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Jim Harris considers the technical infrastructure challenges of data preparation for streaming data.
With Valentine’s Day just a week away, many of you might already be thinking about the treats that tend to come along with this holiday. Whether or not you celebrate Valentine’s Day, we all love a little special treat now and then. While I don’t believe that you have to
If N random people are in a room, the classical birthday problem provides the probability that at least two people share a birthday. The birthday problem does not consider how many birthdays are in common. However, a generalization (sometimes called the Multiple-Birthday Problem) examines the distribution of the number of
Imaginemos lo que se podría hacer si pudiésemos entrar en la mente de un comprador y conocer a detalle sus gustos, patrones de compra y estados de ánimo. Y a partir de esa información presentarle de inmediato productos y ofertas que satisfagan sus necesidades y se adecuen a su estilo
In an earlier blog, I asked you to participate in CertMag/GoCertify’s Annual IT Salary survey. The response was fantastic and I’m happy to report that we made the list of the Top 75 IT certifications out of more than 900. This marks the first time SAS has been part of
Jazz up your Geo Map or Network Analysis graph by applying icon-based display rule markers instead of color markers on the map. With SAS Visual Analytics, you may have already used display rules by populating intervals or adding color-mapped values for report objects. Now, you can jazz up your Geo
Next week I am offering a lunch-and-learn called "Successfully Single: In and out of relationships", but I think I should have titled it "Attractiveness and Self-investment". I am not sure how many people want to be "successfully single", particularly this month when our collective attention is focused on love and
Wenn ich mir die Zielbilder eigentlich aller Unternehmen in Bezug auf den Umgang mit ihren Kunden anschaue, so fällt immer dieselbe Aussage ins Auge: „Wir möchten den Kunden in den Mittelpunkt stellen und ihm ein positives Kundenerlebnis bieten“. SUPER! Das ist 1) nichts Neues und klingt 2) fast zu schön,
A dual response axis chart is useful when the data type for the multiple measures are not compatible. For example, when overlaying measures like "This Year" sales with "Last Year" sales, the format and magnitudes of the two measures (or values for two groups) may be compatible, and it is
This article simulates the birthday-matching problem in SAS. The birthday-matching problem (also called the birthday problem or birthday paradox) answers the following question: "if there are N people in a room, what is the probability that at least two people share a birthday?" The birthday problem is famous because the
Forecasting Research Survey The Centre for Marketing Analytics and Forecasting at Lancaster University is conducting a new study on how demand forecasters do forecasting. They invite all practitioners who are working with forecasts, such as demand planners and supply managers, to take part in the study. The survey is anonymous
El crecimiento de las Fintech en Latinoamérica, lejos de significar una amenaza para el sector bancario tradicional, se convirtió en una alianza estratégica que permitió la creación de nuevos productos que se ajustan a los gustos y necesidades de cada cliente. Un informe del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y Finnovista realizado
Can felons vote? This seemed like a simple question, but I realized that I wasn't 100% sure of the answer. Therefore I looked into the data ... and apparently "it depends". Follow along and see how I created a map to help answer this question. But before we take the
This is a guest blog by Shelly Hummel, LMFT and Carole Cullen, LMFT as part of the Work/Life February Relationships Series. We offer our sincere thanks to Shelley and Carole for volunteering to contribute! Jennifer and Dave have been married for 3 years. “We have a huge argument every December
2018, en términos económicos, tiene un panorama bastante bueno. De hecho, el Banco Mundial (BM) en sus Global Economic Prospects destacó que este será el primer año tras la crisis en el que “la economía mundial funcionará en plena capacidad”. Colombia no se queda fuera de esas buenas proyecciones pues