecting of data science solutions and data products. He's also working in 3 As (Analytics, Automation, and AI), more focused on writing software for building data lake, analytics platform , NoSQL deployments, data migration, data modelling tasks, ML/DL on real-time data often in production environments.He started his career with HFCL Infotel as a network engineer for managing the technical network of Broadband Customers with Linux servers and Cisco routers. He also worked in Ericsson, where he handled the synchronization plan and implementation for synchronization of Microwave Network and Media Gateway, MSS, and Core Network. SSU Implementation Planning and Optimization with respect to IP RAN, Mobile Backhaul Solution- Optimization of Existing Microwave Network to Ethernet, Microwave Hybrid Solution, Convergence to all IP, SIU Implementation for conversion to IP of Existing BTS,GB over IP.His area of expertise includes Hadoop, Openstack, DevOps, Kubernetes, Dockers, Amazon web services, Apache Spark, Apache Storm, Apache Kafka, Hbase, Solr, Apache FlinkNutch, Mapreduce, Pig, Hive, Flume, Scoop, ElasticSearch, and programming expertise includes Python, Angular.js, and Node.js.

This book provides a hands-on introduction to Machine Learning (ML) from a multidisciplinary perspective that does not require a background in data science or computer science. It explains ML using simple language and a straightforward approach guided by real-world examples in areas such as health informatics, information technology, and business analytics. The book will help readers understand the various key algorithms, major software tools, and their applications. Moreover, through examples from the healthcare and business analytics fields, it demonstrates how and when ML can help them make better decisions in their disciplines. The book is chiefly intended for undergraduate and graduate students who are taking an introductory course in machine learning. It will also benefit data analysts and anyone interested in learning ML approaches.

This book provides an ideal foundation for readers to understand the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques to expert systems in the healthcare sector. It starts with an introduction to the topic and presents chapters which progressively explain decision-making theory that helps solve problems which have multiple criteria that can affect the outcome of a decision. Key aspects of the subject such as machine learning in healthcare, prediction techniques, mathematical models and classification of healthcare problems are included along with chapters which delve in to advanced topics on data science (deep-learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and practical examples (influenza epidemiology and retinoblastoma treatment analysis). Key Features: - Introduces readers to the basics of AI and ML in expert systems for healthcare - Focuses on a problem solving approach to the topic - Provides information on relevant decision-making theory and data science used in the healthcare industry - Includes practical applications of AI and ML for advanced readers - Includes bibliographic references for further reading The reference is an accessible source of knowledge on multi-criteria decision-support systems in healthcare for medical consultants, healthcare policy makers, researchers in the field of medical biotechnology, oncology and pharmaceutical research and development.

The objective of this edited book is to share the outcomes from various research domains to develop efficient, adaptive, and intelligent models to handle the challenges related to decision making. It incorporates the advances in machine intelligent techniques such as data streaming, classification, clustering, pattern matching, feature selection, and deep learning in the decision-making process for several diversified applications such as agriculture, character recognition, landslide susceptibility, recommendation systems, forecasting air quality, healthcare, exchange rate prediction, and image dehazing. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for scientists, researchers, practitioners, and educators to share their thoughts in the context of recent innovations, trends, developments, practical challenges, and advancements in the field of data mining, machine learning, soft computing, and decision science. It also focuses on the usefulness of applied intelligent techniques in the decision-making process in several aspects. To address these objectives, this edited book includes a dozen chapters contributed by authors from around the globe. The authors attempt to solve these complex problems using several intelligent machine-learning techniques. This allows researchers to understand the mechanism needed to harness the decision-making process using machine-learning techniques for their own respective endeavors.

Building on , this volume on Optimization and Decision Making covers a range of algorithms and their applications. Like the first volume, it provides a starting point for machine learning enthusiasts as a comprehensive guide on classical optimization methods. It also provides an in-depth overview on how artificial intelligence can be used to define, disprove or validate economic modeling and decision making concepts.

