What is Salford Systems?
Salford Systems is a San Diego-based software company founded in 1983 that develops advanced analytics and data mining software. Their main products include:
- CART - classification and regression tree algorithm software
- MARS - multivariate adaptive regression splines modeling
- TreeNet - stochastic gradient boosting and random forests
- Random Forests - ensemble learning method for classification and regression
- GUHA data mining - exploratory data analysis and association rule learning
Salford Systems software implements state-of-the-art predictive modeling, machine learning, and data mining algorithms for problems like classification, regression, time series analysis, association discovery, and dimension reduction. The software aims to be accessible to novice users but also includes advanced functionality for experienced analysts and data scientists.
Notable capabilities include automatic explanatory modeling to deliver insights into complex datasets, automated combinations of modeling techniques to improve accuracy, and tools to transform and prepare data for analysis. Salford System's solutions can interface with popular software platforms like Excel, R, Python, SAS, and SPSS.
Over 3,000 corporate, academic, and government organizations use Salford System's software across industries like finance, insurance, biotech, retail, education, manufacturing, and technology. Some sample customers include JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, and Yale University.