Modern Analytics Methodologies: Driving Business Value with Analytics

To my son, Cole, may you help make the world abetter place with your math, science, and technologytalent. To my mother, who taught me how to begraceful and loving. To my father, who passed hismath gene on to me and taught me that there are nolimits in life other than those you impose on yourself.To my adopted family, Lisa, Pei Yee, Patrick, Jenny,and Angel, thank you for your love and support.

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—Michele

To my wife, Ann; my two sons, Thomas and Michael;my late nephew Jeffrey Thomas Dinsmore; my father,Ralph Boone Dinsmore; and to my grandfather ...