{"id":1079,"date":"2018-09-23T06:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T06:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aiproblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/23\/free-book-process-improvement-using-data\/"},"modified":"2018-09-23T06:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T06:40:24","slug":"free-book-process-improvement-using-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aiproblog.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/23\/free-book-process-improvement-using-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Book: Process Improvement Using Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Capri Granville<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This book, initially written for chemical engineers, is actually very interesting for data scientists and machine learning engineers alike. For more free books, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datasciencecentral.com\/page\/search?q=free+book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/r9BJVFwDOhR71qcESjzkT5PxmyKIKsHyjAJw4UazqaqzvNfYG1ImLfsJSpnlXavzgIGbFbRMTu0tGyLKCelkxtXfEgAQTewI\/Capture.PNG\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/r9BJVFwDOhR71qcESjzkT5PxmyKIKsHyjAJw4UazqaqzvNfYG1ImLfsJSpnlXavzgIGbFbRMTu0tGyLKCelkxtXfEgAQTewI\/Capture.PNG\" width=\"234\" class=\"align-center\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Content<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Visualizing Process Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.1. Data visualization in context<br \/> 1.2. References and readings<br \/> 1.3. Time-series plots<br \/> 1.4. Bar plots<br \/> 1.5. Box plots<br \/> 1.6. Relational graphs: scatter plots<br \/> 1.7. Tables as a form of data visualization<br \/> 1.8. Topics of aesthetics and style<br \/> 1.9. General summary: revealing complex data graphically<br \/> 1.10. Exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Univariate Data Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.1. Univariate data analysis in context<br \/> 2.2. References and readings<br \/> 2.3. What is variability?<br \/> 2.4. Histograms and probability distributions<br \/> 2.5. Binary (Bernoulli) distribution<br \/> 2.6. Uniform distribution<br \/> 2.7. The normal distribution and checking for normality<br \/> 2.8. The t-distribution<br \/> 2.9. Poisson distribution<br \/> 2.10. Confidence intervals<br \/> 2.11. Testing for differences and similarity<br \/> 2.12. Paired tests<br \/> 2.13. Other types of confidence intervals<br \/> 2.14. Statistical tables for the normal- and t-distribution<br \/> 2.15. Exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Process Monitoring<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3.1. Process monitoring in context<br \/> 3.2. References and readings<br \/> 3.3. What are process monitoring charts?<br \/> 3.4. Shewhart charts<br \/> 3.5. CUSUM charts<br \/> 3.6. EWMA charts<br \/> 3.7. Other types of monitoring charts<br \/> 3.8. Process capability<br \/> 3.9. The industrial practice of process monitoring<br \/> 3.10. Industrial case study<br \/> 3.11. Summary<br \/> 3.12. Exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Least Squares Modelling Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4.1. Least squares modelling in context<br \/> 4.2. References and readings<br \/> 4.3. Covariance<br \/> 4.4. Correlation<br \/> 4.5. Some definitions<br \/> 4.6. Least squares models with a single x-variable<br \/> 4.7. Least squares model analysis<br \/> 4.8. Investigating an existing linear model<br \/> 4.9. Summary of steps to build and investigate a linear model<br \/> 4.10. More than one variable: multiple linear regression (MLR)<br \/> 4.11. Outliers: discrepancy, leverage, and influence of the observations<br \/> 4.12. Enrichment topics<br \/> 4.13. Exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Design and Analysis of Experiments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.1. Design and analysis of experiments in context<br \/> 5.2. Terminology<br \/> 5.3. Usage examples<br \/> 5.4. References and readings<br \/> 5.5. Why learning about systems is important<br \/> 5.6. Experiments with a single variable at two levels<br \/> 5.7. Changing one single variable at a time (COST)<br \/> 5.8. Full factorial designs<br \/> 5.8.1. Using two levels for two or more factors<br \/> 5.8.2. Analysis of a factorial design: main effects<br \/> 5.8.3. Analysis of a factorial design: interaction effects<br \/> 5.8.4. Analysis by least squares modelling<br \/> 5.8.5. Example: design and analysis of a three-factor experiment<br \/> 5.8.6. Assessing significance of main effects and interactions<br \/> 5.8.7. Summary so far<br \/> 5.8.8. Example: analysis of systems with 4 factors<br \/> 5.9. Fractional factorial designs<br \/> 5.9.1. Half fractions<br \/> 5.9.2. Generators and defining relationships<br \/> 5.9.3. Generating the complementary half-fraction<br \/> 5.9.4. Generators: to determine confounding due to blocking<br \/> 5.9.5. Highly fractionated designs<br \/> 5.9.6. Design resolution<br \/> 5.9.7. Saturated designs for screening<br \/> 5.9.8. Design foldover<br \/> 5.9.9. Projectivity<br \/> 5.10. Blocking and confounding for disturbances<br \/> 5.11. Response surface methods<br \/> 5.12. Evolutionary operation<br \/> 5.13. General approach for experimentation<br \/> 5.14. Extended topics related to designed experiments<br \/> 5.15. Exercises<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Latent Variable Modelling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6.1. In context<br \/> 6.2. References and readings<br \/> 6.3. Extracting value from data<br \/> 6.4. What is a latent variable?<br \/> 6.5. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)<br \/> 6.5.1. Visualizing multivariate data<br \/> 6.5.2. Geometric explanation of PCA<br \/> 6.5.3. Mathematical derivation for PCA<br \/> 6.5.4. More about the direction vectors (loadings)<br \/> 6.5.5. PCA example: Food texture analysis<br \/> 6.5.6. Interpreting score plots<br \/> 6.5.7. Interpreting loading plots<br \/> 6.5.8. Interpreting loadings and scores together<br \/> 6.5.9. Predicted values for each observation<br \/> 6.5.10. Interpreting the residuals<br \/> 6.5.11. PCA example: analysis of spectral data<br \/> 6.5.12. Hotelling\u2019s T\u00b2<br \/> 6.5.13. Preprocessing the data before building a model<br \/> 6.5.14. Algorithms to calculate (build) PCA models<br \/> 6.5.15. Testing the PCA model<br \/> 6.5.16. Determining the number of components to use in the model with cross-validation<br \/> 6.5.17. Some properties of PCA models<br \/> 6.5.18. Latent variable contribution plots<br \/> 6.5.19. Using indicator variables in a latent variable model<br \/> 6.5.20. Visualization latent variable models with linking and brushing<br \/> 6.5.21. PCA Exercises<br \/> 6.6. Principal Component Regression (PCR)<br \/> 6.7. Introduction to Projection to Latent Structures (PLS)<br \/> 6.7.1. Advantages of the projection to latent structures (PLS) method<br \/> 6.7.2. A conceptual explanation of PLS<br \/> 6.7.3. A mathematical\/statistical interpretation of PLS<br \/> 6.7.4. A geometric interpretation of PLS<br \/> 6.7.5. Interpreting the scores in PLS<br \/> 6.7.6. Interpreting the loadings in PLS<br \/> 6.7.7. How the PLS model is calculated<br \/> 6.7.8. Variability explained with each component<br \/> 6.7.9. Coefficient plots in PLS<br \/> 6.7.10. Analysis of designed experiments using PLS models<br \/> 6.7.11. PLS Exercises<br \/> 6.8. 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