AI Meets BI

AI Meets BI
Author: Lakshman Bulusu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000281930

With the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the business world, a new era of Business Intelligence (BI) has been ushered in to create real-world business solutions using analytics. BI developers and practitioners now have tools and technologies to create systems and solutions to guide effective decision making. Decisions can be made on the basis of more reliable and accurate information and intelligence, which can lead to valuable, actionable insights for business. Previously, BI professionals were stymied by bad or incomplete data, poorly architected solutions, or even just outright incapable systems or resources. With the advent of AI, BI has new possibilities for effectiveness. This is a long-awaited phase for practitioners and developers and, moreover, for executives and leaders relying on knowledgeable and intelligent decision making for their organizations. Beginning with an outline of the traditional methods for implementing BI in the enterprise and how BI has evolved into using self-service analytics, data discovery, and most recently AI, AI Meets BI first lays out the three typical architectures of the first, second, and third generations of BI. It then takes an in-depth look at various types of analytics and highlights how each of these can be implemented using AI-enabled algorithms and deep learning models. The crux of the book is four industry use cases. They describe how an enterprise can access, assess, and perform analytics on data by way of discovering data, defining key metrics that enable the same, defining governance rules, and activating metadata for AI/ML recommendations. Explaining the implementation specifics of each of these four use cases by way of using various AI-enabled machine learning and deep learning algorithms, this book provides complete code for each of the implementations, along with the output of the code, supplemented by visuals that aid in BI-enabled decision making. Concluding with a brief discussion of the cognitive computing aspects of AI, the book looks at future trends, including augmented analytics, automated and autonomous BI, and security and governance of AI-powered BI.

AI Meets BI

AI Meets BI
Author: Lakshman Bulusu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000281957

With the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the business world, a new era of Business Intelligence (BI) has been ushered in to create real-world business solutions using analytics. BI developers and practitioners now have tools and technologies to create systems and solutions to guide effective decision making. Decisions can be made on the basis of more reliable and accurate information and intelligence, which can lead to valuable, actionable insights for business. Previously, BI professionals were stymied by bad or incomplete data, poorly architected solutions, or even just outright incapable systems or resources. With the advent of AI, BI has new possibilities for effectiveness. This is a long-awaited phase for practitioners and developers and, moreover, for executives and leaders relying on knowledgeable and intelligent decision making for their organizations. Beginning with an outline of the traditional methods for implementing BI in the enterprise and how BI has evolved into using self-service analytics, data discovery, and most recently AI, AI Meets BI first lays out the three typical architectures of the first, second, and third generations of BI. It then takes an in-depth look at various types of analytics and highlights how each of these can be implemented using AI-enabled algorithms and deep learning models. The crux of the book is four industry use cases. They describe how an enterprise can access, assess, and perform analytics on data by way of discovering data, defining key metrics that enable the same, defining governance rules, and activating metadata for AI/ML recommendations. Explaining the implementation specifics of each of these four use cases by way of using various AI-enabled machine learning and deep learning algorithms, this book provides complete code for each of the implementations, along with the output of the code, supplemented by visuals that aid in BI-enabled decision making. Concluding with a brief discussion of the cognitive computing aspects of AI, the book looks at future trends, including augmented analytics, automated and autonomous BI, and security and governance of AI-powered BI.

Embracing the Power of Ai

Embracing the Power of Ai
Author: Globant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781944903527

Artificial intelligence is the new digital frontier in business. Embracing the Power of AI provides readers with the basic understanding and concepts of this rapidly developing technology, which will help industry leaders position themselves for the augmented intelligence revolution.

Leading with AI and Analytics: Build Your Data Science IQ to Drive Business Value

Leading with AI and Analytics: Build Your Data Science IQ to Drive Business Value
Author: Eric Anderson
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1260459152

Lead your organization to become evidence-driven Data. It’s the benchmark that informs corporate projections, decision-making, and analysis. But, why do many organizations that see themselves as data-driven fail to thrive? In Leading with AI and Analytics, two renowned experts from the Kellogg School of Management show business leaders how to transform their organization to become evidence-driven, which leads to real, measurable changes that can help propel their companies to the top of their industries. The availability of unprecedented technology-enabled tools has made AI (Artificial Intelligence) an essential component of business analytics. But what’s often lacking are the leadership skills to integrate these technologies to achieve maximum value. Here, the authors provide a comprehensive game plan for developing that all-important human factor to get at the heart of data science: the ability to apply analytical thinking to real-world problems. Each of these tools and techniques comes to powerful life through a wealth of powerful case studies and real-world success stories. Inside, you’ll find the essential tools to help you: Develop a strong data science intuition quotient Lead and scale AI and analytics throughout your organization Move from “best-guess” decision making to evidence-based decisions Craft strategies and tactics to create real impact Written for anyone in a leadership or management role—from C-level/unit team managers to rising talent—this powerful, hands-on guide meets today’s growing need for real-world tools to lead and succeed with data.

