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An abundance of data does not equal an abundance of wisdom. At the SAS Government Leadership Forum, leaders from federal, state and local agencies will discuss how analytics can bridge the gap between data and wisdom to make meaningful changes in how government operates. Analytics, however, is not just about
El Estudio de Evasión Fiscal Global, realizado por la Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP), por encargo del SAT, revela que la evasión fiscal le cuesta a México alrededor de $510,000 millones de pesos, particularmente en rubros como el impuesto sobre la renta, el impuesto al valor agregado y combustibles
Deep learning (DL) is a subset of neural networks, which have been around since the 1960’s. Computing resources and the need for a lot of data during training were the crippling factor for neural networks. But with the growing availability of computing resources such as multi-core machines, graphics processing units
Focus on data governance, quality and storage if you want to do data management for analytics right.
The SAS INFILE statement can read multiple text files in a single DATA step. Use file name wildcards (like * and ?) and a special FILENAME= option to keep track of which records come from which files.
I attended the Scottish Highland Games this past weekend ... nearby in Scotland County, North Carolina! They put on a great event, with kilt-wearing Scotsmen throwing things, bands playing bagpipes, kids dancing, and clans sharing their family history. And to get into the mood for this event, I decided to
Self-service BI applications make gaining insights and decision making faster. But they've also generated a greater need for governance, including understanding the data lifecycle. You can find out where your data comes from with SAS Lineage Viewer. The post tells you how.
The STYLEATTRS statement in PROC SGPLOT enables you to override colors, markers, line patterns, fill patterns, and axis break patterns in ODS styles, without requiring you to change the ODS style template.
Reading has been a part of who I am as far as I can remember. I loved listening to books as a curious child and enjoyed an audience when learning to read on my own. During grad school research, I often found myself curiously digging into one topic that led
This article compares several ways to find the elements that are common to multiple sets. I test which method is the fastest in the SAS/IML language. However, all algorithms are intrinsically fast, which raises an important question: when is it worth the time and effort to optimize an algorithm? The
Las empresas están expresando una creciente necesidad por integrar toda su data y obtener conocimiento de manera inmediata, y así poder llegar a una toma de decisiones rápida e inteligente. Para que este proceso sea efectivo, muchas organizaciones están haciendo uso de los análisis de datos en tiempo real, un
Do you work with custom polygon maps in SAS Visual Analytics? Read about a few "gotchas" to help you troubleshoot some common issues you may encounter.
You can use SG annotation to display graphs inside of other graphs.
"An interview is a two-way street. The interviewers are there to learn more about you, but you, too, should see this as a chance to learn more about the school or program for which you are interviewing." Most high schoolers have never been interviewed for a job. So when it
Demo SAS Visual Analytics live on your mobile device to your team across the world. Read this post for the details.