Acknowledgment
This, my first book, is dedicated to Steve Potts, an extraordinary teacher. He willingly gave up his lunchtimes and endless extra hours teaching an intense, hyperactive, and very inquisitive eleven-year old how to solder together computers and write 6502 assembly language. Amazingly, I can still do both! If you are reading this Steve, a huge "thank you"—it was time well invested. You kindled an interest for life that turned into a career that has taken me to some fascinating places no one could have imagined back then.
In chronological order, I would like to thank Dilip Ventakesh at Packt Publishing, who first approached me with the idea for this book back in 2011. Likewise to Professor Mark Whitehorn, Chair of Analytics at the University ...
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