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Charlie ChaseOctober 7, 2016 12

Machine learning changes the way we forecast in retail and CPG

Machine learning is taking a significant role in many big data initiatives today. Large retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are using machine learning combined with predictive analytics to help them enhance consumer engagement and create more accurate demand forecasts as they expand into new sales channels like the

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Manufacturing | Retail

Machine Learning | SAS Events

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 14, 2016 0

An analytics revolution underway: Insights from Analytics Experience 2016

“What we are experiencing from analytics today is nothing short of a revolution,” said CEO Jim Goodnight, who spoke at Analytics Experience 2016 and set the stage for the conference’s executive panel. “Right now, my primary mission is to ensure people understand the limitless possibilities that lie before us, given

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Machine Learning

Robert MoreiraJuly 29, 2016 0

Navigating the open waters of machine learning

I’m an avid open water swimmer. In order to succeed in open water races I must do two things: I must sight properly in order to swim the straightest line possible in the right direction. The straighter the line, the less I have to swim. I must use a powerful,

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Data for Good | Machine Learning

Tom SaboJuly 6, 2016 4

Sentiment analysis, machine learning open up world of possibilities

When a person feels sufficiently wronged to lodge a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), there’s likely to be some negative sentiment involved. But is there a connection between the language they use and the likelihood they will be compensated by the offending company? At the upcoming Sentiment

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Internet of Things | Machine Learning

Lonnie MillerJune 22, 2016 2

One Button to Help Them All

For those of us who haven’t been hermits stuck in a remote section of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings book and movie series brought to our awareness the mythical powers of The One Ring: An object with a sinister inscription that reads “One Ring to Rule Them All.”

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Manufacturing

Internet of Things | Machine Learning

Alyssa FarrellMay 11, 2016 0

Machine Learning: An invited guest to the IoT party?

Research indicates that IoT and Machine Learning are more valuable to utilities when used in combination but there are hurdles to overcome first. Machine learning and IoT will enable utilities to better realize the next generation of the power grid: a distributed system with power flows among millions of things

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Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Alison BolenApril 19, 2016 0

Deep learning methods and applications

If I were to show you a picture of a house, you would know it’s a house without even stopping to think about it. Because you have seen hundreds of different types of houses, your brain has come to recognize the features – a roof, a door, windows, a front

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Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

March 31, 2016 3

The ethics of machine intelligence

How comfortable are you with hard decisions? If it affected you, how comfortable would you be with losing your agency and having someone else make the decision for you? What if that decision isn’t made by a person but a machine? More than abstract questions, these are going to become

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Machine Learning

Bill DavisMarch 28, 2016 0

Machine Learning: Why Now? Your questions answered here and at #StrataHadoop

Machine learning is not new. SAS has been doing it for over 20 years and some early machine learning papers date back to the 50’s. So why is it one of the hottest topics at the Strata Hadoop World conference later this week? Clearly, Hadoop is playing a major role

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Machine Learning

Greg HendersonMarch 24, 2016 0

Machine learning is crucial for fraud management

Lately there seems to be a surge in the term machine learning. Much like big data a few years ago, machine learning is the new buzzword -- and the two terms actually go hand in hand. With increasing volumes of data now stored in distributed environments such as Hadoop, it's

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