Probabilistic Methods for Financial and Marketing Informatics

Preface

This book is based on a course I recently developed for computer science majors at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU). The motivation for developing this course came from guidance I obtained from the NEIU Computer Science Department Advisory Board. One objective of this Board is to advise the Department concerning the maintenance of curricula that is relevant to the needs of companies in Chicagoland. The Board consists of individuals in IT departments from major companies such as Walgreen’s, AON Company, United Airlines, Harris Bank, and Microsoft. After the dot.com bust and the introduction of outsourcing, it became evident that students, trained only in the fundamentals of computer science, programming, web design, etc., often ...