Predictive Analytics

Revolution Analytics Review Summary Microsoft’s acquisition of Revolution Analytics was not just a good move – it was a brilliant move. Revolution Analytics supplies an enterprise grade version of the open source R analytics language, with associated runtime improvements, support for big data, developer tools and various support, consulting and…

TensorFlow – another of Google’s Machine Learning Babies Tensors are the main mathematical constructs used in Albert Einstein’s General Relativity. But now they are all the rage in machine learning, and fresh from Google’s own machine learning labs is TensorFlow. By their own admission the project is not complete, but…

Big data analytics is moving on. Until recently it meant wrestling with MapReduce and glueing a dozen or more components together to make a viable big data platform. The big data analytics tools listed below ‘shrink wrap’ big data technologies to some degree and make the whole effort much more…

Predictive Analytics Software Summary Predictive analytics works on the simple notion that historical data contains useful patterns of behavior that can be discovered by apply pattern seeking algorithms to those data. Any candidate patterns can then be tested and validated in various ways, and if found fit, can be used…

KNIME Review Summary KNIME offers an open source visual workbench for various forms of data analysis, including visualization, profiling, data transformation, reporting, data mining and the creation of predictive models. Its industrial strength is well demonstrated by its interfaces to, and embedding in a number of commercial big data and…

Data mining clustering methods are usually used for exploratory purposes and to gain insights into data. The most commonly used methods include k-Means, agglomerative hierarchical clustering and increasingly self organizing maps. The tools listed below support a wide variety of methods, some of which are particular to a given toolset. Toolkits…

Several python data visualization tools – some aimed at scientific work, and others with a more commercial touch. Bokeh is a Python interactive visualization library that targets modern web browsers for presentation. Its goal is to provide elegant, concise construction of novel graphics in the style of D3.js, but also…

Angoss provides a broad suite of analytical tools and solutions which cover predictive analytics, text analytics, document exploration, scorecards and advanced modelling in an integrated environment. It has recently expanded the capability of its products considerably to meet general model building needs and provide model management capabilities. It is truly…

Azure Machine Learning 2015 Microsoft seems to be serious about machine learning, having acquired Revolution Analytics (the commercial version of R), and now launching Azure Machine Learning. The company seems to have more urgency now it has a new CEO and certainly cannot be accused of dragging its feet. And…