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Athlete to Advocate: Lindsay's Story
July marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights legislation that has positively impacted the lives of millions of people with disabilities in the United States. It’s always a good time to hear the perspectives of others, and this time presents a unique
Premier League champs offer lessons on and off the field
When Liverpool clinched the Premier League title with a win on June 25, my household was giddy. We are a family of sports fans, and we especially love baseball (Go, Red Sox!) and soccer. I’m a relative newbie to Liverpool, having cheered for them for the last five years. Having
Six ways Intelligent Decisioning can reduce costs for governments
If the UK economy is going to achieve the target of bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 the application of Intelligent Decisioning will play a major role in helping achieve this target.
Compute within-group multivariate statistics and store them in a list
I recently showed how to compute within-group multivariate statistics by using the SAS/IML language. However, a principal of good software design is to encapsulate functionality and write self-contained functions that compute and return the results. What is the best way to return multiple statistics from a SAS/IML module? A convenient
Lutte contre le Coronavirus : quel rôle jouerait l'intelligence artificielle ?
L'Intelligence Artificielle (IA) et l'analytique aident à la détection des premiers symptômes indicateurs d'une possible épidémie. Ce qui contribue largement à limiter la propagation d'un virus. Il faut pouvoir compter sur des techniques analytiques capables de repérer des événements rares mais significatifs, comme une hausse de l'absentéisme dans une école
Utilities, forget the Duck Curve, and get ready for the Turducken Curve
Ever heard of a Turducken? It's a chicken stuffed inside a duck that's stuffed inside a turkey along with layers of stuffing (which I just learned is referred to as a three-bird roast outside the US and Canada; there's also an English variant known as a gooducken, where the turkey
The business case for kindness in the utilities sector
Utility companies have a choice: aggressive debt collection, or debt forgiveness or ‘holidays’.
[SGF시리즈#5] AI는 어떻게 아마존 열대 우림을 보호할까
IIASA(International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 국제응용시스템분석연구소)는 인류가 당면한 전 세계 환경과 경제, 기술, 사회적 변화로 인한 문제를 연구하는 독립적인 국제 과학 연구소입니다. 이곳에서는 특히, 글로벌 환경과 사회에 영향을 미치는 요소와 그 원인을 명확히 이해하기 위해 분석 기술을 적극 활용하고 있습니다. SAS는 교육, 환경, 건강, 인권, 빈곤 등 다양한 사회
Complicações culturais e de processo: Transformação Digital durante uma pandemia
As companhias de seguros enfrentam diferentes exigências por parte dos clientes e num cenário cada vez mais fraturante e competitivo. Na verdade, elas precisam de ser capazes de usar os dados e o conhecimento, de forma rápida e eficaz, para se manterem na linha da frente. Durante a crise do
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„Ich kann den Leuten errechnen, ob ihr Business erfolgreich sein wird, weil ich Strukturen aufdecke, auf die man nie kommen würde.“
AML and fraud prevention: Better together?
Why fraud prevention and anti-money laundering teams can learn a lot from each other—and how convergence can benefit both.
Snack wrappers and noisy parents: Being a virtual intern during COVID-19
I was supposed to be behind a desk downing M&M’s and enjoying the SAS campus and all its glory. But instead, I’m working from home as an external communications intern. Working from home has been a blessing filled with challenges I never thought I’d experience this summer. The first one
How to evaluate the multivariate normal log likelihood
The multivariate normal distribution is used frequently in multivariate statistics and machine learning. In many applications, you need to evaluate the log-likelihood function in order to compare how well different models fit the data. The log-likelihood for a vector x is the natural logarithm of the multivariate normal (MVN) density
Digital tax administration: The top 5 trends
SAS experts point to five trends that are shaping the future for digital tax administration.
