Subject: CART Workshop
From: Patrick Fleury
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 21:20:48 -0800
The Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association is happy to
announce that it will present a half-day workshop on
CART
(Classification and Regression Trees)
conducted by
Dr. Dan Steinberg
Salford Systems
and
San Diego State University
CART methodology concerns the use of tree structured algorithms to
classify data into discrete classes. The terminology was invented by
Breiman, et. al., in the early 1980's. The technique has found uses in
both medical and market research statistics. For example, one tree
structured classifier uses blood pressure, age and sinus tachycardia to
classify heart patients as either high risk or not. Another might use
age related variables and other demographics to decide who should appear
on a mailing list. There will be other examples from both fields
discussed in the workshop.
Dr. Steinberg is Professor of Economics at San Diego State University
and President of Salford Systems. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics
from Harvard and has held positions at both the University of California
at San Diego and San Diego State.
He is the leader of the team that ported the original version of CART to
the PC. He is well known for his previous work on statistical methods
in economics and especially for his work on logistic regression.
Time: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Registration: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Date January 31, 1997
Place: The University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Nursing
Third Floor Lounge
845 South Damen Avenue
Admission: Members of the Chicago Chapter ASA: $80.00
Non Members of the Chicago Chapter: $92.00
Student Members: $40.00
Student Non-Members: $52.00
(The difference between Student and Regular
admission is subsidized by the Lucile Derrick Fund)
Advance Registration is encouraged. Registrations at the door will be
accepted as space permits. Payment is to be by cash or check only.
Payment may be sent in early or paid at registration.
Directions:
The UIC School of Nursing is just north of the corner of Damen and
Taylor in Chicago.
To get to the School of Nursing, take the Eisenhower Expressway (either
east or west) and get off at Damen. Proceed to 845 South Damen three
blocks south of the expressway.
Parking is available in parking structure D1 at 1100 South Wood. The
parking structure is at the corner of Taylor and Wood two blocks east of
Damen.
For more information please e-mail pfleury@mcs.com
or send mail to:
CART Workshop
opNUMERICS
Suite 4A
151 N. Kenilworth
Oak Park, IL 60301