E-Business

E-Business
Author: Robert M.X. Wu
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2021-05-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789846846

This book provides the latest viewpoints of scientific research in the field of e-business. It is organized into three sections: “Higher Education and Digital Economy Development”, “Artificial Intelligence in E-Business”, and “Business Intelligence Applications”. Chapters focus on China’s higher education in e-commerce, digital economy development, natural language processing applications in business, Information Technology Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC), business intelligence, and more.

Artificial Intelligence for Managers

Artificial Intelligence for Managers
Author: Malay A. Upadhyay
Publisher: BPB Publications
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2020-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9389898390

Understand how to adopt and implement AI in your organizationKey Featuresa- 7 Principles of an AI Journeya- The TUSCANE Approach to Become Data Readya- The FAB-4 Model to Choose the Right AI Solutiona- Major AI Techniques & their Applications:- CART & Ensemble Learning- Clustering, Association Rules & Search- Reinforcement Learning- Natural Language Processing- Image RecognitionDescriptionMost AI initiatives in organizations fail today not because of a lack of good AI solutions, but because of a lack of understanding of AI among its end users, decision makers and investors. Today, organizations need managers who can leverage AI to solve business problems and provide a competitive advantage. This book is designed to enable you to fill that need, and create an edge for your career.The chapters offer unique managerial frameworks to guide an organization's AI journey. The first section looks at what AI is; and how you can prepare for it, decide when to use it, and avoid pitfalls on the way. The second section dives into the different AI techniques and shows you where to apply them in business. The final section then prepares you from a strategic AI leadership perspective to lead the future of organizations.By the end of the book, you will be ready to offer any organization the capability to use AI successfully and responsibly - a need that is fast becoming a necessity.What will you learna- Understand the major AI techniques & how they are used in business.a- Determine which AI technique(s) can solve your business problem.a- Decide whether to build or buy an AI solution.a- Estimate the financial value of an AI solution or company.a- Frame a robust policy to guide the responsible use of AI.Who this book is forThis book is for Executives, Managers and Students on both Business and Technical teams who would like to use Artificial Intelligence effectively to solve business problems or get an edge in their careers.Table of Contents1.Preface2.Acknowledgement3.About the Author4.Section 1: Beginning an AI Journeya. AI Fundamentalsb. 7 Principles of an AI Journeyc. Getting Ready to Use AI5.Section 2: Choosing the Right AI Techniquesa. Inside the AI Laboratoryb. How AI Predicts Values & Categoriesc. How AI Understands and Predicts Behaviors & Scenariosd. How AI Communicates & Learns from Mistakese. How AI Starts to Think Like Humans6.Section 3: Using AI Successfully & Responsiblya. AI Adoption & Valuationb. AI Strategy, Policy & Risk Management7.EpilogueAbout the AuthorsMalay A. Upadhyay is a Customer Journey executive, certified in Machine Learning. Over the course of his role heading the function at a N. American AI SaaS firm in Toronto, Malay trained 150+ N. American managers on the basics of AI and its successful adoption, held executive thought leadership sessions for CEOs and CHROs on AI strategy & IT modernization roadmaps, and worked as the primary liaison to realize AI value on unique customer datasets. It was here that he learnt the growing need for greater knowledge and awareness of how to use AI both responsibly and successfully.Malay was also one of 25 individuals chosen globally to envision the industrial future for the Marzotto Group, Italy, on its 175th anniversary. He holds an MBA, M.Sc. and B.E., with experiences across India, UAE, Italy and Canada.A Duke of Edinburgh awardee, Malay has been driving the subject of responsible AI management as an advisor, author, online instructor and member of the European AI Alliance that informed the HLEG on the European Commission's AI policy.

