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Bob, Carol, and BigCo, Inc.

All the chapters in this book start and end with short dialogues between two IT-department colleagues at BigCo, Inc.—a successful multinational enterprise. The two players in these dialogues are Bob and Carol. Both are experienced and well-trained software professionals. Here is a bit of background on each of them and on their employer, BigCo, Inc. to help you get acquainted.

BigCo, Inc.

The Bayesian International Group of Companies (BigCo) is an organization with a long history of both prosperity and generosity. Founded in 1827 in Scotland, BigCo’s motto is “The principle end of the company is the happiness of its customers and employees.” Originally focused on demography and finance based on the work of Richard Price, by the 1900s BigCo was a manufacturer of important turn-of-the-century technologies including mobile x-ray machines and hydrophones by working with inventors Frederick Jones and Reginal Fessenden, respectively. BigCo was also one of the few non-US contractors attached to the Manhattan project, providing parts for the first nuclear reactors designed by Dr. Leona Wood.

During the postwar boom, BigCo opened offices in the United States and played an instrumental role in helping establish fields of study in the modern computer era, including predictive algorithms and robotics controls. Currently, BigCo products focus on “inverse probability” ...