By U Dinesh Kumar, Kumar Rahul
Machine Learning Using R aims to make ML concepts and model development using R simpler for students and practitioners. This book covers the theoretical concepts behind ML algorithms and illustrates use of R for developing ML models using datasets from customer relationship management, healthcare, finance, human resource management, social media, and sports. The book discusses challenges and remedies in building machine learning models using several real-life cases which the authors have worked upon as a part of consulting engagements.
Dr. Dinesh Kumar has over 25 years of teaching and research experience. He has published more than 70 research articles in leading academic journals. Forty of his case studies on Business Analytics based on Indian and multinational organizations have been published at the Harvard Business Publishing’s (HBP) case portal. Nine of his case studies are best sellers at HBP.
Recognised as one of the Top 10 Most Prominent Analytic Academicians in India, his main research and teaching interests are Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, and he has published 38 case studies at the Harvard Business Publishing on data science and machine learning, Nine of his case studies are best-sellers at the Harvard Business Publishing case portal. He has authored more than 70 research articles, and two books. His books, Business Analytics – The Science of Data-Driven Decision-Making and Machine Learning using Python are Amazon India best-sellers.
Dr Dinesh Kumar has conducted training program on Analytics for several companies such as Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Ashok Leyland, Asian Paints, Bank of America, Blue Ocean Market Intelligence, Cisco, Fidelity, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Honeywell, Infosys, ITC Info Tech, Madya Pradesh Agency for Promotion of Information Technology (MAPIT), National Academy for Defence Production, Ocwen financial Services, SONY and so on. Dr Dinesh Kumar conducts corporate training programme in Analytics and trained more than 1000 professionals in the field of analytics.
Kumar Rahul is an Engineering graduate from National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, and an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). His professional career spans more than 16 years in the corporate and academic fields. Rahul is passionate about exploring data using a variety of tools and techniques. He has worked with companies like Satyam Computers, Nokia Siemens, and Deloitte Consulting and has also been a founding member of a few start-ups.