Learning IBM Watson Analytics

Make the most advanced predictive analytical processes easy using Watson Analytics with this easy-to-follow practical guide

About This Book

• This is the first and the only book on IBM Watson Analytics, and it shows you how to leverage Watson in an enterprise environment through rich use cases
• Incorporate Watson Analytics into your business strategy and confidently add this cutting edge expertise to your resume
• This book is written by James D Miller, IBM-certified expert and accomplished Director and Sr. Project Leader

Who This Book Is For

If you want to perform data discovery and analysis and make sense of data you have, this book for you. Data scientists can also use this book to explore a new way to perform data analysis tasks on cloud with ease. This book does not require a programming background.

What You Will Learn

• Study the language of Watson while you discover how easy it is to access and configure
• Review what a Watson use case is, why it's important, and how to identify one
• Design Watson Analytical solutions based upon your use cases
• Understand the basic concepts behind the content analysis cycle and where Watson fits in
• Explore all the features of Watson, such as Explore, Predict, and Assemble
• Customize and extend your Watson solutions
• Use Watson at the Enterprise level
• Integrate Watson with other toolsets

In Detail

Today, only a small portion of businesses actually use a real analytical tool as part of routine decision making. IBM Watson Analytics is changing that making the most advanced and predictive analytical techniques understandable and usable for any industry.

This book will be the vital tour guide for your trip, starting with what IBM Watson Analytics is. We'll start off with introduction to Watson Analytics and then quickly move on to various use cases under which one can use the different analytics functionalities offered by Watson. During the course of the book, you will learn how to design solutions, and customize and extend Watson analytics. We will conclude by taking Watson Analytics to enterprise and integrating it with other solutions (other IBM solutions and analytics). Now is the time for you to learn IBM Watson to compete in the world.

Style and approach

Watson provides individuals with the ability to perform sophisticated data discovery and analysis without all of the complexity that usually goes along with it. This book will get you started with Watson analytics and how you can use it in day-to-day data analysis. The book introduces the key concepts and terminology and then uses practical use case examples to reinforce your understanding.

利用這本易於理解的實用指南，輕鬆地使用Watson Analytics來進行最先進的預測分析流程。

關於本書：
- 這是關於IBM Watson Analytics的第一本也是唯一的一本書，它向您展示了如何通過豐富的使用案例在企業環境中利用Watson。
- 將Watson Analytics納入您的業務策略中，並自信地將這項尖端專業知識添加到您的簡歷中。
- 本書由James D Miller撰寫，他是IBM認證專家、傑出的主管和高級項目負責人。

本書適合對象：
- 如果您想進行數據探索和分析，並理解您所擁有的數據，那麼這本書適合您。數據科學家也可以使用本書來探索在雲端上執行數據分析任務的新方法。本書不需要具備編程背景。

您將學到什麼：
- 學習Watson的語言，同時發現訪問和配置Watson有多麼簡單。
- 檢視Watson使用案例的定義、重要性以及如何識別使用案例。
- 根據您的使用案例設計Watson分析解決方案。
- 理解內容分析週期的基本概念以及Watson的定位。
- 探索Watson的所有功能，例如探索、預測和組合。
- 自定義和擴展您的Watson解決方案。
- 在企業級使用Watson。
- 將Watson與其他工具集集成。

詳細內容：
- 如今，只有很少一部分企業實際上在日常決策中使用真正的分析工具。IBM Watson Analytics正在改變這一點，使最先進和預測性的分析技術對任何行業都易於理解和使用。
- 本書將成為您旅程的重要導遊，從介紹IBM Watson Analytics開始。我們將首先介紹Watson Analytics，然後迅速轉向不同使用案例，介紹Watson提供的不同分析功能。在本書的過程中，您將學習如何設計解決方案，以及如何自定義和擴展Watson分析。最後，我們將將Watson Analytics應用到企業中，並將其與其他解決方案（包括其他IBM解決方案和分析工具）集成。現在是您學習IBM Watson以在世界上競爭的時候了。

風格和方法：
- Watson使個人能夠進行複雜的數據探索和分析，而不需要處理通常伴隨複雜性的所有問題。本書將帶您入門Watson分析，以及如何在日常數據分析中使用它。本書介紹了關鍵概念和術語，並使用實際使用案例示例來加強您的理解。