Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Michael HerrmannApril 27, 2017 0

Data Management für Analytics – Enge Verzahnung von IT und Data Science ist entscheidend

Welche Rolle Datenqualität und Data Governance beim Data Management für Analytics spielen, habe ich mit meinem Kollegen Gerhard Svolba zuletzt an dieser Stelle diskutiert. Doch was genau macht modernes Datenmanagement aus, und welche Rolle spielen dabei neue Technologien à la Hadoop und Co.? Und wie sieht überhaupt die künftige Zusammenarbeit

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Banking | Insurance | Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Lonnie MillerApril 27, 2017 0

Tripping over text icebergs

Recently I backed into a hotel parking spot after returning from a customer dinner. It was dark and rainy, and I was tired from traveling. My mind wandered until I heard a shrill “BEEP BEEP BEEP” coming from my rental car. I looked down at the dashboard’s rear-view camera, and

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Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics

Helmut PlinkeApril 25, 2017 0

How to configure Oracle client for successful access to Oracle databases from SAS Viya

SAS Data Connector to Oracle lets you easily load data from your Oracle DB into SAS Viya for advanced analytics. SAS/ACCESS Interface to Oracle (on SAS Viya) provides the required SAS Data Connector to Oracle, that should be deployed to your CAS environment. Once the below described configuration steps for

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Andreas BecksApril 20, 2017 0

Stop Algorithm Porn! Warum Machine Learning alleine kein Wundermittel ist

In meinem vorherigen Beitrag  ging es darum, wie sich das Internet of Things (IoT) über den aktuellen Hype hinaus geschäftsfähig machen, also operationalisieren, lässt. Und um die Hürden, die Unternehmen in Sachen Analytics dafür überwinden müssen. Immer wieder spreche ich in diesem Zusammenhang mit Kunden über ein Thema, das nicht

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German

Banking | Communications | Health Care | Insurance

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Matthias PistonApril 19, 2017 0

„Innovation braucht Fehlertoleranz und Risikobereitschaft“

Exnovation – wissen Sie was das ist? Das ist das Gegenteil von Innovation. Nein, das wollen wir nicht haben. Wir wollen Innovationen, und die bitte am laufenden Band. Koste es, was es wolle. Gerade im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung. Innovation ist irgendwie zum Zwang geworden. Denn wer sich nicht innerhalb kürzester

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German

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinApril 19, 2017 0

Regression with restricted cubic splines in SAS

Restricted cubic splines are a powerful technique for modeling nonlinear relationships by using linear regression models. I have attended multiple SAS Global Forum presentations that show how to use restricted cubic splines in SAS regression procedures. However, the presenters have all used the %RCSPLINE macro (Frank Harrell, 1988) to generate

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Advanced Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Machine Learning

SAS KoreaApril 17, 2017 0

고급 분석, 거세지는 자금세탁방지(AML) 요구에 대한 구원 투수

유럽 연합(EU)의 자금세탁방지(AML; Anti-Money Laundering)와 고객 위험 평가에 대한 새로운 컴플라이언스 요구가 거세지고 있습니다. 이에 따라 앞으로 6개월 후 유럽 금융 업계는 큰 도전 과제에 부딪힐 것으로 보이는데요. 바로 유럽 연합의 ‘4차 자금세탁방지 지침(Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive)’ 때문입니다. 해당 지침과 관련된 모든 변경 사항들이 전면 시행되기까지 6개월도 채 남지 않았습니다.

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Korean

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Christian GoßlerApril 10, 2017 0

Lenin überholt sich selbst im Internet of Tempo (IoT3)

Lenin und ich sitzen im Publikum und applaudieren heftig: Seine Chefin hat ihren Vortrag beendet über „Datenqualität als Erfolgsfaktor im Internet of Things“. „Kein Datenqualitätsprojekt ohne Hilfe von oben“, raunt Lenin mir zu, "Unterstützung vom Boss ist manchmal wichtiger als tolle Software."  Ich will beleidigt darauf hinweisen, dass seine Chefin

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Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | Machine Learning | Programming Tips

Chris HemedingerApril 8, 2017 0

Introducing SASPy: Use Python code to access SAS

Thanks to a new open source project from SAS, Python coders can now bring the power of SAS into their Python scripts. The project is SASPy, and it's available on the SAS Software GitHub. It works with SAS 9.4 and higher, and requires Python 3.x. I spoke with Jared Dean

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Scott NalickApril 6, 2017 0

When everything is analytics, nothing is analytics...?

