Analytics | Data Management

Helmut PlinkeMarch 19, 2018 0

Schnellere Analytics? Nicht ohne modernes Datenmanagement!

Unternehmen, die Big Data nutzen wollen, um schlauer zu agieren und sich einen Wettbewerbsvorteil zu verschaffen, fangen meist bei der Modernisierung ihrer Analytics an. Schließlich verspricht eine moderne analytische Anwendung bessere Erkenntnisse und macht es möglich, neue Markttrends schneller zu erkennen. Doch mit der Implementierung einer neuen Visualisierungssoftware alleine ist

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German

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 19, 2018 0

Compute with combinations: Maximize a function over combinations of variables

About once a month I see a question on the SAS Support Communities that involves what I like to call "computations with combinations." A typical question asks how to find k values (from a set of p values) that maximize or minimize some function, such as "I have 5 variables,

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Data Management

Rainer SterneckerMarch 16, 2018 0

Datenmanagement – eine lästige Pflicht? Schon lange nicht mehr!

Datenmanagement ist ein alter Bekannter aus der IT – und andererseits ein neuer „Hidden Champion“ im digitalisierten Unternehmen. Warum? Weil Datenintegration und -aufbereitung einerseits eine ureigene und unverzichtbare Aufgabe der IT ist, deren Bedeutung weiter wächst. Andererseits aber stehen vor dem Hintergrund von datenbasierten Geschäftsprozessen und -modellen auch die Mitarbeiter

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German

Analytics

Mike GillilandMarch 15, 2018 0

Free webinar on "Transforming forecasting in a new era" by Kellogg's

IBF Free Webinar The Institute of Business Forecasting is offering a free webinar on March 29, 2018: Analytically Speaking: Transforming Forecasting & Demand Planning in a New Era The webinar will be delivered by Chad Schumacher, Senior Director of Global Analytics at Kellogg's, and you can register here. From the

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Analytics | Data for Good

Josh MorganMarch 15, 2018 0

Whole person analytics empowers person-centered care

What message do former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, and White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner have in common? They all asserted the importance of person-centered care in their respective remarks at HIMSS two weeks ago in Las Vegas. Person-centered care treats the patient/healthcare consumer as an

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Students & Educators

SAS KoreaMarch 15, 2018 0

재미 그 이상! 해커톤으로 혁신하는 4가지 방법

지난 3월 8~11일 로마 바티칸에서 교황청 최초의 해커톤(hackathon) ‘브이핵(VHacks; A Hackathon at the Vatican)’이 개최되어 세계의 이목을 끌었습니다. 전 세계의 기업, IT 개발자, 학생들이 첨단 과학 기술을 이용해 이주민, 난민과 같은 사회적 이슈와 종교간 포용, 대화 등 종교적 이슈에 대한 해결책을 찾기 위해 한자리에 모였는데요. 특히 미국 매사추세츠공과대학(MIT), 하버드대학, 조지타운대학 등

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Korean

Data Management

Phil SimonMarch 15, 2018 0

What is record-level security?

Phil Simon chimes in on a way to lock down data

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Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMarch 14, 2018 0

Visualize repetition in song lyrics

One of my favorite magazines, Significance, printed an intriguing image of a symmetric matrix that shows repetition in a song's lyrics. The image was created by Colin Morris, who has created many similar images. When I saw these images, I knew that I wanted to duplicate the analysis in SAS!

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Learn SAS | Students & Educators | Work & Life at SAS

Dr. Jürgen KaselowskyMarch 14, 2018 0

Pi-Tag – es lebe die Mathematik!

Mathematik im Alltag, da denkt jeder sofort an die Rechnung im Restaurant, die man mal schnell per Kopfrechnen aufteilen will. Oder an Dreisatz, Prozentualrechnung, jaja … Für viele Leute kein Problem, aber irgendwie negativ besetzt. Das muss sich ändern! O. k., da wird nun kein gesetzlicher Feiertag rausspringen (wobei DAS jeden

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German

Analytics

Ivan Fernando HerreraMarch 13, 2018 0

Chatbots y Machine Learning, microsegundos que transforman al mundo

En el mundo de la analítica de datos existe un campo de conocimiento llamado Aprendizaje de Máquina (Machine Learning),  el cual está relacionado con la capacidad que tienen las máquinas para aprender de los humanos y ayudarlos a solucionar sus problemas en tiempos cortos y de forma favorable. Un ejemplo

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Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 12, 2018 0

Where are opioids prescribed most, in North Carolina?

