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IBM Watson Projects

You're reading from   IBM Watson Projects Eight exciting projects that put artificial intelligence into practice for optimal business performance

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789343717
Length 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Armen Pischdotchian Armen Pischdotchian
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James D. Miller James D. Miller
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. The Essentials of IBM Watson FREE CHAPTER 2. A Basic Watson Project 3. An Automated Supply Chain Scenario 4. Healthcare Dialoguing 5. Social Media Sentiment Analysis 6. Pattern Recognition and Classification 7. Retail and Personalized Recommendations 8. Integration for Sales Forecasting 9. Anomaly Detection in Banking Using AI 10. What's Next 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

The problem defined

As we said, we'll keep this first project example quite simple by focusing more on concepts and fundamentals, rather than spending time defining and exploring every detail (that will come in subsequent chapters!).

Let's start with some background. Suppose there is a group providing state-wide transportation services. This group originally began with a single driver, a car, and a van. Over time, the owner sold out to a group of investors who have evolved the company, now employing a large team of professional drivers and offering a full range of (driving) services for individuals and specific events, with vehicles chosen from an inventory of specialized vehicles. The owners are enjoying a steady business but not, unfortunately, steady profits. What can be done?

From the beginning, drivers had to log all information about each trip and submit that...

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