The widespread adoption of the term "analytics" reminds me of the evolution of the term "supply chain management." Initially the term focused on supply chain planning. It involved demand and supply balancing and the heuristics and optimization tools that came out of advanced planning and scheduling. Over time practically everything was included

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Communications | Energy & Utilities | Government | Life Sciences | Manufacturing | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Andreas BecksApril 5, 2017 0

Analytics für IoT - So wird Vision zur Realität

Kennen Sie Kevin Ashton? Der britische Technologie-Pionier hat am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) einen internationalen Standard für RFID mitbegründet. Was aber vielleicht noch wichtiger ist: Vor fast 20 Jahren hatte er eine Vision von Computern, die Informationen über Gegenstände des Alltags und der Fabrikation sammeln und mit diesen Daten

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German

Manufacturing | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Internet of Things | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Marcie MontagueApril 3, 2017 0

Impressive technology, surprising connections

Two minutes in, I knew the 2017 SAS Global Forum Technology Connection would not be typical or average. For one thing, it was SAS Chief Technology Officer Oliver Schabenberger's show, and nothing he does is ever typical or average. The first surprise of the morning was his entrance. He zoomed onto the stage on a Segway, using slight

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Toby TextApril 3, 2017 0

Auf und ab wie im Paternoster - aktuelle Trends in Samt und Seide von der KSFE in Krefeld

Auf der diesjährigen KSFE (Konferenz für SAS Anwender in Forschung und Entwicklung) gab es wieder viele überraschende Entdeckungen zu machen: Zunächst lernten die von außerhalb anreisten Teilnehmer, dass Krefeld die „Samt- und Seidenmetropole“ Deutschlands war. In ihrer Blütezeit vor dem Strukturwandel der Jahrtausendwende wurden dort 90 % aller in Deutschland gefertigten

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German

Banking | Education | Government | Hospitality | Insurance

Advanced Analytics | SAS Events

Ed HughesMarch 31, 2017 0

Operations Research Talks at SAS Global Forum 2017

The 2017 edition of SAS Global Forum, the largest annual SAS user group meeting, will be held at the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida on April 2-5. Among the many analytic talks at SAS Global Forum 2017, several focus on operations research topics like optimization and simulation. If

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Hwa TruongMarch 31, 2017 0

How to make sense of the Madness in March

March Madness is in full swing. And the success of the Dance Card formula powered by SAS -- along with stories about teams like the New York Mets, the Boston Bruins, the Orlando Magic and more, all using analytics -- demonstrates how sports and analytics are becoming more and more

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Sports & Entertainment

Advanced Analytics

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunMarch 31, 2017 0

안면 인식 기술, 군중 속 얼굴에서 수익을 창출하다

스티븐 스필버그 감독과 톰 크루즈 주연의 영화 ‘마이너리티 리포트’는 예술적 측면뿐 아니라 사회적으로도 다양한 이슈를 만들었습니다. 톰 크루즈가 맡은 주인공 존 앤더튼은 도시 곳곳에 설치돼 신원을 확인하는 홍채 인식 시스템으로부터 숨기 위해 안구 이식 수술을 받는데요. 영화와 달리 안구 이식 수술은 현실에서 아직 가야 할 길이 멉니다. 하지만 ‘편재형 개인

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Korean

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Programming Tips

Phil WeissMarch 27, 2017 0

Using the Robust Analytics Environment of SAS Viya

I have been using the SAS Viya environment for just over six months now and I absolutely love it.  As a long-time SAS coder and data scientist I’m thrilled with the speed and greater accuracy I’m getting out of a lot of the same statistical techniques I once used in

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Andrea NegriMarch 23, 2017 0

Data quality and data preparation in self-service

The rise of self-service analytics, and the idea of the ‘citizen data scientist’, has also brought a number of issues to the fore in organizations. In particular, two common areas of discussion are the twin pillars of data quality and data preparation. There is no doubt that good quality, well-prepared

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Advanced Analytics

Rob PrattMarch 22, 2017 0

SAS at the 2017 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research

SAS will be well represented at the 2017 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, which takes place April 2-4 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV. Two dozen SAS staff will participate in this conference. SAS/OR, the SAS Global Academic Program, and JMP will have adjacent and coordinated

