The first edition of the textbook Data Science and Predictive Analytics: Biomedical and Health Applications using R, authored by Ivo D. Dinov, was published in August 2018 by Springer. The second edition of the book was printed in 2023.
This textbook covers some of the mathematical foundations, computational techniques, and artificial intelligence approaches used in data science research and applications.
Using the statistical computing platform R and a broad range of biomedical case-studies, the 23 chapters of the book first edition provide explicit examples of importing, exporting, processing, modeling, visualizing, and interpreting large, multivariate, incomplete, heterogeneous, longitudinal, and incomplete datasets (big data).
Structure
First edition table of contents
The first edition of the Data Science and Predictive Analytics (DSPA) textbook is divided into the following 23 chapters, each progressively building on the previous content.
Motivation
Foundations of R
Managing Data in R
Data Visualization
Linear Algebra & Matrix Computing
Dimensionality Reduction
Lazy Learning: Classification Using Nearest Neighbors
Probabilistic Learning: Classification Using Naive Bayes
Decision Tree Divide and Conquer Classification
Forecasting Numeric Data Using Regression Models
Black Box Machine-Learning Methods: Neural Networks and Support Vector Machines
Apriori Association Rules Learning
k-Means Clustering
Model Performance Assessment
Improving Model Performance
Specialized Machine Learning Topics
Variable/Feature Selection
Regularized Linear Modeling and Controlled Variable Selection
Big Longitudinal Data Analysis
Natural Language Processing/Text Mining
Prediction and Internal Statistical Cross Validation
Function Optimization
Deep Learning, Neural Networks
Second edition table of contents
The significantly reorganized revised edition of the book (2023) expands and modernizes the presented mathematical principles, computational methods, data science techniques, model-based machine learning and model-free artificial intelligence algorithms. The 14 chapters of the new edition start with an introduction and progressively build foundational skills to naturally reach biomedical applications of deep learning.
Introduction
Basic Visualization and Exploratory Data Analytics
Linear Algebra, Matrix Computing, and Regression Modeling
Linear and Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction
Supervised Classification
Black Box Machine Learning Methods
Qualitative Learning Methods—Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, and Apriori Association Rules Learning Unsupervised Clustering Model Performance Assessment, Validation, and Improvement Specialized Machine Learning Topics Variable Importance and Feature Selection Big Longitudinal Data Analysis Function Optimization Deep Learning, Neural Networks
Reception
The materials in the Data Science and Predictive Analytics (DSPA) textbook have been peer-reviewed in the International Statistical Institute’s ISI Review Journal and the Journal of the American Library Association. Many scholarly publications reference the DSPA textbook.
As of January 17, 2021, the electronic version of the book first edition () is freely available on SpringerLink and has been downloaded over 6 million times. The textbook is globally available in print (hardcover and softcover) and electronic formats (PDF and EPub) in many college and university libraries and has been used for data science, computational statistics, and analytics classes at various institutions.
References
External links
DSPA textbook (1st edition) Springer website and SpringerLink EBook download
DSPA textbook (2nd edition) Springer website is published in The Springer Series in Applied Machine Learning (SSAML) Textbook supporting website