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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)

Results

The following screenshot shows our Watson Analytics prediction based upon our selected target:

Watson Analytics prediction

We can see that Watson Analytics has performed its analysis and has determined that the number of illnesses is driven by the Initiator field. This can be clearly seen by examining the gray bullseye, as shown in the following screenshot:

The blue dot (the only dot) shows us that Initiator is a predictor of Number of Illness, with a Predictive Strength of 39.4%. Predictive strength is the measurement used to show the importance of a field in relationship to its ability to help predict an outcome. The higher the predictive strength, the stronger the correlation with what is being predicted.

Data quality of the prediction

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