Predictive Analytics books

[#1]

Hi all,

To get started and understanding the basics, could some one recommend me books on Predictive Analytics. For now I don't need technical concepts.

I want to know what algorithms & .... to use and for what & how in functional way.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_12/189-9858310-0951520?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keyword...

[Boris]

Hello RUC,

maybe this Link can help you for the beginning.

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-43307

For more details you should read some books about Data-Mining and multivariate statistics.

greetings

boris

[Former Member]

Thanks for the input

Do you recommend any specific books in particular ??

[Former Member]

I started learning about PA with

Data Mining Techniques: For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management by Gordon S. Linoff and Michael J. Berry

[Former Member]

I am reading and particularly enjoy An Introduction to Statistical Learning with applications in R
by James, Witten, Hastie and Tibshirani. The book is available for free via pdf at http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/index.html with permission of the authors and publisher. It is a great introduction to many predictive models that is a bit easier math-wise than Elements of Statistical Learning that was mentioned in a different post. They are both excellent books. ISLR has great R labs at the end of each chapter.

Have fun,

JD