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IBM Watson Projects

By : James D. Miller
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IBM Watson Projects

By: James D. Miller

Overview of this book

IBM Watson provides fast, intelligent insight in ways that the human brain simply can't match. Through eight varied projects, this book will help you explore the computing and analytical capabilities of IBM Watson. The book begins by refreshing your knowledge of IBM Watson's basic data preparation capabilities, such as adding and exploring data to prepare it for being applied to models. The projects covered in this book can be developed for different industries, including banking, healthcare, media, and security. These projects will enable you to develop an AI mindset and guide you in developing smart data-driven projects, including automating supply chains, analyzing sentiment in social media datasets, and developing personalized recommendations. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to develop solutions for process automation, and you'll be able to make better data-driven decisions to deliver an excellent customer experience.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Starting the project

Let's get going.

In Watson Analytics Refine, it is easy to test our data quality column by column (click Refine, select our file, then click on the Data Metrics icon, which is shown as follows):

It would seem that there are plenty of columns that have very high (98 or above) data quality scores, for example, Advertisement ID, Age Range, Ethnic, and so on. This not only gives us confidence in whatever predictions Watson may come up with, but also affords us the ability to further refine our data to focus more on the specific needs or interests we may have.

For example, suppose we want to establish personal recommendations based upon user behavior of a certain age range? Or perhaps user ethnicities?

Initially, we are going to target those users who fall into the following categories:

  • Retirees (65 -74 years old and older than 75 years too)
  • Caucasian ...