TY - BOOK AU - Piegorsch,Walter W. TI - Statistical data analytics: foundations for data mining, informatics, and knowledge discovery SN - 9781118619650 U1 - 000SB:006.312 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Chichester : PB - John Wiley KW - Data mining KW - Statistics KW - Mathematical statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Data analytics and data mining -- 2. Basic probability and statistical distributions -- 3. Data manipulation -- 4. Data visualization and statistical graphics -- 5. Statistical inference -- 6. Techniques for supervised learning: simple linear regression -- 7. Techniques for supervised learning: multiple linear regression -- 8. Supervised learning: generalized linear models -- 9. Supervised learning: classification -- 10. Techniques for unsupervised learning: dimension reduction -- 11. Techniques for unsupervised learning: clustering and association -- A. Matrix manipulation -- B. Brief introduction to R N2 - A comprehensive introduction to statistical methods for data mining and knowledge discovery.Applications of data mining and 'big data' increasingly take center stage in our modern, knowledge-driven society, supported by advances in computing power, automated data acquisition, social media development and interactive, linkable internet software. This book presents a coherent, technical introduction to modern statistical learning and analytics, starting from the core foundations of statistics and probability. It includes an overview of probability and statistical distributions, basic ER -