{"product_id":"improved-decision-making-in-data-mining-eric-kyper-9783836489850","title":"Improved Decision-making in Data Mining","description":"This book explores model selection using decision trees based on discretized data, and the accompanying implications this has for decision-makers. Model selection is a non-trivial exercise with a large impact on decision-making. An information criterion for selecting between competing decision tree models is presented along with a method for quantifying the opportunity costs of choosing a specific decision tree. After the initial information criterion development a real world example from an American insurance company call center is presented. The example includes the development of a program to automate data discretization, decision tree creation, and decision tree selection. A decision tree is chosen and critically analyzed from a managerial decision-making point of view. Actual call center performance data is used as input data and results are identified and presented in a way that is advantageous to managers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Kyper,Scott J. Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3836489856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783836489850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e VDM Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.11d","brand":"Eric Kyper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217644073215,"sku":"9783836489850","price":85.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42baa1fe-c050-4d14-99e3-c283afb244ea.jpg?v=1771998515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/improved-decision-making-in-data-mining-eric-kyper-9783836489850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}