The COVID-19 pandemic is triggering a debt collection crisis for the energy and utilities sector. How can collections teams control an explosion in delinquent accounts? The collections process is a vital component of any provider's business model, but it’s often an area that doesn’t receive the attention or investment it
In the first part of this blog series, we explored a peculiar phenomenon. A recent Gartner survey indicates that over 50% of marketing leaders are “unimpressed by the results they receive from marketing analytics investments”, yet 85% predicted “significantly more” use of analytics by 2022. If the current approach isn’t
In a Q&A with SAS' Udo Sglavo, Xilong Chen of SAS parses the work of 2021 Nobel Prize winners for Economics.
A scatter plot is my go-to graph! It's what I often start with to get a feel for the data ... and I often end up using just a scatter plot. But some scatter plots are better than others ... In this blog post, I create a scatter plot of
When SAS 9 programmers transition to SAS Viya, there are inevitably questions about how new concepts in Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) relate to similar concepts in SAS. This article discusses the question, "What is the difference between a libref and a caslib?" Both are used to access data, but they
Growing up in Zimbabwe, Prisca’s parents instilled in her the importance of education and modeled what it looked like to extend a helping hand to people who needed it. “They would take in kids from the streets, and some would stay at our house,” Prisca explains. “My parents would pay
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more ubiquitous, organisations are starting to encounter a big issue: explainability. European law requires that organisations need to be able to explain decisions about individuals, such as whether to grant a loan, extend a line of credit, or even to start a fraud investigation. This
Fast-changing payment scams are on the rise. Learn how to fight back.
SAS' Hamza Ghadyali introduces you to JupICL, a SAS field-tested, easy-to-use, customizable image labelling tool that runs entirely inside a Jupyter notebook.
I'm reprising this post I wrote prior to winter break in 2019, about the contrast between the holidays portrayed in commercials and that of real life. This sentiment has only expanded as one might feel whiplash between the uncertainty, grief and injustice observed in the last two years and a
We as a society should actively involve a divers, non-tech-audience into the discussion in the proper usage of AI – it can not be tech experts only discuss what our everyday life is impacting so much already.
I attended a seminar last week whose purpose was to inform SAS 9 programmers about SAS Viya. I could tell from the programmer's questions that some programmers were confused about three basic topics: What are the computing environments in Viya, and how should a programmer think about them? What procedures
For more than 40 years, we’ve experienced countless great moments with our customers. From helping them solve the world’s most critical problems, to celebrating at our annual SAS Global Forum kickback party, we cherish every experience as much as you do. We continually focus on how to better engage with the wide
Harvard Business Review may have dubbed being a data scientist the “sexiest job of the 21st century”, but that hasn’t necessarily made it easier to find analytics experts. There is still a huge skills gap in data science. Recently I met with Andreas Vermeulen who is Director of Technology and
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In a previous article, I showed how to use theCVEXHULL function in SAS/IML to compute the convex hull of a finite set of planar points. The convex hull is a convex polygon, which is defined by its vertices. To visualize the polygon, you need to know the vertices in sequential
As we approach the winter season along with all the other happenings in the world, boosting immunity is important and accessible to everyone. In the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine, qi (pronounced chi), assists the body in fighting off pathogens and building immunity. While many have heard and perhaps experienced
This blog is a continuation of a previous blog that discussed creating simulated data sets. If you have not seen it, you might want to review it, especially if you are not familiar with the RAND function. The program that I'm going to show you simulates a drug study with
See how analytics fights back against ever-changing fraud trends.
Given a cloud of points in the plane, it can be useful to identify the convex hull of the points. The convex hull is the smallest convex set that contains the observations. For a finite set of points, it is a convex polygon that has some of the points as
I watched my husband practice or "play" tai chi for several years before I was willing to give it a go. "That's too slow for me," I thought. "I won't be able to do it". Tai chi, originally a martial art, provides me with joy and I'm so glad I
Canada is a geographically large country, but I've heard that much of the population lives in the small southernmost sections (near the US border). I decided to use my mapping skills, and put that to the test. Follow along, and we'll see what that looks like on a map ...
The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest on our planet. Nowhere else in the world can we find more animal and plant species. Unfortunately, we lose on average 800 square kilometres of forest every day to deforestation for logging, agriculture or road construction. But there is still hope for our
SAS' Cindy Wang uses SAS Visual Analytics to explore how people around the world spend their days.
Do you have a love/hate relationship with cruciferous vegetables? You love eating them, but your gut hates digesting them? Or you can’t stand the bitter flavor, but you would love to get the health benefits from eating them? Whether it’s your taste buds or your belly that has a crucifer
I was recently asked how to create a frequency polygon in SAS. A frequency polygon is an alternative to a histogram that shows similar information about the distribution of univariate data. It is the piecewise linear curve formed by connecting the midpoints of the tops of the bins. The graph
If you are thinking that nobody in their right mind would implement a Calculator API Service with a machine learning model, then yes, you’re probably right. But considering curiosity is in my DNA, it sometimes works this way and machine learning is fun. I have challenged myself to do it,
Analytics offers huge potential to transform raw data into operational intelligence. It provides new insights into old or new problems. This is crucial in business – but it is even more important for tackling big societal issues, such as domestic violence or human trafficking. I recently had the opportunity to
Multiple burglaries were reported over a three-week span in a specific area of Delaware. Delaware State Police used their institutional knowledge augmented by analytics and were able to bust the burglary ring after matching surveillance footage and public records to an address and photo description. In the past, the only option
The process changes that are taking place in the insurance world are massive. More and more insurance companies allow for remote sales of life products and entire sales processes have been simplified for the benefit of the customer. However, opportunities for abuse arose with them as well. A simpler process