My buddy Rick Wicklin recently pointed me towards an animation of some opioid prescription rate data for Illinois. And, of course, I decided we needed a similar animation for North Carolina (with a few improvements...) Here's the original, and here are the problems that jump out at me: Counties with

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Health Care

Analytics

Rick WicklinMarch 12, 2018 0

Pi, special functions, and distributions

Welcome to my annual Pi Day post. Every year on March 14th (written 3/14 in the US), geeky mathematicians and their friends celebrate "all things pi-related" because 3.14 is the three-decimal approximation to pi. Pi is a mathematical constant that never changes. Pi is the same value today as it

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Ilknur Kaynar KabulMarch 9, 2018 0

Understanding and interpreting your data set

We have updated our software for improved interpretability since this post was written. For the latest on this topic, read our new series on model-agnostic interpretability.  Don`t jump into modelling. First, understand and explore your data! This is common advice for many data scientists. If your data set is messy,

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

David TareenMarch 9, 2018 0

Gartner names data science and machine learning leaders

I bet many of you didn’t even know the term machine learning five years ago. But Gartner did. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, 2018 was just released, and SAS has been in the leader’s quadrant for five years straight. According to Gartner, “This Magic

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Brigitte Naylor-AumayerMarch 8, 2018 0

Analytics-Plattformen: Mit der Technologie verändern sich auch die Ansprüche

Eine aktuelle Studie von SAS beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie bereit Unternehmen für die Nutzung von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) sind. Das Ergebnis zeigt: Es gibt viel zu tun. Gerade beim Einsatz moderner Analytics-Plattformen, die Innovationen vorantreiben können, gibt es noch Nachholbedarf. Aber wer sind die Anspruchsgruppen einer solchen Analytics-Plattform,

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German

Analytics

Carsten KrahMarch 8, 2018 0

Model Governance der EZB: Strafe oder Chance?

Model Governance ist nicht die neueste Daumenschraube der EZB, sondern eine Notwendigkeit mit Effizienzpotenzial - Warum Banken bei regulatorischen Anforderungen zum Abwarten neigen – und warum das kein nachhaltiges Vorgehen ist - , habe ich meinem letzten Blogpost beschrieben. Wie aber sieht denn ein sinnvolles Vorgehen aus? Die gute Nachricht

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German

Banking

Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

David KennedyMarch 7, 2018 0

Criminal justice data system speeds prosecutions, helps put offenders away

Much has been written about the value that North Carolina’s Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services (CJLEADS) system has brought the state’s court personnel and law enforcement officers. CJLEADS integrates dozens of NC criminal justice and law enforcement data sets, a vast improvement over the state’s legacy processes. Law

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English

Government

Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunMarch 7, 2018 0

SAS 코리아, 최신 머신러닝·자연어처리 등 인공지능(AI) 활용 분석 기능 강화

인공지능 활용 엔터프라이즈 분석 가능한 ‘SAS 플랫폼’ 최신 오퍼링 출시 SAS 코리아, 최신 머신러닝·자연어처리 등 인공지능(AI) 활용 분석 기능 강화 머신러닝·자연어처리로 비정형 데이터 가치 극대화 및 전 과정 시각화하는 엔드투엔드 비주얼 환경 제공 웹 인터페이스로 전체 분석 라이프사이클을 통합하고, 초보자부터 전문가까지 전사 협업 지원 미국적십자사·시스코·뮌헨재보험 등 도입… 분석 인사이트로 비즈니스

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Korean

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 7, 2018 0

Fit a distribution from quantiles

Data analysts often fit a probability distribution to data. When you have access to the data, a common technique is to use maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to compute the parameters of a distribution that are "most likely" to have produced the observed data. However, how can you fit a distribution

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Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | SAS Events

Jordan BakermanMarch 6, 2018 0

Use R to interface with SAS Cloud Analytics Services

The R SWAT package (SAS Wrapper for Analytics Transfer) enables you to upload big data into an in-memory distributed environment to manage data and create predictive models using familiar R syntax. In the SAS Viya Integration with Open Source Languages: R course, you learn the syntax and methodology required to

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips | SAS Events

Robert AllisonMarch 6, 2018 0

What to do in Denver, during SAS Global Forum!

