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Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | SAS Events

Jordan Bakerman

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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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Analytics as a service to the masses

Jos van DongenFebruary 27, 2018 0

Dutch Data Science, Part 5: Notilyze

Part 5 of this series brings us to Rotterdam again, where I met with the two Notilyze founders Colin Nugteren and Tom Dogger. Both of them studied econometrics in Rotterdam, but go back as far as the F4 soccer team they were both playing in as kids. Company overview The

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Gustavo GutmanFebruary 21, 2018 0

Despliegue de más redes y más usuarios para las telcos requiere de más y mejor analítica para crecer

Las compañías del sector de Telcos en Colombia están a la espera de la gran subasta de bandas de 700 MHZ y 1.900 MHz, luego de que a finales de 2017 se aprobara un Decreto con el cual se aumentaban los topes máximos de espectro para bandas altas, pasando de

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Advanced Analytics

Sample from mixture distribution showing sample median

Rick WicklinFebruary 21, 2018 0

A Monte Carlo algorithm to estimate a median

This article describes and implements a fast algorithm that estimates a median for very large samples. The traditional median estimate sorts a sample of size N and returns the middle value (when N is odd). The algorithm in this article uses Monte Carlo techniques to estimate the median much faster.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Learn SAS

Larry LaRussoFebruary 16, 2018 0

SAS Academy for Data Science creates top-rate analytical professionals

Do a quick search on “data scientist” on any of the popular job boards and there’s no denying the global shortage of data scientists is a real one. And, whether you’re looking for the salary commensurate with the prestigious title, a fast pass to the C-suite, or simply want to

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Events

Sharat MathurFebruary 15, 2018 0

Shifting sands in pricing and promotion

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) and Retail industry are going through a period of significant change. Both retailers and manufacturers are struggling to find growth and improve profitability. One strategy is through consolidation - e.g., Kraft-Heinz, Keurig- Dr Pepper Snapple Group on the manufacturer side, as well as Safeway-Albertsons, Ahold-Delhaize,

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Bill SchmarzoFebruary 14, 2018 0

Data monetization and the economic value of data

How effective is your organization at leveraging data and analytics to power your business models? This question is surprising hard for many organizations to answer. Most organizations lack a roadmap against which they can measure their effectiveness for using data and analytics to optimize key business processes, uncover new business

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Stuart RogersFebruary 14, 2018 0

SAS Viya 3.3 - Some Kerberos principles

In this article, I will set out clear principles for how SAS Viya 3.3 will interoperate with Kerberos. My aim is to present some overview concepts for how we can use Kerberos authentication with SAS Viya 3.3. We will look at both SAS Viya 3.3 clients and SAS 9.4M5 clients.

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Tim ClarkJanuary 26, 2018 0

Take your manufacturing business to the next level with AI

Let’s lay down some fundamentals. In business you want to achieve the highest revenues with the best margins and the lowest costs. More specifically, in manufacturing, you want your products to be the highest quality (relative to specification) when you make the item. And you want it shipped to the

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Juthika KharghariaJanuary 25, 2018 0

Using PROC ASTORE to override scoring decisions in SAS® Viya®

If you have worked with the different types of score code generated by the high-performance modeling nodes in SAS® Enterprise Miner™ 14.1, you have probably come across the Analytic Store (or ASTORE) file type for scoring. The ASTOREfile type works very well for scoring complex machine learning models like random

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Advanced Analytics | Internet of Things | Machine Learning

SAS KoreaJanuary 25, 2018 0

2018년과 미래를 관통할 2가지 기술 트렌드

자율주행차, 커넥티드 기기, 디지털 트랜스포메이션, 사물인터넷(IoT), 머신러닝, 인공지능(AI), 자동화 등 2017년 한 해를 주도해온 기술 트렌드는 2018년은 물론 그 미래에까지도 계속될 것입니다. 실질적인 차이는 이 기술들의 결합에서 찾을 수 있는데요. 한 예로, 인공지능과 사물인터넷은 그 자체로 트랜스포메이션의 성격(transformative)을 지닙니다. 사물인공지능(artificial intelligence of things)으로 구현될 연결되고 자동화된 세상의 디지털 트랜스포메이션을 상상해보세요. 2018년에는 지능(intelligence)과

