Cognitive computing and big data analytics

This is a comprehensive guide to learning technologies that unlock the value in big data. Cognitive computing provides detailed guidance toward building a new class of systems that learn from experience and derive insights to unlock the value of big data. This book helps technologists understand cognitive computings underlying technologies, from knowledge representation techniques and natural language processing algorithms to dynamic learning approaches based on accumulated evidence, rather than reprogramming. Detailed case examples from the financial, healthcare, and manufacturing walk readers step-by-step through the design and testing of cognitive systems, and expert perspectives from organizations such as Cleveland Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, as well as commercial vendors that are creating solutions. These organizations provide insight into the real-world implementation of cognitive computing systems. The IBM Watson cognitive computing platform is described in a detailed chapter because of its significance in helping to define this emerging market.

Machine generated contents note: Cognitive Computing as a New Generation -- The Uses of Cognitive Systems -- What Makes a System Cognitive? -- Gaining Insights from Data -- Domains Where Cognitive Computing Is Well Suited -- Artificial Intelligence as the Foundation of Cognitive Computing -- Understanding Cognition -- Two Systems of Judgment and Choice -- System 1-Automatic Thinking: Intuition and Biases -- System 2-Controlled, Rule-Centric, and Concentrated Effort -- Understanding Complex Relationships Between Systems -- Types of Adaptive Systems -- The Elements of a Cognitive System -- Infrastructure and Deployment Modalities -- Data Access, Metadata, and Management Services -- The Corpus, Taxonomies, and Data Catalogs -- Data Analytics Services -- Continuous Machine Learning -- Hypothesis Generation and Evaluation -- The Learning Process -- Presentation and Visualization Services -- Cognitive Applications -- Summary -- Components of a Cognitive System -- Building the Corpus.

Contents note continued: Corpus Management Regulatory and Security Considerations -- Bringing Data into the Cognitive System -- Leveraging Internal and External Data Sources -- Data Access and Feature Extr…