Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandAugust 15, 2016 0

Last day -- Foresight Practitioner Conference $200 registration discount

Companies launch initiatives to upgrade or improve their sales & operations planning and demand planning processes all the time, but many fail to deliver the results they should. Has your forecasting operation fallen short of expectations? Do you struggle with "best practices" that seem incapable of producing accurate, useful results?

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Advanced Analytics | Data for Good | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Polly Mitchell-GuthrieAugust 12, 2016 0

The benefits of artificial intelligence

Asking about the benefits of artificial intelligence and machine learning reminds me a little of the transition to suitcases with wheels. Do you remember lugging around those old suitcases? If not, good for you - this original advertisement from US Luggage will take you back! Thank Bernard Sadow for persistence with his

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Jorge SilvaAugust 10, 2016 0

Machine learning applications for NBA coaches and players

Machine learning applications for NBA coaches and players might seem like an odd choice for me to write about. Let us get something out of the way: I don’t know much about basketball. Or baseball. Or even soccer, much to the chagrin of my friends back home in Europe. However,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandAugust 9, 2016 0

Next-generation demand management

Announcing New Book by Charlie Chase: Next-Generation Demand Management My colleague Charlie Chase has just published his latest book, Next-Generation Demand Management. It is available August 29, and can be pre-ordered now on amazon.com. It will also be available for purchase at the SAS Bookstore, along with Charlie's other books:

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Advanced Analytics

Varun ValsarajAugust 4, 2016 0

Multi-echelon inventory optimization at a major durable goods company

Multi-echelon inventory optimization is ever more a requirement in this era of globalization, which is both a boon and bane for manufacturing companies. Optimizing pricing is also important. Global reach allows these companies to expand to new territories but at the same time increases the competition on their home turf.

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Rick WicklinJuly 27, 2016 0

How to visualize a kernel density estimate

A kernel density estimate (KDE) is a nonparametric estimate for the density of a data sample. A KDE can help an analyst determine how to model the data: Does the KDE look like a normal curve? Like a mixture of normals? Is there evidence of outliers in the data? In

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Toby TextJuly 14, 2016 0

Letzte Tankstelle vor der Grenze ...

Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie sind frühmorgens mit dem Auto „ab in den Urlaub“ gefahren. Durch vorausschauende Routenplanung sind Sie den größten Staurisiken glücklich ausgewichen und nähern sich bei geschätzten 38°C der letzten Landesgrenze vor Ihrem Urlaubsziel. Die ganze Familie sitzt mit ausgelassener Stimmung im vollgepackten Auto. Die Kinder auf

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJuly 8, 2016 0

2016 SAS/IIF forecasting research grant

For the fourteenth year, the International Institute of Forecasters, in collaboration with SAS®, is proud to announce financial support for research on how to improve forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. The award for the 2016-2017 year will be two $5,000 grants, in Business Applications and Methodology. Criteria for the

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJuly 7, 2016 0

The online SAS forecasting community

The online SAS Support Communities are a vibrant source of information and interaction for over 90,000 registered participants. Here you can ask (and answer) questions, grow (and share) your SAS expertise, and explore these collection points for other resources (like hot tips, articles, blogs, and events) relating to the community

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Tamara FischerJuly 5, 2016 0

Die Geheimwaffe des SAS® Enterprise Miner

Man könnte fast meinen, es sei das bestgehütete Geheimnis des SAS® Enterprise Miner. Kaum jemand kennt es. Dabei war es schon immer da – fast. Ab Version 5.1 (2004). Es heißt EM5BATCH Makro und – Sie ahnen es schon – 5 wegen der damaligen Version 5. Es kommt so unscheinbar

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Mike GillilandJuly 3, 2016 0

Guest blogger: Len Tashman previews summer issue of Foresight

Editor Len Tashman's Preview of the Summer Issue of Foresight Clarity and effectiveness of communication are key to success – so says a recent survey by the National Association of Business Economists (NABE), which reported that industry leaders and hiring managers considered communication skills to be the single most important

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Mike GillilandJuly 1, 2016 0

Paul Goodwin on misbehaving forecasting agents

Paul Goodwin is Professor Emeritus of Management Science at University of Bath, and one of the speakers at this fall's Foresight Practitioner Conference (October 5-6 in Raleigh, NC). His topic will be "Use and Abuse of Judgmental Overrides to Statistical Forecasts"-- an area in which he has contributed much of

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Guohui WuJuly 1, 2016 0

Econometric and statistical methods for spatial data analysis

We live in a complex world that overflows with information. As human beings, we are very good at navigating this maze, where different types of input hit us from every possible direction. Without really thinking about it, we take in the inputs, evaluate the new information, combine it with our

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Advanced Analytics | Internet of Things

Michela GuerraJune 30, 2016 0

itasascom: l'innovazione raccontata da chi la fa

Secondo diverse fonti, il volume di dati archiviati e gestiti nei sistemi IT aziendali cresce con un tasso annuo del 20-40% dal 2010. Stiamo vivendo una nuova era di innovazione e di disruption digitale, in un mondo iperconnesso, caratterizzato da mobility, oggetti intelligenti, interazioni online e reti veloci. Vincere sul

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Advanced Analytics | Internet of Things

Colin GrayJune 30, 2016 0

How design thinking will re-frame IoT analytics prototyping

Data scientists are familiar with prototyping - we do this as part of a well-understood process to arrive at the optimum solution. But prototyping is more than about perfecting the math; it should also be about testing interpretability of the results.  This need comes into stark prominence when you start

