I just wanted to let my readers know that you can view my video tutorials in high quality (HQ) right here on Neural Market Trends. Just click on the "Video download link (HQ)" link below the You Tube video player and a clear, high quality video, will load in. Believe me, it doesn't look anything like that You Tube video compression crap.
My Time Series and Forecasting video tutorials (#8 through #10) will be presented only on Neural Market Trends, not on You Tube.
In this tutorial, we highlight Rapidminer's weighting operator using an evolutionary approach. We use financial data to preweight inputs before we feed them into a neural network model to try to better classify a gold trend.
Video download link (HQ): Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #7
Calling all marketers! In this video we discuss how we can use Rapidminer to create a decision tree to help us find "sweet spots" in a particular market segment. This video tutorial uses the Rapidminer direct mail marketing data generator and a split validation operator to build the decision tree.
Video download link (HQ): Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #6
In this video we continue where we left off in Video Tutorial #4. We discuss some of the parameters that are available in the Genetic Algorithm data transformers to select the best attributes in the data set. We also replace the first operator with another Genetic Algorithm data transformer that allows us to manipulate population size, mutation rate, and change the selection schemes (tournament, roulette, etc).
Video download link (HQ): Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #5
In this video I highlight the data generation capabilities for Rapidminer 5.0 if you want to tinker around, and how to use a Genetic Optimization data pre-processor within a nested nested experiment. Yes, you read that correctly, a nested nested experiment.
Video download link (HQ):Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #4
In this video I discuss how to use a cross and simple validation operator to split your training data into two sets: training and validation data sets. I also highlight the new intuitive “quick fix” error solution suggestions in Rapidminer 5.0. Enjoy!
Video download link (HQ): Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #3
See the Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #2 post for the data files used in this video
Looks like I'm on a roll! Please see my Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #2. In this video we begin the process of recreating my original written NMT YALE/Rapidminer tutorials into version 5.0 and into a video. This video shows how to import training and prediction data, add a classification learner, and apply the model, and get the results.
Video download link (HQ): Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #2
The data files you will need to follow along are Excel spreadsheets below:
Training data set: gold_final_input
Prediction data set: ga-gold
After a very long hiatus I present to my readers my first Rapidminer 5.0 video tutorial. Â Its just a quick 10 min introduction to the GUI and data import functions of Rapidminer 5.0. Â You’re gonna like the way it looks!
Video download link:Â Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorial #1
PS: I’m glad to be back guys. Leave me a comment if you want more, please stroke my fragile ego. LOL.
PPS: My Youtube Channel is here: Neuralmarkettrends1
PPPS: For those who want to follow along, see the original GE.xls file.
This week’s data visualization post is actually a very well made video about the Credit Crisis by Jonathan Jarvis. I learned a few things from this video myself and its a fantastic way to see how we got into this mess, and who was ultimately responsible for setting this shit ball rolling (GREENSPAN).
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
Google announced “a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data” a few days ago. This is pretty awesome and very valuable to traders who want macro-economic information in an easy to navigate way. Check out the Google video below:
Ayn’s philosophy of Objectivism is pretty tough to swallow if you’ve never been exposed to it, but its the only thing that cuts through the BS today. She’s a follower of Aristotle and reason, and boy do we need more of that today!
I watched the entire 5 part series, and I suggest you do as well!
Lately I’ve been watching Youtube videos of Derren Brown, a UK mentalist. He uses techniques of pyshcology, hypnosis, and I believe neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to trick people’s minds. His main goal is to show people how charlatans, psychics, and other tricksters can pull the wool over our eyes. It’s a fascinating journey into malfunctions of our mind and it reminds me a lot of the Invisible Grip.