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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)

The top predictors

Having now created several predictions (or predictive models) throughout the other chapters of this book, you no doubt have noticed that when you create a new prediction in Watson Analytics, the prediction opens automatically so you can view it. While you are viewing a prediction, you can see a summary of the most important insights in your data (that is, the Summary or Top Predictors page) and explore specific fields in detail (by just clicking on them).

Again, the spiral visualization—referred to by some as the predictive bullseye—on the Top Predictors page shows the top key drivers, or predictors, in color, with other found predictors in gray. The closer the predictor is to the center of the spiral or bullseye, the stronger that predictor is.

There is also a visualization for each key predictor, giving you information about what drives each...