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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseOctober 19, 2020 0

Is short-term demand sensing a key component of your digital supply chain transformation?

Depending on who you talk to, you'll get varying definitions and opinions regarding demand sensing. Anything from sensing short-range replenishment based on sales orders, to the manual blending of point-of-sales (POS) data and shipments. But a key component for retailers and CPG companies is accurately forecasting short-term consumer demand to

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AgTech | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Programming Tips

Random uniform points in a triangle

Rick WicklinOctober 19, 2020 0

Generate random points in a triangle

How can you efficiently generate N random uniform points in a triangular region of the plane? There is a very cool algorithm (which I call the reflection method) that makes the process easy. I no longer remember where I saw this algorithm, but it is different from the "weighted average"

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

Mariana Fontanezi

Mariana FontaneziOctober 16, 2020 0

SAS para Ciência de Dados? Sim!

A evolução do analytics e da ciência de dados gera constantes atualizações e transformações nas plataformas de análises. Este artigo tem o propósito de apresentar como o SAS tem acompanhado essa evolução. Ambiente Integrado: uma única plataforma, diversas tarefas O SAS oferece recursos que permitem acessar, explorar, transformar, analisar e

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Brazilian Portuguese

Analytics | Data for Good

Maggie LyonsOctober 16, 2020 0

5 ways companies and everyday heroes are helping feed the hungry

Two billion people worldwide experience food insecurity and 14% of food produced for humans to consume is wasted before it arrives at the wholesaler, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO celebrates World Food Day on October 16, 2020. This year’s event focuses

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AgTech | Government

Analytics

Stefan BaciuOctober 16, 2020 0

Opportunities for Romanian industry with manufacturing analytics

Over the last 30 years, manufacturing in Romania has seen huge changes from a planned economy to a market-based one. It now has a very diverse manufacturing scene, with both large and small companies, and a wide range of products from steel through to finished goods. However, few manufacturers are

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Analytics

Juan MonteroOctober 15, 2020 0

¿Conoces a los traductores de negocio y el papel que juegan dentro de las organizaciones?

Últimamente se habla mucho de la importancia del storytelling en analytics. Obviamente, no tiene sentido analizar datos si las personas a las que se los vamos a presentar no entienden qué relación tienen esos insights con el Negocio. ¿Cuál es el reto entonces? Ser capaz de explicar el análisis de

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Analytics

Reece CliffordOctober 15, 2020 0

Developing ModelOps sophistication: Choosing the right level

ModelOps is NOT a one-size-fits-all approach. It's important to identify the appropriate level of sophistication based on both the organization’s current readiness and its current and future business needs. My previous articles on Medium talked about why organizations should choose ModelOps, and how to implement ModelOps using a holistic approach

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Analytics

Antonio CalvoOctober 15, 2020 0

Intelligent decisioning in retail: Delivering on the personalisation promise

The retail sector has been in a state of change for many years now. Retailers have long been discussing the shift to online – or rather the correct balance between online and "bricks and mortar" – and how to cater to customers’ desire to use multiple channels for different parts

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Internet of Things | Machine Learning

Blanca GonzálezOctober 14, 2020 0

La ciencia de datos en el trayecto hacia la nueva normalidad

La ciencia de datos nos está ayudando a entender y, sobre todo, a proponer soluciones viables para los problemas más complejos que como sociedad e industria enfrentamos actualmente. Sin importar el perfil o sector de las organizaciones, las áreas de TI han encontrado en la ciencia de datos una alternativa

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen Harmer

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 14, 2020 0

Sanitize before you share: thinking critically about COVID-19 data

Being overwhelmed by the volume of news isn’t a new phenomenon. But today, our sense of being overwhelmed has increased and triggered feelings of fear, frustration and anxiety, given the ongoing developments and research tied to COVID-19. How do we sift through the volume of information facing us and truly understand whether the news we consume is factual or based on

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Customer Intelligence | Data Management | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Suneel GroverOctober 14, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Data visualization, location analytics and geospatial insights

Everything happens somewhere, and much of our customer data includes location information. Websites include x, y coordinates in semi-structured click streams, and the mobile apps your prospects depend on frequently support device location to provide a personalized, targeted experience. As my SAS peer Robby Powell said: "Human brains are hardwired

