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Published inApr 2019
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ISBN-139781789345377
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Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino
Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino
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Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino

Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino is a machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) platform architect, focusing on applying the latest techniques and models in these fields to optimize, automate, and improve the work of tax and accounting consultants. The main tool used in this practice is the MS Office platform, which Azure services complement perfectly by adding intelligence to the different tasks. Julio's background is in experimental physics, where he learned and applied advanced statistical and data analysis methods. He also teaches university courses and provides in-company training on machine learning and analytics, and has a lot of experience leading data science teams.
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Data visualization is extremely important in the context of data analytics and machine learning. Some of the reasons for this are as follows:

  • Tell the story of your data and help decision makers with their job.
  • Predict the future evolution of some variable(s).
  • Find hidden trends and patterns in the data.
  • Find outliers, that is, anomalies in the data.
  • Understand the distribution, composition, and relationships.
  • Build groups and categories.

We will show different types of charts used to show different types of data. The data used in the example charts is as follows:

Year Sales Cost Profit ROI
2015 23455 18294.9 5160.1 28.21%
2016 19226 12881.42 6344.58 49.25%
2017 34557 24881.04 9675.96 38.89%
2018 20134 14697.82 5436.18 36.99%
2019 22314 14057.82 8256.18 58.73%

Also consider the following data:

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Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino

Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino is a machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) platform architect, focusing on applying the latest techniques and models in these fields to optimize, automate, and improve the work of tax and accounting consultants. The main tool used in this practice is the MS Office platform, which Azure services complement perfectly by adding intelligence to the different tasks. Julio's background is in experimental physics, where he learned and applied advanced statistical and data analysis methods. He also teaches university courses and provides in-company training on machine learning and analytics, and has a lot of experience leading data science teams.
Read more about Julio Cesar Rodriguez Martino