Self-Service AI with Power BI Desktop

Self-Service AI with Power BI Desktop
Author: Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781484262306

This book explains how you can enrich the data you have loaded into Power BI Desktop by accessing a suite of Artificial Intelligence (AI) features. These AI features are built into Power BI Desktop and help you to gain new insights from existing data. Some of the features are automated and are available to you at the click of a button or through writing Data Analysis Expressions (DAX). Other features are available through writing code in either the R, Python, or M languages. This book opens up the entire suite of AI features to you with clear examples showing when they are best applied and how to invoke them on your own datasets. No matter if you are a business user, analyst, or data scientist – Power BI has AI capabilities tailored to you. This book helps you learn what types of insights Power BI is capable of delivering automatically. You will learn how to integrate and leverage the use of the R and Python languages for statistics, how to integrate with Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning Services when loading data, how to explore your data by asking questions in plain English ... and more! There are AI features for discovering your data, characterizing unexplored datasets, and building what-if scenarios. There’s much to like and learn from this book whether you are a newcomer to Power BI or a seasoned user. Power BI Desktop is a freely available tool for visualization and analysis. This book helps you to get the most from that tool by exploiting some of its latest and most advanced features. What You Will Learn Ask questions in natural language and get answers from your data Let Power BI explain why a certain data point differs from the rest Have Power BI show key influencers over categories of data Access artificial intelligence features available in the Azure cloud Walk the same drill down path in different parts of your hierarchy Load visualizations to add smartness to your reports Simulate changes in data and immediately see the consequences Know your data, even before you build your first report Create new columns by giving examples of the data that you need Transform and visualize your data with the help of R and Python scripts Who This Book Is For For the enthusiastic Power BI user who wants to apply state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) features to gain new insights from existing data. For end-users and IT professionals who are not shy of jumping into a new world of machine learning and are ready to make that step and take a deeper look into their data. For those wanting to step up their game from doing simple reporting and visualizations by making the move into diagnostic and predictive analysis.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence
Author: Harvard Business Review
Publisher: HBR Insights
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781633697898

Companies that don't use AI to their advantage will soon be left behind. Artificial intelligence and machine learning will drive a massive reshaping of the economy and society. What should you and your company be doing right now to ensure that your business is poised for success? These articles by AI experts and consultants will help you understand today's essential thinking on what AI is capable of now, how to adopt it in your organization, and how the technology is likely to evolve in the near future. Artificial Intelligence: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will help you spearhead important conversations, get going on the right AI initiatives for your company, and capitalize on the opportunity of the machine intelligence revolution. Catch up on current topics and deepen your understanding of them with the Insights You Need series from Harvard Business Review. Featuring some of HBR's best and most recent thinking, Insights You Need titles are both a primer on today's most pressing issues and an extension of the conversation, with interesting research, interviews, case studies, and practical ideas to help you explore how a particular issue will impact your company and what it will mean for you and your business.

Advanced Analytics in Power BI with R and Python

Advanced Analytics in Power BI with R and Python
Author: Ryan Wade
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2020-09-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781484258286

This easy-to-follow guide provides R and Python recipes to help you learn and apply the top languages in the field of data analytics to your work in Microsoft Power BI. Data analytics expert and author Ryan Wade shows you how to use R and Python to perform tasks that are extremely hard to do, if not impossible, using native Power BI tools without Power BI Premium capacity. For example, you will learn to score Power BI data using custom data science models, including powerful models from Microsoft Cognitive Services. The R and Python languages are powerful complements to Power BI. They enable advanced data transformation techniques that are difficult to perform in Power BI in its default configuration, but become easier through the application of data wrangling features that languages such as R and Python support. If you are a BI developer, business analyst, data analyst, or a data scientist who wants to push Power BI and transform it from being just a business intelligence tool into an advanced data analytics tool, then this is the book to help you to do that. What You Will Learn Create advanced data visualizations through R using the ggplot2 package Ingest data using R and Python to overcome the limitations of Power Query Apply machine learning models to your data using R and Python Incorporate advanced AI in Power BI via Microsoft Cognitive Services, IBM Watson, and pre-trained models in SQL Server Machine Learning Services Perform string manipulations not otherwise possible in Power BI using R and Python Who This Book Is For Power users, data analysts, and data scientists who want to go beyond Power BI’s built-in functionality to create advanced visualizations, transform data in ways not otherwise supported, and automate data ingestion from sources such as SQL Server and Excel in a more succinct way