During the course of the process of making a choice, we rely on a variety of presumptions, premises, and the circumstances; all of this is directed by the goal that is related with the decision itself. However, the premises and the knowledge of the corporation are dependent on our data since they are an essential component of our organization as a system. The context and the assumptions are both external factors that are beyond the control of any decision maker. Both the background and the assumptions represent outside forces that are not within the control of any decision maker. A prominent example of a conceptual error is the misunderstanding that exists between data and information, which in reality correspond to entirely distinct ideas. This misunderstanding is a common occurrence. In point of fact, information and data cannot in any way be substituted for one another in any context. To put this another way, there is no guarantee that the data will be consistent, comparable, or traceable, despite the fact that we are able to collect data from a broad variety of distinct data sources. This is because there are so many diverse data sources. Because of this, in order for us to make a decision, we need to have a good comprehension of both the component that is presently being examined and the data that is linked with it at the present time. Only then will we be able to make an informed choice. The identification of the system itself is the first step that must be taken before any other aspects of the system, such as its boundaries, context, subsystems, feedback, inputs, and outputs, can be determined. Because of this, it is significant because, according to the point of view connected with general system theory, it is necessary to identify the system that is being discussed. In order to get a more in-depth understanding of the system, we must first begin by defining it. After that, we may proceed to quantifying each associated quality in order to achieve this goal. This would make it possible for us to have a better understanding of the system. Because of this, in order for us to collect information on the topic of the research, we will initially need to measure it in order to quantify the characteristics that are associated with it. For this, we will need to perform certain measurements on the subject. After that, we will establish the indicators that will be applied for the purpose of determining the value of each measure, and we will do so by utilizing the results of the stage that came before it. Within the context of this method, the Measurement and Evaluation (M&E) process can gain an advantage from making use of a conceptual framework that is built on top of an underlying ontology. The M&E framework makes it possible to describe the basic ideas, which prepares the way for a measurement process to be carried out in a manner that is consistent and repeatable. This is made possible by the fact that the framework makes it possible to specify the essential concepts. The ability of a measuring process to be automated is of the utmost significance, even if it is required for a measuring process to give findings that are consistent, comparable, and traceable. The ability of a measuring process to be automated is of the utmost relevance. Because the activities that take place in today's economy take place in real time, we need to pay considerable attention to the use of online monitoring in order to notice and avoid a variety of different scenarios while they are happening. Because of this, we will be able to reduce risk while maximizing our efficiency. In this regard, the functionality of the measurement and evaluation frameworks is an extremely valuable asset, as they make it possible to organize and automate the process of measuring in a manner that is consistent. This makes the frameworks an exceptionally helpful asset. As a result of this, the frameworks are a very useful asset. As soon as it is feasible to guarantee that the measurements are comparable, consistent, and traceable, the method of decision-making will naturally be based on their history, which will consist of the measurements collected throughout the years. This will be the case as soon as it is possible to guarantee that the measurements are comparable, consistent, and traceable. This will take place as soon as it is practical to assure that the measurements are comparable, consistent, and traceable. In this regard, the organizational memory is of special importance due to the fact that it makes it possible to store prior organizational experience and knowledge in order to get ready for future proposals (that is, as the foundation for a range of different assumptions and premises, among other things). In this regard, the organizational memory is of particular use. Because of this, the organizational memory is a component that is of very high importance. Measurements and the experiences that are associated with them provide continuous nourishment for the organizational memory, and the organizational memory provides the foundation for the feedback that is utilized in the process of decision making.

The past few years have demonstrated how civil infrastructure continues to experience an unprecedented scale of extreme loading conditions (i.e. hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes). Despite recent advancements in various civil engineering disciplines, specific to the analysis, design and assessment of structures, it is unfortunate that it is common nowadays to witness large scale damage in buildings, bridges and other infrastructure. The analysis, design and assessment of infrastructure comprises of a multitude of dimensions spanning a highly complex paradigm across material sciences, structural engineering, construction and planning among others. While traditional methods fall short of adequately accounting for such complexity, fortunately, computational intelligence presents novel solutions that can effectively tackle growing demands of intense extreme events and modern designs of infrastructure – especially in this era where infrastructure is reaching new heights and serving larger populations with high social awareness and expectations. Computational Intelligence for Analysis, Design and Assessment of Civil Infrastructure highlights the growing trend of fostering the use of CI to realize contemporary, smart and safe infrastructure. This is an emerging area that has not fully matured yet and hence the book will draw considerable interest and attention. In a sense, the book presents results of innovative efforts supplemented with case studies from leading researchers that can be used as benchmarks to carryout future experiments and/or facilitate development of future experiments and advanced numerical models. The book is written with the intention to serve as a guide for a wide audience including senior postgraduate students, academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and practicing engineers working in civil, structural and mechanical engineering. - Presents the fundamentals of AI/ML and how they can be applied in civil and environmental engineering - Shares the latest advances in explainable and interpretable methods for AI/ML in the context of civil and environmental engineering - Focuses on civil and environmental engineering applications (day-to-day and extreme events) and features case studies and examples covering various aspects of applications