Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 14:54:38 -0800
From: Kerry Martin kerry@salford-systems.com
Subject: Courses on "Data-Mining with Decision Trees" --
Introduction to CART Tutorial and a NEW Advanced CART Techniques Seminar
Web: http://www.salford-systems.com/training.html
DATA MINING WITH DECISION TREES
** Introduction to CART(r) Tutorial **
** NEW Advanced CART Techniques Seminar **
INTRODUCTION TO CART. This popular two-day seminar is for business users
and IT audiences interested in understanding decision-tree technology: what
it is, why it works, how it has been used, and how it can help you better
understand your data. On Day 1, master decision-tree fundamentals ...
learn about decision-tree applications ... how to build and interpret CART
trees ... and how to use advanced options -- alternative splitting rules,
prior probabilities, differential costs of misclassification -- to
construct more robust predictive models. On Day 2, put what you have
learned to the test on your own data during a hands-on CART session.
ADVANCED CART TECHNIQUES. Sharpen your decision-tree expertise during this
one-day advanced course for analysts and modelers with prior knowledge of
tree algorithms. Using case studies, seminar topics include:
* hybridizing decision trees with logistic regression and neural nets
* combining multiple trees via bagging, boosting, repeated sampling, and
varying priors
* understanding the strategy behind alternative splitting rules and
their
characteristic strengths, weaknesses and signatures
* how CART implements variable costs of misclassifications -- separating
growing with costs from pruning with costs
* emerging topics in decision trees -- highlights of recent developments
FOR MORE INFORMATION call 619.543.8880, send an email to
kerry@salford-systems.com or visit
http://www.salford-systems.com/training.html
Kerry Martin
Salford Systems
8880 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 1045
San Diego, CA 92108
619.543.8880 tel
619.543.8888 fax
kerry@salford-systems.com
http://www.salford-systems.com
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