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Published inMar 2024
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ISBN-139781837639533
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Luca Zavarella
Luca Zavarella
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Luca Zavarella

Luca Zavarella has a rich background as an Azure Data Scientist Associate and Microsoft MVP, with a Computer Engineering degree from the University of L'Aquila. His decade-plus experience spans the Microsoft Data Platform, starting as a T-SQL developer on SQL Server 2000 and 2005, then mastering the full suite of Microsoft Business Intelligence tools (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), and advancing into data warehousing. Recently, his focus has shifted to advanced analytics, data science, and AI, contributing to the community as a speaker and blogger, especially on Medium. Currently, he leads the Data & AI division at iCubed, and he also holds an honors degree in classical piano from the "Alfredo Casella" Conservatory in L'Aquila.
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  1. Why is the concept of distance particularly valuable?
  2. What was one of the most practical benefits introduced by the definition of the Haversine function?
  3. What is the assumption that makes Vincenty’s formula for calculating the distance between two geographic locations so much more accurate than others?
  4. What libraries are used in Python and R to compute distances between geographic points?
  5. If Hamming distance is very powerful, why is it not often used in common string comparison problems?
  6. When is it recommended to use the Damerau-Levenshtein distance?
  7. When is it recommended to use the Jaro-Winkler distance?
  8. When is it recommended to use the Jaccard distance?
  9. What libraries are used in Python and R to compute distances between strings?

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Published in: Mar 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781837639533

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Luca Zavarella

Luca Zavarella has a rich background as an Azure Data Scientist Associate and Microsoft MVP, with a Computer Engineering degree from the University of L'Aquila. His decade-plus experience spans the Microsoft Data Platform, starting as a T-SQL developer on SQL Server 2000 and 2005, then mastering the full suite of Microsoft Business Intelligence tools (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS), and advancing into data warehousing. Recently, his focus has shifted to advanced analytics, data science, and AI, contributing to the community as a speaker and blogger, especially on Medium. Currently, he leads the Data & AI division at iCubed, and he also holds an honors degree in classical piano from the "Alfredo Casella" Conservatory in L'Aquila.
Read more about Luca Zavarella