Using the cloud to unlock business value and comply with IFRS 17 and LDTI
4 tips to help insurers comply with regulatory reporting requirements as they move to the cloud.
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Generate all quadratic interactions in a regression model
I've previously written about how to generate all pairwise interactions for a regression model in SAS. For a model that contains continuous effects, the easiest way is to use the EFFECT statement in PROC GLMSELECT to generate second-degree "polynomial effects." However, a SAS programmer was running a simulation study and
Mathematical optimization at SAS
Note from Udo Sglavo on mathematical optimization: When data scientists look at the essence of analytics and wonder about their daily endeavor, it often comes down to supporting better decisions. Peter F. Drucker, the founder of modern management, stated: "Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision."
We are joining forces with the SAS Data Science blog!
It's been a great ride Since 2014, the Operations Research Blog has covered a broad range of topics related to real applications of operations research. Paraphrasing Principal Product Manager for Optimization Ed Hughes' first post - this blog covered how OR methods could be applied to organizational and business planning
Print the top rows of your SAS data
One of the first things I learned in SAS was how to use PROC PRINT to display parts of a data set. I usually do not need to see all the data, so my favorite way to use PROC PRINT is to use the OBS= data set option to display
SAS graphs for R programmers - U.S. choropleth map
This is another in my series of blogs where I take a deep dive into converting a customized R graph into a SAS ODS Graphics graph. Can you guess what data I'll be using this time? Here's a photo with a hint. This is Keeler, California (just west of Death
Innovation: The one and only goal for enterprises
"With #HackinSAS, we want to build on the best of many young ideas into innovative products on one platform."
UpSet Plot using GTL
An UpSet plot is used to visualize intersections of sets. In this post, we will illustrate techniques to create this plot using the Graph Template Language (GTL). We assume that you are familiar with GTL. From the point of view of construction, we leverage the LATTICE layout available in GTL
IoT: An AI Pump Theory
Interview with Chief Digital Officer at SAMSON: Dr. Thorsten Pötter.
Innovation - einzige Chance für Unternehmen
„Wir wollen mit #HackinSAS aus vielen jungen Ideen die besten auf einer Plattform zu innovativen Produkten weiterbauen.“
Modernize the risk modeling life cycle by moving to cloud
Go from gridlocked model development to accelerated innovation by moving to the cloud.
A matrix is singular if its rows are arithmetic sequences
Look at the following matrices. Do you notice anything that these matrices have in common? If you noticed that the rows of each matrix are arithmetic progressions, good for you. For each row, there is a constant difference (also called the "increment") between adjacent elements. For these examples: In the
SAS graphs for R programmers - needle plots
This is another in my series of blogs where I take a deep dive into converting a customized R graph into a SAS ODS Graphics graph. This time the example is a needle plot (that's essentially like a bar plot, with lots of tiny bars, plotted along a continuous xaxis).
Generate random points on a sphere
In a previous article, I showed how to generate random points uniformly inside a d-dimensional sphere. In that article, I stated the following fact: If Y is drawn from the uncorrelated multivariate normal distribution, then S = Y / ||Y|| has the uniform distribution on the unit sphere. I was
AI Research Above the Supermarket
Globus (Rouven Dörr) and DFKI (Frederic Kerber) tackle the big questions about the future of AI in supermarkets.
Should teams draft more offensive linemen?
I previously blogged about the impact drafting offensive linemen has on winning and making the playoffs. Since I wrote that, we have new data points to add to the analysis and an exciting finale to this NFL season. In this blog post, I’ll explore a few more arguments both in
Gaussian random walks and Levy flights
Imagine an animal that is searching for food in a vast environment where food is scarce. If no prey is nearby, the animal's senses (such as smell and sight) are useless. In that case, a reasonable search strategy is a random walk. The animal can choose a random direction, walk/swim/fly
The Dog That Sniffs Out Hate AI#35
In conversation with Sophie Achermann, co-founder of the platform www.StophateSpeech.ch.
SAS graphs for R programmers - overlay lines
In the past, Sanjay showed how to create several basic graphs using both R and SAS ODS Graphics code. I'm going to take a bit of a "deeper dive" and focus a series of blog posts on highly customized graphs. Hopefully the code for these customizations will provide you with
3 forces driving modern asset liability management strategies
Economic, tech and regulatory trends are shifting asset liability management strategies.
Financial crime in 2020: How did my predictions play out?
Stu Bradley evaluates his 2020 predictions for fraud, AML compliance and security.
Vom Hund, der Hass apportiert AI#35
Im Talk mit Sophie Achermann, Co-Founderin der Plattform www.StophateSpeech.ch
The inverse gamma distribution in SAS
The inverse gamma distribution is a continuous probability distribution that is used in Bayesian analysis and in some statistical models. The inverse gamma distribution is closely related to the gamma distribution. For any probability distribution, it is essential to know how to compute four functions: the PDF function, which returns
The evolving role of AI in drug safety
Safety, efficacy, speed and costs must all be prioritized and balanced in the delivery of life-changing therapies to patients. A drug that's quickly and cost-efficiently delivered to market, but isn’t effective and safe is unacceptable. An effective, safe drug that doesn’t get to patients in time to save lives has
How to compute the incomplete gamma function in SAS
Years ago, I wrote about how to compute the incomplete beta function in SAS. Recently, a SAS programmer asked about a similar function, called the incomplete gamma function. The incomplete gamma function is a "special function" that arises in applied math, physics, and statistics. You should not confuse the gamma
The road to modern econometrics
A note from Udo Sglavo: When people ask me what makes SAS unique in the area of analytics, I will mention the breadth of our analytic portfolio at some stage. In this blog series, we looked at several essential components of our analytical ecosystem already. It is about time to
5 tips for data scientists on improving your visibility
It’s been a full eight years since HBR declared that data scientists hold the sexiest job of the 21st century. Yet, here we are in 2021, and the work of data scientists is still found outside the spotlight in many settings. Younger data scientists, in particular, can find it hard
AI as a sales hit with morals AI#34
We talked with Dalith Steiger-Gablinger, co-founder of AI Hub SwissCognitiv.
Mobile phone market share - stacked bar charts
I recently had a discussion with a friend, and we were wondering about Apple's market share. This led me to look into the actual data ... finding the online charts lacking, and then designing my own charts. Follow along if you're curious about the process of improving the charts, or
Little Life Hacks series: A River Runs Through Us
I’ve dabbled in the energy meridian system for fifteen years. I’ve personally experienced acupuncture for much of those with great success. While I’ve learned about prana or qi/chi (energy) in yoga and have created class sequences to open those channels, it wasn’t until the last few years that I started
