In view of the level of interest in the CART courses this September,  and in 
anticipation of interest in a just-added course on MARS, a brand new
software tool for
building accurate and understandable predictive models, we are pleased to
be able to offer delegates special rates as follows:

Package A.  3 course bundle-2 day Intro to CART, 1 day Advanced CART, 1 day
Intro to MARS for £750 + VAT

Package B.  2 course bundle-2 day Intro to CART + 1 day Advanced CART OR 1
day Intro to MARS for £660 + VAT

Package C.  2 course bundle-1 day Advanced CART course + 1 day Intro to
MARS for £600 + VAT

We are delighted to be able to also offer revised single course prices as
follows:

* 2 day Introduction to CART, Sept 8-9 (9 am to 5 pm),  £495 + VAT
* 1 day Advanced course CART, Sept 10 (9 am to 5 pm),  £395 + VAT
* 1 day Introduction to MARS, Sept 13 (9 am to 4 pm), £295 + VAT

For more information on MARS, please visit our web site at www.gdl.co.uk.
Academic pricing is 50% of prices shown.

Payment may be made by American Express, Visa, Access, and MasterCard, as
well as by cheque or bank transfer.

Course Summaries

Course 1: 2 day introduction to CART (8-9 September)
This popular two-day seminar is for business users and IT audiences
interested in understanding decision-tree technology: what it is, why it
works, how it has been used, and how it can help you better understand your
data.   You will master decision-tree fundamentals ... learn about
decision-tree applications ... how to build and interpret CART trees ...
and how to use advanced options -- alternative splitting rules, prior
probabilities, differential costs of misclassification -- to construct more
robust predictive models.  
Course 2: 1 day advanced CART (10 September)
Sharpen your decision-tree expertise during this one-day advanced course
for analysts and modellers with prior knowledge of tree algorithms.  Using
case studies, seminar topics include:
* hybridising decision trees with logistic regression and neural nets
* combining multiple trees via bagging, boosting, repeated sampling, and
varying priors 
* understanding the strategy behind alternative splitting rules and their
strengths and weaknesses
* how to use variable costs of misclassification
* emerging topics in decision trees -- highlights of recent developments

Course 3: 1 day introduction to MARS (13 September)
Be the first on your block to get answers about an exciting, new regression
modelling tool - multiple adaptive regression splines.  Why does it work?  
How can it be used?  How can it help you develop more accurate predictive 
models.  Learn how to plan and execute MARS analyses ... refine runs with 
key control parameters … and how to use MARS to improve an existing 
model.  And, finally, how to use both CART and MARS to build more 
accurate hybrid/ensemble models.

Please contact me for more details or to make a firm or provisional booking.
All courses will take place in London, at the RSS offices.



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John Shade
Good Decision Ltd 		
Dunfermline Business Centre
Izatt Avenue		
Dunfermline
KY11 3BZ
Scotland

tel 	01383-733553
fax 	01383-733588
email  [log in to unmask]    
web 	http://www.gdl.co.uk
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