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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. --------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%