Predictive analytics the power to predict who will click, buy, lie, or die

You have been predicted - by companies, governments, law enforcement, hospitals, and universities. Their computers say, ""I knew you were going to do that!"" These institutions are seizing upon the power to predict whether you're going to click, buy, lie, or die.Why? For goo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Siegel, Eric, 1968- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc [2013]
Edición:1st edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627707906719
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Sumario:You have been predicted - by companies, governments, law enforcement, hospitals, and universities. Their computers say, ""I knew you were going to do that!"" These institutions are seizing upon the power to predict whether you're going to click, buy, lie, or die.Why? For good reason: predicting human behavior combats financial risk, fortifies healthcare, conquers spam, toughens crime fighting, and boosts sales.How? Prediction is powered by the world's most potent, booming unnatural resource: data. Accumulated in large part as the by-product of routine tasks, d
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9781118416853
9781118420621
9781299192706