Are you going to Denver, Colorado, and wondering what fun/interesting/eclectic things you can do there? Then this is the map for you! For the past couple of years, I've made maps of the city SAS Global Forum is in, pointing out some of the attractions that conference attendees might want

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Retail | Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunMarch 6, 2018 0

[프로그래밍 팁] SAS 유니버시티 에디션으로 파이썬 코딩하기

‘국영수코(co)’라는 신조어 들어보셨나요? 국어, 영어, 수학, 코딩(coding)의 약자인데요. 교육부의 ‘2015 개정교육과정’에 따라 올해 3월부터 중학생, 내년부터는 초등학교 5, 6학년 학생의 소프트웨어(SW) 교육이 의무화되면서 코딩 교육과 관련 자격증 열풍이 불고 있습니다. 미국, 영국 등 IT 선진국들은 이미 발 빠르게 코딩 교육을 의무화하며, 4차 산업혁명 시대의 인재 확보에 나섰는데요. SAS 역시 2014년, 학습이나 비상업적인

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Korean

Analytics

Business Analytics PortugalMarch 5, 2018 0

Inteligência Artificial: melhorar a experiência do cliente

Numa era em que o cliente/consumidor ganha ainda mais importância junto de todos os negócios as empresas têm de se valer de todas as ferramentas existentes com o intuito de proporcionar melhores e mais valiosas experiências. O recurso a ferramentas analíticas e à Inteligência Artificial (AI) é, talvez, a melhor

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Portuguese

Data Management

Joyce Norris-MontanariMarch 5, 2018 0

GDPR and EU personal data: Some considerations

Joyce Norris-Montanari starts this two-part series with some suggested actions you can take to help you comply with the GDPR.

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Analytics

Carsten KrahMarch 5, 2018 0

Model Risk Management - Dünnes Eis

Banken dürfen das Thema Model Risk Management nicht aussitzen – schon wegen der EZB und ihrer Initiative TRIM - Abwarten, verzögern, aussitzen: Die Banken tun seit Jahren nicht viel dafür, sich als aktiver Gegenpart der Bankenaufsicht zu profilieren. Ist ihnen das vorzuwerfen? Schließlich, so scheint es, treibt die Aufsicht auch

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German

Banking

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Machine Learning

Min-Gi ChoMarch 5, 2018 0

사기 탐지 전략을 강화하는 8가지 방법

최근 금융감독원은 2017년 국내 보이스피싱 피해액이 2,423억원에 달하며, 전년 대비 26% 증가했다고 발표했습니다. 특히 하반기에만 가상화폐를 이용해 148억원이 탈취된 것으로 밝혀지며 논란이 되고 있는데요. 이렇게 IT 기술이 발달함에 따라 신종 자금세탁 수법이 등장하면서 사기 탐지는 더욱 어려워지고 있습니다. 결국 산업에 관계없이 모든 금융 범죄 조사관은 사기 탐지 기술과 전략을 지속적으로 강화하고,

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Korean

Banking

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonMarch 5, 2018 0

Converting your old SAS jobs to use the new GfK maps

Do you procrastinate and find excuses to delay doing certain things, even when you know they really ought to be done? And you probably realize that starting those projects is usually the hardest part, eh? Well, I finally started converting hundreds of my SAS examples to use the new GfK maps,

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Government

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 5, 2018 0

The probability of a saddle point in a matrix

Many people know that a surface can contain a saddle point, but did you know that you can define the saddle point of a matrix? Saddle points in matrices are somewhat rare, which means that if you choose a random matrix you are unlikely to choose one that has a

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Alyssa FarrellMarch 2, 2018 0

Three energy trends that are actually IoT opportunities

You’ve probably heard the stats about the number of internet-connected devices, which make up the Internet of Things (IoT). Most likely, you’re part of the narrative. We're all connected in new ways and through more devices than ever before. Sometimes IoT impacts our daily lives – safety sensors on cars,

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinFebruary 28, 2018 0

Solve a system of nonlinear equations with SAS

This article shows how to use SAS to solve a system of nonlinear equations. When there are n unknowns and n equations, this problem is equivalent to finding a multivariate root of a vector-valued function F(x) = 0 because you can always write the system as f1(x1, x2, ..., xn)

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