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Advanced Analytics | Programming Tips

Patricia NeriJanuary 24, 2018 0

Solving Sudoku puzzles using Constraint Programming in SAS Optimization

Most people who work with optimization are familiar with Linear and Integer Programming, to their toolkit they could add Constraint Programming. Constraint Programming is a powerful technique that is used to solve powerful “real-world” problems in a variety of areas, such as, planning, scheduling, DNA Sequencing, computer graphics and natural

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Advanced Analytics | Programming Tips

Phil WeissJanuary 24, 2018 0

Getting your SAS 9 code to run multi-threaded in SAS Viya 3.3

This article and accompanying technical white paper are written to help SAS 9 users process existing SAS 9 code multi-threaded in SAS Viya 3.3. Read the full paper, Getting Your SAS 9 Code to Run Multi-Threaded in SAS Viya 3.3. The Future is Multi-threaded Processing Using SAS® Viya® When I first began

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

SAS KoreaJanuary 18, 2018 0

머신러닝 해석력 시리즈 1탄: 인공지능(AI)과 머신러닝을 신뢰하기 위한 필수 조건, 해석력!

음악 추천부터 대출 심사, 직원 평가, 암 진단까지 현대 사회는 인공지능(AI)과 머신러닝 기반의 애플리케이션에 둘러싸여 있습니다. 기계가 사람을 대신해 내린 의사결정에 점점 더 많은 영향을 받고 있는데요. 일상적인 것부터 사람의 목숨이 걸린 중대한 의사결정에 이르기까지 우리는 머신러닝 모델에 수많은 질문을 던집니다. 이때 질문에 대한 답변은 ‘예측 모델’이 결정합니다. 생소하고 어려운 개념인데요. 데이터

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Andrew KramerJanuary 17, 2018 0

Visualizing the results of a Market Basket Analysis in SAS Viya

One of the most exciting features from the newest release of Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning on SAS Viya is the ability to perform Market Basket Analysis on large amounts of transactional data. Market Basket Analysis allows companies to analyze large transactional files to identify significant relationships between items.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Management | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseJanuary 17, 2018 0

Why do we rely on judgment when analytics outperforms it?

Wherever there is uncertainty there has got to be judgment, and wherever there is judgment there is an opportunity for human fallibility. Donald Redelmeirer, physician-researcher Recently, I read a fascinating book titled The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Mind by Michael Lewis (W.W. Norton & Company, 2017). Lewis

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Manufacturing | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Larry OrimoloyeJanuary 5, 2018 0

Looking beyond the AI and deep learning hype

In the current artificial intelligence (AI) media storm, the deep learning hype is especially strong. Let's explore how these terms relate and why they're so hot right now. First, deep learning is not synonymous with AI or even machine learning. Artificial Intelligence is a broad field which aims to "automate cognitive processes."

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Analítica tiempo real banca móvil

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezJanuary 4, 2018 0

Fintech, de rivales a aliadas de los bancos tradicionales

Hace un poco más de un lustro, cuando las Fintech –startups tecnológicas que operan en el sector financiero- comenzaron a sonar fuerte en el mercado, se creyó que eran una amenaza para el tradicional sector financiero, su modelo de negocio y las compañías que allí operaban; hoy, lejos de ser calificadas como el enemigo, se han convertido en el

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Banking | Government

Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Jos van DongenJanuary 3, 2018 0

Dutch Data Science, part 4: Rijkswaterstaat RWS

The fourth edition of the series brings me to Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch government agency responsible for the main connecting infrastructure in the Netherlands (roads, bridges, waterways and water systems). I talked with Bas van Essen who’s responsible for RWS Datalab, the big data lab within Rijkswaterstaat (RWS). Company Overview RWS

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Energy & Utilities | Government

Advanced Analytics | Data for Good

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunDecember 28, 2017 0

트위터 빅데이터를 이용한 캐나다 청소년 자살 예방 프로젝트

데이터 분석으로 청소년 자살을 예방할 수 있을까요? 캐나다 통계청에 따르면, 2011년 25세 미만의 캐나다인 사망자 중 5분의 1은 자살로 생을 마감했습니다. 자살은 캐나다 청년층의 두 번째 사망 원인으로 매우 심각한 사회 문제인데요. 특히 캐나다정신건강협회(Canadian Mental Health Association)에 의하면 15-24세의 자살 사망률은 선진국 가운데 세 번째로 높은 24%에 달합니다. 이러한 청년층 자살을

