Machine Learning Tools for Prediction of Business Outcomes

3 units

Machine Learning deals with algorithmic learning from data to predict the future. This course emphasizes data situations that students are likely to face in marketing, finance, manufacturing, and other business domains. Students will analyze business datasets using various advanced analytic techniques such as logistic regression, decision trees, random forest, stochastic gradient boosting, ensembles, and clustering, etc. The focus of the course lies in the conversion of raw business data into robust, actionable predictions for decision-making.