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Mike GillilandJune 29, 2016 0

Using information criteria to select forecasting model (Part 2)

Let's continue now to Nikolaos Kourentzes' blog post on How to choose a forecast for your time series. Using a Validation Sample Nikos first discusses the fairly common approach of using a validation or "hold out" sample. The idea is to build your model based on a subset of the

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Internet of Things | SAS Administrators

Andrea NegriJune 28, 2016 0

IoT analytics create bigger role for administrators

Some of the most common questions from customers are about their analytics administration. Often regarded as house-keeping, administration failures can nevertheless cause real pain. The typical day-to-day tasks of analytics administration include checking availability and health of the analytics platform components, allocating proper resources for users like memory, file systems,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJune 28, 2016 0

Using information criteria to select forecasting model (Part 1)

Nikolaos Kourentzes is Associate Professor at Lancaster University, and a member of the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting. In addition to having a great head of hair for a forecasting professor, Nikos has a great head for explaining fundamental forecasting concepts. In his recent blog post on How to choose a

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Josh GriffinJune 22, 2016 0

Optimization for machine learning and monster trucks

Optimization for machine learning is essential to ensure that data mining models can learn from training data in order to generalize to future test data. Data mining models can have millions of parameters that depend on the training data and, in general, have no analytic definition. In such cases, effective models

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Rick WicklinJune 22, 2016 0

Use the EFFECTPLOT statement to visualize regression models in SAS

Graphs enable you to visualize how the predicted values for a regression model depend on the model effects. You can gain an intuitive understanding of a model by using the EFFECTPLOT statement in SAS to create graphs like the one shown at the top of this article. Many SAS regression

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Rob PrattJune 20, 2016 0

Computing an Optimal Blackjack Strategy with SAS/OR

At the most recent SAS Global Forum in Las Vegas, I gave a demo on using SAS/OR to compute an optimal strategy for the casino game blackjack. For anyone who wasn't able to attend, I'd like to show some of the code and results here.

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJune 10, 2016 0

Practical advice for better business forecasting

SAS® Insights is a section of the sas.com website devoted to being "your top source for analytics news and views." It contains articles, interviews, research reports, and other content from both SAS and non-SAS contributors. In a new article posted this week, we added three short videos containing practical advice

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Mike GillilandJune 9, 2016 0

Rob Hyndman on Time-Series Cross-Validation

Sometimes one's job gets in the way of one's blogging. My last three months have been occupied with the launch of SAS® Viya™, our next-generation high-performance and visualization architecture. Please take the time to find more information on the SAS Viya website, and apply for a free preview. Rob Hyndman

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Polly Mitchell-GuthrieMay 31, 2016 0

Analytics, OR, data science and machine learning: what's in a name?

Analytics, statistics, operations research, data science and machine learning - with which term do you prefer associate? Are you from the House of Capulet or Montague, or do you even care? Shakespeare's Juliet derides excess identification with names in the famous play, Romeo and Juliet. "What's in a name? That which we call

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Ilknur Kaynar KabulMay 26, 2016 0

Understanding data mining clustering methods

When you go to the grocery store, you see that items of a similar nature are displayed nearby to each other.  When you organize the clothes in your closet, you put similar items together (e.g. shirts in one section, pants in another). Every personal organizing tip on the web to

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Advanced Analytics | SAS Administrators

Andrea NegriMay 23, 2016 0

SAS Administrator: la top 10 delle domande frequenti (PART 1)

Ciao a tutti e ben sintonizzati sulle frequenze di Radio SAS Technical Support! Oggi trasmettiamo la prima parte della super-classifica delle domande più frequenti che riceviamo dai SAS Administrators che operano presso le aziende nostre clienti. Il SAS Administrator è la super-star della Architettura e della Piattaforma SAS, le sue attività

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Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMay 23, 2016 0

How to fit a variety of logistic regression models in SAS

SAS software can fit many different kinds of regression models. In fact a common question on the SAS Support Communities is "how do I fit a <name> regression model in SAS?" And within that category, the most frequent questions involve how to fit various logistic regression models in SAS. There

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SAS PolandMay 12, 2016 0

Business Intelligence: 4 główne trendy w rozwoju

W rozwoju narzędzi Business Intelligence oraz w sposobie ich wykorzystania w nowoczesnych organizacjach można wyróżnić 4 dominujące trendy. To właśnie one przełożą się na kierunki rozwoju tych narzędzi, zmienią ich rolę we wsparciu procesów decyzyjnych i budowania przewag konkurencyjnych. Trend 1: Modele samoobsługowe Popularyzacja wykorzystania narzędzi BI w przedsiębiorstwach do

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Sylvie FaucillonApril 27, 2016 0

Could text analytics be the cutting-edge technology the oil and gas industry was waiting for?

  Small causes can have large effects; or how a discovery in the Barnett Shale can spike some interest in the rest of the world and change the face of the industry. This article is co-written by Sylvie Jacquet-Faucillon, Senior Analytics Presales Consultant, SAS France; and David Dozoul, Senior Adviser

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Bob DavisApril 25, 2016 0

Inventory Optimization - The Misunderstood Solution

Inventory is a result of decisions. Inventory is not the problem... the problem is the decisions. I recently had an interesting conversation with the VP, Supply Chain at a leading global manufacturer. He is not happy with the results from the inventory optimization he is using. He was told inventory optimization

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Manufacturing