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunDecember 28, 2017 0

통합 분석 플랫폼으로 ‘개방형 분석’ 환경 구축

바야흐로 ‘데이터 하이웨이’ 시대입니다. 데이터는 금융, 제조, 의료, 통신 등 산업에 관계없이 모든 기업의 비즈니스를 관통하며 인사이트를 제공하고 있는데요. 그만큼 분석 소프트웨어 시장도 그 어느 때보다 다양한 솔루션과 기술로 활성화되어 있습니다. 실제 가트너에 따르면 전 세계 비즈니스 인텔리전스(BI) 및 분석 소프트웨어 시장의 규모는 올해 183억 달러에 이르고, 오는 2020년에는 228억

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Rainer SterneckerDecember 21, 2017 0

Self-Service Data Preparation: Das Self steht für Value!

Data Preparation wird von Unternehmen bislang oft als Fleißaufgabe gesehen, die man gerne der IT überlässt. Doch weil die Fachabteilungen oftmals nicht lange auf ihre Daten warten wollen, haben dicke SQL-Bücher und Spreadsheet-Anwendungen immer noch Hochkonjunktur in den meisten Büros. Ist das sinnvoll? Nein, das ist nicht sinnvoll. Denn die

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Advanced Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunDecember 19, 2017 0

실시간 고객 참여, 고객 경험 관리의 필수 요소

포브스(Forbes) 글로벌 500대 기업 경영진의 대부분은 ‘경험’을 차세대 경쟁 요소로 꼽았습니다. 왜 그럴까요? 오늘날 디지털 중심의 옴니채널 세계에서 고객은 정보와 밀접하게 연결되어 있고, 정보를 적극적으로 이용하고 있으며, 그 이용 방법 또한 점점 더 정교해지고 있습니다. IT 분야의 세계적인 석학이자 MIT 미디어 연구소 설립자인 니콜라스 네그로폰테(Nicholas Negroponte)가 1998년에 발표한 성명에 단어 하나만

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Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

line drawing of robot beside a computer model

Ilknur Kaynar Kabul

Ilknur Kaynar KabulDecember 18, 2017 0

Interpretability is crucial for trusting AI and machine learning

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. As machine learning takes its place in many recent advances in science and technology, the interpretability of machine learning models grows in importance. We

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeDecember 14, 2017 0

Was bringt die Zukunft? Auswertung von Risiko-Szenario-Pfaden

Die Abbildung einer möglichen zukünftigen Situation ist eine Kernaufgabe des Risiko-Managements. Dazu werden unterschiedlich komplexe Modelle mit möglichen Szenarien durchgerechnet. Hierbei erhält man pro Szenario und Vorhersage-Zeitpunkt ein Ergebnis. Bei mehrperiodischen Vorhersagen (z. B. bei Kredit-Portfolien oder Lebensversicherungen) gibt es pro Szenario einen Ergebnis-Pfad. Im Folgenden zeige ich, wie man mit

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Banking | Insurance

Advanced Analytics | Programming Tips

Carlos LaraDecember 12, 2017 0

PROC FREQ for Big Data

PROC FREQ is one of the most popular procedures in the SAS language. It is mostly used to describe frequency distribution of a variable or combination of variables in contingency tables. However, PROC FREQ has much more functionality than that. For an overview of all that it can do, see

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonDecember 6, 2017 0

An introduction to authorization in SAS Viya

Authorization determines what a user can see and do in an application. An authorization system is used to define access control policies, and those policies are later enforced so that access requests are granted or denied. To secure resources in SAS Viya there are three authorization systems of which you need to be aware. The General

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Gerry NelsonDecember 6, 2017 0

LDAP basics for the SAS Viya administrator

ln SAS Viya, deployments identities are managed by the environments configured identity provider. In Visual SAS Viya deployments the identity provider must be an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server. Initial setup of a SAS Viya Deployment requires configuration to support reading the identity information (users and groups) from LDAP. SAS Viya 3.3

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