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Understand the principles and practices of machine learning and deep learning 

This hands-on guide lays out machine learning and deep learning techniques and technologies in a style that is approachable, using just the basic math required. Written by a pair of experts in the field, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Using Python and TensorFlow contains case studies in several industries, including banking, insurance, e-commerce, retail, and healthcare. The book shows how to utilize machine learning and deep learning functions in today’s smart devices and apps. You will get download links for datasets, code, and sample projects referred to in the text.

Coverage includes:

Machine learning and deep learning conceptsPython programming and statistics fundamentalsRegression and logistic regressionDecision treesModel selection and cross-validationCluster analysisRandom forests and boostingArtificial neural networksTensorFlow and KerasDeep learning hyperparametersConvolutional neural networksRecurrent neural networks and long short-term memory

Going Corporate: A Geek's Guide shows technology workers how to gain the understanding and skills necessary for becoming an effective, promotable manager or sought-after consultant or freelancer. Technology professionals typically dive deeply into small pieces of technology - like lines of code or the design of a circuit. As a result, they may have trouble seeing the bigger picture and how their work supports an organization's goals. But ignoring or dismissing the business or operational aspects of projects and products can lead to career stagnation. In fact, understanding the larger business environment is essential for those who want a management job, a consulting gig, or to one day start a business. It's also essential for those who have been promoted and find themselves flailing for lack of a business education. Going Corporate: A Geek's Guide to the rescue! This book is designed to help readers gain management skills, insight, and practical understanding of essential business and operational topics. Readers will learn to develop project and program management skills, deliver service efficiently and improve processes, implement governance, analyze financial statements, and much more. After reading this book, technology professionals will understand such things as enterprise architecture, IT operations management, strategic and financial management - and how each relates to the others. Detailed case studies help cement an understanding of how an IT organization and its workers succeed in the 21st century. This book: * Illustrates how pieces of the business puzzle fit together to form a robust enterprise * Prepares readers to get promoted into management * Explains the key management skills and knowledge required for a successful IT career What you'll learn * The skills and knowledge it takes to be an effective project, program, or mid-level manager, in-demand consultant - or even a C-level executive * How your current job fits into the bigger picture * What your organization must do to create customers and make a profit * How good governance turns strategy into effective action * How understanding finances - corporate or departmental - can help unlock business potential * The tools necessary for making sound operational decisions Who this book is for * Workers in the technology trenches wondering how to improve career potential * Technology professionals aiming for management positions * Fresh graduates starting a career in the corporate world * Recently promoted managers with little or no business education * Students in technical or business programs This book will also be useful for practicing engineers and managers as a refresher course on operational challenges encountered in the day-to-day life of technology executives. Table of Contents * Understanding Enterprise IT * Project Management: A Different Perspective * Delivery and Program Management * Service Delivery Management * Portfolio Management * Presales, Bid Management, and Sales and Marketing * Infrastructure Elements * The Cloud: Fundamentals, Strategy, and Economics * The Fascinating World of Finance * IT and Business Processes * IT and Business Analytics * IT and Operations Management * Corporate Governance in IT Companies * IT in Modern Vehicle Development Programs * Streamlining IT Using Service-Oriented Architecture * Strategic Thinking and the Evolution of Information Systems * What Managers Are Discussing * What CIOs Are Discussing * References and Suggested Readings

Practical Business Analytics Using SAS: A Hands-on Guide shows SAS users and businesspeople how to analyze data effectively in real-life business scenarios. The book begins with an introduction to analytics, analytical tools, and SAS programming. The authors—both SAS, statistics, analytics, and big data experts—first show how SAS is used in business, and then how to get started programming in SAS by importing data and learning how to manipulate it. Besides illustrating SAS basic functions, you will see how each function can be used to get the information you need to improve business performance. Each chapter offers hands-on exercises drawn from real business situations. The book then provides an overview of statistics, as well as instruction on exploring data, preparing it for analysis, and testing hypotheses. You will learn how to use SAS to perform analytics and model using both basic and advanced techniques like multiple regression, logistic regression, and time series analysis, among other topics. The book concludes with a chapter on analyzing big data. Illustrations from banking and other industries make the principles and methods come to life.Readers will find just enough theory to understand the practical examples and case studies, which cover all industries. Written for a corporate IT and programming audience that wants to upgrade skills or enter the analytics field, this book includes:More than 200 examples and exercises, including code and datasets for practice. Relevant examples for all industries.Case studies that show how to use SAS analytics to identify opportunities, solve complicated problems, and chart a course.Practical Business Analytics Using SAS: A Hands-on Guide gives you the tools you need to gain insight into the data at your fingertips, predict business conditions for better planning, and make excellent decisions. Whether you are in retail, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, government, or any other industry, this book will help your organization increase revenue, drive down costs, improve marketing, and satisfy customers better than ever before.