O SAS Global Forum 2018 (SASGF) decorreu esta semana, em Denver, nos Estados Unidos, e teve como principal mensagem a criação de um mundo melhor. Como? Recorrendo a uma melhor (e diferente) utilização dos dados e das analíticas. E tudo começa com uma pergunta. Que leva à investigação, à análise
Hard though it is to say (and to believe), I joined SAS 20 years ago this week, on Tuesday 14 April 1998. As a fresh-faced, bright-eyed 23 year old, I worked in the UK training department as a statistics trainer. SAS 6.12 was the latest version of our product, SAS/Assist
There is general agreement that the electricity and energy market is changing in a wide variety of ways. There is, however, less agreement on the likely effects of these changes. This makes it extremely hard for energy companies to know precisely where to target investment, but there are ways of
Each of us is defined and shaped by a combination of our experience and our genetic makeup. The precise balance of nature and nurture is not clear, but it is probably fair to say that as we get older, experience may become more important. This is crucial to being able
In recent years, regional managers and hospital managers have been challenged with huge pressure for higher quality, more effectiveness and a rising demand for increased digitalisation and use of data. At the same time, they are trying to lower health care costs. It seems like an impossible task, but it
New technologies offering new ways to solve complicated and costly problems are entering the health care sector . Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of them. To succeed with AI, you need to think in an analytical manner, to build an analytical organisation and, as a part of that, you need an analytics
The purpose of this blog post is to explain, in a very easy way, the definition of procurement fraud, how to fight it and why it is so important to act on. First, let me start with an example of procurement fraud that recently hit the headlines in Sweden and,
No entusiasmo e hype à volta da inteligência artificial e do big data, a maioria de nós perde de vista os aspectos críticos relacionados com a recolha, processamento, manipulação e análise de dados. É importante que quem pratica a ciência dos dados compreenda estes aspectos críticos e adicione um toque
Today, data and analytics are at the core of the work of most organisations. They are embedded in business processes and customer interactions alike. But in getting to this point, there has been a struggle between two different cultures within these organisations — between two groups from different backgrounds with
There is a lot of buzz in the market about artificial intelligence, machine learning, chatbots, blockchains and hackathons. The list could go on. You do not hear much about business intelligence these days. Does this mean BI is no longer needed? Absolutely not, but I do believe it is worth
