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IBM Watson Projects
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IBM Watson Projects

by James D. Miller
September 2018
Beginner to intermediate
340 pages
7h 29m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 1 – The Essentials of IBM Watson

In our first chapter, we defined (the latest version of) IBM Watson Analytics as well as offered various objectives for the tool. We also provided an overview of Watson Analytics' current interface, pointing out its major components. A refresher on performing basic tasks in Watson Analytics (such as adding data, exploring data, and creating a prediction) was also given.

The following are the key takeaways:

  • IBM Watson was named after IBM's first CEO and industrialist, Thomas J. Watson and the term Cognitive is defined as concerned with the act or process of knowing or perceiving.
  • IBM Watson lives in the IBM cloud, which makes it relatively easy to get started using Watson Analytics.
  • The IBM Cloud ...
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ISBN: 9781789343717