Data visualization and location analytics: 'Where' can tell you 'why'
Human brains are hardwired to build maps. We navigate the world around us through the creation of mental maps. Maps that assemble abstract landmarks and build spatial relationships between them. If you think about how you navigate through your house, even in the dark, it is quite amazing. Maps have
A parallel implementation of Monte Carlo simulation in SAS Viya
A previous article introduces the MAPREDUCE function in the iml action. (The iml action was introduced in Viya 3.5.) The MAPREDUCE function implements the map-reduce paradigm, which is a two-step process for distributing a computation to multiple threads. The example in the previous article adds a set of numbers by
[SGF시리즈#3] 글로벌위기 세계경제를 바라보는 임원들의 전망
회복이란 무엇일까요? 정상 상태로 돌아가는 것, 잃어버린 것을 되찾는 것, 통제와 안전을 되찾는 것... 평상시로 돌아가는 것은 지금은 힘든 일처럼 느껴지지만 조직의 회복 정도는 지금과 같은 혼란기에 리더가 취하는 조치에 달려 있습니다. 이번 SGF 시리즈에서는 팬데믹 시기의 혼란기를 리더는 어떻게 대응해야 하는지 살펴보고자 이코노미스트와 함께 조사한 ‘글로벌 비즈니스 바로미터(이하, GBB)’
Pandemic code samples, for SAS graphics
During the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic, you've probably formed a great appreciation for good, informative graphics. Good graphics can help you get a handle on thousands of individual data values, see the geographical distribution, or look for trends. In February, I wrote a blog post about creating a coronavirus dashboard with
Our customer-centric approach for integrating with Microsoft in the cloud
Last month, SAS and Microsoft announced a new strategic partnership – one that we believe will shape the future of analytics and artificial intelligence. You may be wondering as a customer what this partnership means for you. As an IT leader, I’ve had a front-row seat for the collaborative relationship
Are your hospital resources at risk of hitting capacity?
How have healthcare providers and governmental agencies predicted the fast-changing, potentially exponential increase in the need for medical services and equipment through the various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic? Mathematical techniques that attempt to model and understand the likely spread of the disease have been instrumental. The SEIR model is
Mobility tracing: Helping local authorities in the fight against COVID-19
The current state of policy enforcement during an infectious disease pandemic is mostly reactive. Public health officials track changes in active cases, identify hot-spots and enforce containment policies primarily based on geographic proximity. By combining telecommunications data -- which we turn into mobility information -- with public health data of
A general method for parallel computation in SAS Viya
The iml action in SAS Viya (introduced in Viya 3.5) provides a set of general programming tools that you can use to implement a custom parallel algorithm. This makes the iml action different than other Viya actions, which use distributed computations to solve specific problems in statistics, machine learning, and
[SGF시리즈#2] 인구이동분석, 접촉자 추적.. 팬데믹 극복을 위한 분석 기술
질병 확산을 억제하고 경제적 영향을 최소화하기 위해서는 인구가 어떻게 이동하는지 분석하고, 지역 내 접촉자를 추적하여 적절한 의사결정을 해야 합니다. 이번 SGF 시리즈에서는 인구 이동 분석과 접촉자 추적 등 SAS 분석 기술이 어떻게 팬데믹 극복을 위한 의사결정을 지원하는지에 대한 SAS 짐굿나잇 회장과 스티브 베넷 글로벌 정부기관 프랙티스 부문 이사의 세션을 소개합니다.
Preview of Foresight (Summer 2020)
Following is editor-in-chief Len Tashman's preview of the Summer 2020 issue of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Preview of Foresight (Summer 2020) The Summer 2020 issue of Foresight—number 58 in this, our fifteenth anniversary year—addresses fundamental issues related to (a) the criteria for choosing among forecasting methods, (b)
SAS Global Forum: analítica, el arma crítica para combatir al COVID-19
Por primera vez en su historia, el evento insignia de nuestra compañía, SAS Global Forum 2020, se realizó bajo un formato virtual y con un alcance sin precedentes: más de 14,000 personas de todas las regiones del planeta siguieron su desarrollo y escucharon de primera mano cómo la analítica ha
Why courses need to prepare data scientists for continuous adaptation
Skills shortages in data science affect every company and organisation that tries to automate and adopt AI over the next few years.
새로워진 SAS 커뮤니티를 소개합니다
오랜 시간동안 많은 사랑을 받아온 SAS 사용자 커뮤니티가 리뉴얼되었습니다. 한국에서 SAS 커뮤니티의 역사는 벌써 30년이 되었습니다. 1990년 SAS코리아 설립 이후 SAS User Group International-Korea(SUGI-K)라는 이름으로 활동한 SAS 사용자 모임이 2007년 MYSAS로 명칭을 바꾸었습니다. 그리고, 2010년 홈페이지를 개편하고 10년 만인 2020년, 사용자 모임의 활성화를 위해 새로운 SAS 커뮤니티 사이트로 여러분을 다시
Pool testing: The math behind combining medical tests
Testing people for coronavirus is a public health measure that reduces the spread of coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci, a US infectious disease expert, recently mentioned the concept of "pool testing." The verb "to pool" means "to combine from different sources." In a USA Today article, Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator