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Industries including sports and entertainment, travel, manufacturing, education and government benefit from analytical insights In the United States and other parts of the world, there are signs. Record automobile traffic. Surging demand for workers. And a continued push to vaccinate. The pandemic and its effects are still very much with

There are times when it is useful to simulate data. One of the reasons I use simulated data sets is to demonstrate statistical techniques such as multiple or logistic regression. By using SAS random functions and some DATA step logic, you can create variables that follow certain distributions or are

Some businesses overlook alternative data. That's probably a mistake.

In her book, Love More, Fight Less: A relationship workbook for couples, Certified relationship coach and author, Dr. Gina Senarighi recommends couples institute a weekly meeting: "Couples meet once a week to discuss schedules, finances, and shared resources as well as responsibilities and tasks. …Having regular check-ins helps keep any

A previous article discusses how to use SAS regression procedures to fit a two-parameter Weibull distribution in SAS. The article shows how to convert the regression output into the more familiar scale and shape parameters for the Weibull probability distribution, which are fit by using PROC UNIVARIATE. Although PROC UNIVARIATE

Já não há mais dúvidas. As organizações estão migrando para a nuvem, seja para otimizar o TCO, seja para ter mais agilidade para alcançar seus objetivos de negócios. Afinal, contar com infraestrutura, software e serviços na nuvem oferece a flexibilidade e o poder de processamento necessários para o sucesso dos

Melhorar a vida das pessoas com base em dados, é um dos nossos principais objetivos no SAS. É neste sentido, que uma das categorias dos Curiosity Data Science Iberian Awards, que organizámos este ano pela primeira vez em conjunto com a SPAIN IA e a Data Science Portuguese Association (DSPA),

SAS Analytics Pro consists of three core elements of the SAS system: Base SAS®, SAS/GRAPH® and SAS/STAT®. The containerized deployment option adds the full selection of SAS/ACCESS engines making it even easier to work with data from virtually any source.

It has been my great pleasure writing this blog for the past 12 years, with over 370 posts. In doing so, I have enjoyed the support of my exceptional SAS managers over this time: From Anne Milley and Renee Nocker way back when it started, to Susan Kahler and David

With the 2020 Census numbers starting to come out, it's interesting to look at what states are gaining (or losing) people. In this example, I create a custom map similar to the ones the US Census Bureau likes to use, and plot the 10-year change in population. But before we

I've never been much of a fan of forecasting approaches to intermittent demand. In situations like intermittent demand (or other areas where we have little hope of reasonably accurate forecasts), my thinking is "why bother?" If we can't expect to solve the problem with forecasting, we need a different approach.

From articles I've read on the web, it is clear that data is gold in the twenty-first century. Loading, enriching, manipulating and analyzing data is something in which SAS excels. Based on questions from colleagues and customers, it is clear end-users are willing to display data handled by SAS outside

Em bate-papo entre Antonio Grasso, CEO do Digital Business Innovation SRL, e Andrew Fowkes, head of retail centre of excellence do SAS, na palestra “How top retail brands use Data & Analytics”, os especialistas discutiram sobre como as principais marcas de varejo usam a análise de dados para engajar os

Em painel de encerramento no evento, os executivos Paulo Sérgio Silva, fundador e diretor-executivo da Rock On Advisors; Marcos Hamsi, vice-presidente de TI da Martin-Brower, e Marcos Peron, head de TI da AMPM/Ipiranga, discutiram sobre o futuro do setor varejista frente às novas tecnologias e a transformação digital, com moderação

Com metáforas interessantes, comparando dados e tecnologia com fazendas e foguetes, Kendji Wolf se orgulha dos algoritmos e das conquistas na Via Varejo. Atualmente a companhia conta com a Via Hubby, que administra toda parte tecnológica da empresa, como sistemas, arquitetura e dados. O executivo abre um parênteses para reflexão: