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Wahrscheinlich schreibt Richard David Precht gerade an einem Buch über künstliche Intelligenz – und es wäre wirklich nicht schlecht, wenn sich möglichst viele Menschen so genau wie möglich über dieses Thema informieren könnten, ohne selbst Spezialist sein zu müssen. Denn, das ist 2017 bereits klar geworden, künstliche Intelligenz betrifft uns

For the past few years, I've been hearing from many news sources that Detroit is the most violent large city in the US. If the news is saying this, then the data should corroborate it, eh? Well, of course I decided to check for myself... When comparing crime data across

Do you know what the #1 fear in North America is? Most people say fear of public speaking or fear of death, but you may just want to consider this new fear upping the charts - the fear of writing a SAS Certification exam! The real test begins before even

@philsimon provides more thoughts about the opportunity that GDPR provides marketing departments.

Kundenerfahrungen in Echtzeit genießen einerseits hohe Priorität in Marketingabteilungen vieler Unternehmen, die Umsetzung ist andererseits vielfach noch eine Herausforderung. Da der Marktdruck durch das Internet und die Digitalisierung immer größer wird, sind die Unternehmen gezwungen, ihren (potenziellen und realen) Kunden ein Erlebnis während der Interaktion oder im Dialog zu vermitteln,

It seems like almost everyone is sporting a gadget these days to record their every move, as fitness trackers have become increasingly popular over the last several years. While some devices have the ability to recognize mileage, steps, and even sleep patterns, perhaps the most important feedback when it comes

This article shows how to construct a "stacked band plot" in SAS, as shown to the right. (Click to enlarge.) You are probably familiar with a stacked bar chart in which the cumulative amount of some quantity is displayed by stacking the contributions of several groups. A canonical example is

Can you use a data visualization tool to display building maps, floor designs and other Esri data? With the recent addition of custom polygon support in SAS Visual Analytics 8.2, customers wondered if this feature can be utilized to render different types of regional overlays. A common request is to

The flu seems to be especially potent this year. "How potent is it," you might ask? ... Well, let's plot some data on a map to help find out! Here in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiles data about diseases, and provides reports and graphs

금융감독원에 따르면 2017년 상반기 적발된 보험 사기 금액은 전년 동기 대비 6.4% 증가한 3,703억원으로 역대 최고치를 기록했습니다. 또한 보험연구원은 2014년 기준 보험 사기로 인한 누수 금액이 무려 4조5,000억원에 달하는 것으로 발표했는데요. 특히 전문 브로커가 연루되는 등 사기 수법 또한 지능적, 조직적으로 진화함에 따라 보다 체계적인 조사 방식과 분석 시스템의 필요성이 높아지고

Chief Data Officer: talento analítico al servicio del negocio No voy a negar que tengo una perspectiva privilegiada. Desde SAS, la compañía que creó el nicho de la innovación en Analytics hace 42 años , observó cómo el análisis de la información está transformando nuestro entorno positivamente: negocios con mayor

Sometimes we social worker types in Work/Life forget that other people don't use phrases like "love languages" with the same ease that the typical SAS employee might talk about "data-driven customer experience." In Work/Life we are kicking off a February series on relationships, so I wanted to take a moment to tell

Have you, or someone you know, gotten the flu this year? Word on the street is that this year's flu might be particularly bad, and the data seem to be corroborating that so far. You don't want to take my word for it? -- well then, let's have a look

I ran across an interesting conundrum the other day. The intent was to compare the value of X to a list of desired values, and if X matched one of the values in the list, set Flag to 1, otherwise set Flag to 0. I wrote and executed this test program,

Enochlophobia. It means “fear of crowds,” and I have it. I wouldn’t be caught dead anywhere near Times Square on New Years’ Eve, and how did I ever endure the stadium-sized rock concerts of my youth? I’m thinking all this as I navigate the sea of people at the National