Predictive Analytics and Data Mining

Acknowledgments

Writing a book is one of the most interesting and challenging endeavors one can take up. We grossly underestimated the effort it would take and the fulfillment it brings. This book would not have been possible without the support of our families, who granted us enough leeway in this time-consuming activity. We would like to thank the team at RapidMiner, who provided great help on everything, ranging from technical support to reviewing the chapters to answering questions on features of the product. Our special thanks to Ingo Mierswa for setting the stage for the book through the foreword. We greatly appreciate the thoughtful and insightful comments from our technical reviewers: Doug Schrimager from Slalom Consulting, Steven Reagan ...