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Emily GaoMarch 17, 2017 0

Clustering of papers using Community Detection

Community detection has been used in multiple fields, such as social networks, biological networks, tele-communication networks and fraud/terrorist detection etc. Traditionally, it is performed on an entity link graph in which the vertices represent the entities and the edges indicate links between pairs of entities, and its target is to

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Peter SnellingMarch 16, 2017 0

Why our future prosperity demands smart borders

There have been some rather hysterical headlines in the UK recently about immigration. Eyebrow-raising statements alluding to the Home Office (the government department responsible for immigration) losing thousands of asylum seekers illustrate that efforts to trace them are placing huge pressure on resources. This, and the more outward looking post-Brexit

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Government

Advanced Analytics

Guohui WuMarch 15, 2017 0

Model selection for spatial econometrics using PROC SPATIALREG

A previous post, Spatial econometric modeling using PROC SPATIALREG, introduced the SAS/ETS® SPATIALREG procedure and demonstrated its usage to fit both linear and SAR models by using 2013 county-level home value data in North Carolina. In most analysis for spatial econometrics, you rarely know the true model from which your data

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Advanced Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Charlie ChaseMarch 15, 2017 0

Omnichannel is changing the way we view demand planning

Omnichannel Analytics are helping companies uncover patterns in big data to improve the customer experience.  Using those insights, companies can anticipate what consumers are planning to purchase and influence that purchase in real time.     Companies are experiencing unprecedented complexity as they look for growth and market opportunities. Their product portfolios are

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Manufacturing | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Andrew PeaseMarch 14, 2017 0

Image recognition: Cutting edge data science ready for business

Image recognition is a hot and hyped topic in machine learning, artificial intelligence and other technology circles. Computer vision technology is essential for realizing advancements like driverless cars, face recognition, medical outcomes predictions, and a host of other breakthrough innovations. Amidst the hype, organizations large and small are trying to understand the

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Dr. Jürgen KaselowskyMarch 13, 2017 0

Entschuldigung, wo bitte kann ich denn Data Scientist werden?

Ach, dieses ewige Big-Data-Gerede … alles nur Marketing, oder ist da vielleicht doch etwas dran? Brauche ich das als Absolvent auf Jobsuche? Und wenn ja, wo wird denn so etwas angeboten? Blickt da jemand überhaupt noch durch? Klar, ich! Es sind spannende Zeiten, denn es ist nicht mehr zu leugnen:

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German

Education

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | SAS Events

David PopeMarch 13, 2017 0

4 strategic uses of analytics

Every where you turn today, you run into analytics. If you talk about big data, you will talk about analytics, if you talk about the internet of things (IoT), you will talk about analytics, if you talk about automation ... well, you get the picture. When used properly, analytics has always

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Sam EdgemonMarch 13, 2017 0

The top 10 statistics to consider when filling out your NCAA brackets

My high school basketball coach started preparing us for the tournaments in the season’s first practice. He talked about the “long haul” of tournament basketball, and geared our strategies toward a successful run at the end of the season. I thought about the “long haul” when considering my brackets for

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Advanced Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Larry LaRussoMarch 8, 2017 0

Adding SAS Viya to your SAS 9 programming toolbox

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles to help current SAS programmers add SAS Viya to their analytics skillset. In this post, SAS instructors Stacey Syphus and Marc Huber introduce you to our new Introduction to SAS Viya Programming for SAS 9 Programmers video library, designed to show SAS programmers how they can

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English

Advanced Analytics | Work & Life at SAS

Radhika KulkarniMarch 8, 2017 0

Women in analytics - a personal perspective

I am often asked to describe my career as a woman in analytics and provide some insights to guide women who wish to be part of this field and to succeed as leaders in the profession. I have divided my comments on women in analytics into sections, starting from the beginning,

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Advanced Analytics | Machine Learning

Emily GaoMarch 1, 2017 0

How to extract domain-specific sentiment lexicons

In 2011, Loughran and McDonald applied a general sentiment word list to accounting and finance topics, and this led to a high rate of misclassification. They found that about three-fourths of the negative words in the Harvard IV TagNeg dictionary of negative words are typically not negative in a financial

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