CFP: First Call for Chapters: Emerging Methods in Predictive Analytics

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Proposals in the form of a 1-2 page short abstract are invited for _Emerging Methods in Predictive Analytics_, a book to be published by IGI Global (www.igi-global.com) that is scheduled for publication in 2013.

The focus of this book shall be key technical advances in the state of predictive analytics, including methods for forecasting, modeling, and understanding time series, detecting anomalies and emerging issues, inferring causality over time, presenting identified patterns interactively, and finally, validating analytical models using real-world historical data. These are cornerstone technologies for a range of applications ranging from intelligent alarms to monitoring and interpretation of trends in markets and geopolitical systems. Recent advances in representing temporal patterns and coping with the computational complexity of analyzing heterogeneous data have helped to meet the challenge of analyzing complex time series. The kinds of detectable anomalous patterns have expanded to include contextual (e.g., sequential) and collective anomalies. Causal inference is an active area of research that continues to yield new methodologies for explaining observed phenomena in both predictive and forensic modes. Similarly, representations and algorithms for interactive analysis of time series are emerging from research on text analytics, visualization, and intelligent systems. Finally, recent work in statistics, machine learning, and economics has led to development of more robust validation approaches. This convergence of interdisciplinary techniques for attuning adaptive models to specific application domains has brought the state of practice closer to the goal of developing models that are both predictive and explanatory.

The call for chapters is at the following link:
http://bit.ly/PredictiveAnalyticsBook

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference). Please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2013.

Important Dates
August 15, 2012 Proposal Submission Deadline
October 1, 2012 Notification of Acceptance
Nov. 30, 2012 Full Chapter Submission
Jan. 13, 2013 Review Results Returned
Feb. 15, 2013 Revised Chapter Submission
Mar. 15, 2013 Final Chapter Submission
April 15, 2013 Final Deadline


Editorial Advisory Board:

Dr. Praveen Koduru - IQ Gateway, Inc., USA
Dr. Abel Rodriguez - University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
Dr. Terran Lane - Google, USA
Stephan Spiegel - Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
Dr. Weixing Song - Kansas State University, USA
Dr. Jinyan Li - University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
Dr. Leo Odiwuor Odongo - Kenyatta University (Kenya)


Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):

Dr. William H. Hsu
banazir-AT-gmail-DOT-com


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