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinOctober 14, 2020 0

A continuous band plot for visualizing uncertainty in regression predictions

A previous article discusses the confidence band for the mean predicted value in a regression model. The article shows a "graded confidence band plot," which I saw in Claus O. Wilke's online book, Fundamentals of Data Visualization (Section 16.3). It communicates uncertainty in the predictions. A graded band plot is

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

COVID-19 y la reactivación económica

Yuri RuedaOctober 13, 2020 0

Inteligencia artificial, la solución al combate del lavado de dinero en la era COVID-19

A nivel mundial, los bancos han gastado un estimado de US$321 mil millones en multas desde 2008 por no cumplir con los estándares regulatorios, facilitar el lavado de dinero, el financiamiento del terrorismo y la manipulación del mercado. De hecho, se estima que el total de dinero lavado anualmente en

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Michele EggersOctober 13, 2020 0

3 ways SAS is modernizing its marketing technology – and the customer experience

SAS is on a marketing transformation mission. One that has targeting and personalization at the forefront. One that looks at customer journeys from a true omnichannel perspective – not through each of the channels in which we're executing. We’re bringing in brand, demand and engagement with the customer at the center

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Analytics

Andrea DeinertOctober 12, 2020 0

Globus und DFKI - KI Forschung über der Fläche AI#30

Wohin navigiert KI den Handel? Wir sprachen mit Rouven Dörr (Globus) und Frederic Kerber (DFKI).

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Analytics

Sarah MyersOctober 12, 2020 0

6 ways data analytics leads to better decisions for farmers

Many of us are lucky to have food on the table and grocery stores stocked with the food and beverages we want or need, and this is in a large part, due to our farmers. If you didn’t grow up on a family farm or a rural area where corn

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinOctober 12, 2020 0

Visualize uncertainty in regression predictions

You've probably seen many graphs that are similar to the one at the right. This plot shows a regression line overlaid on a scatter plot of some data. Given a value for the independent variable (x), the regression line gives the best prediction for the mean of the response variable

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Analytics

Carlos Carvalheira

Carlos CarvalheiraOctober 9, 2020 0

Reimagining the role of analytics in sustainability: 7 developments in vehicle-to-grid technology and renewables

Most of us know about electric vehicles (EVs), and the fact that they charge when connected to the grid. However, the technology is moving on. Instead of simply drawing from the grid, some EVs now have the capacity to feed energy to the grid from their batteries. This is known

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics

Bruno MaiaOctober 8, 2020 0

Quando a saída é o trabalho remoto: como fica a segurança dos dados?

O receio sobre o coronavírus ocasionou um aumento exponencial na prática de trabalho remoto -- a Ásia está liderando o que é o maior experimento de home office já visto no mundo. De fato, quem ainda achava que era impossível produzir trabalhando longe do escritório não teve outra opção a

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Brazilian Portuguese

Analytics

Slim KallelOctober 7, 2020 0

3 facteurs à considérer lors du choix d'une solution Retail de planification et d'optimisation

Si vous travaillez dans le retail et que vous cherchez à mettre en œuvre, ou à remplacer vos solutions de planification ou d'optimisation, vous avez trois options : Développer une solution en interne Acquérir une solution tierce « best-of-breed » Utiliser une plateforme analytique qui peut s’adapter à vos processus

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Analytics

André NovoOctober 7, 2020 0

O futuro da eficiência no setor público está no uso inteligente dos dados

Como utilizar soluções tecnológicas de análise de dados para garantir ganho de eficiência, de produtividade, e oferecer respostas mais rápidas e assertivas na solução de problemas? Essas são questões comumente levantadas por diversas organizações privadas, e a busca por resultados as obrigam a buscar essas respostas. No setor público, entretanto,

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Brazilian Portuguese | Spanish

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinOctober 7, 2020 0

The Poisson-binomial distribution for hundreds of parameters

A previous article shows how to use a recursive formula to compute exact probabilities for the Poisson-binomial distribution. The recursive formula is an O(N2) computation, where N is the number of parameters for the Poisson-binomial (PB) distribution. If you have a distribution that has hundreds (or even thousands) of parameters,

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Sylvie Faucillon

Sylvie FaucillonOctober 6, 2020 0

Pourquoi en 2020 votre Chatbot n’est pas le nouveau CARL 500 ?

« Je suis désolé Dave, mais je ne peux pas accéder à votre demande. ", ainsi s’exprime CARL 500 – nommé HAL 9000 dans la version anglaise – dans l’épique ‘2001 : L’Odyssée de l’espace’ de Stanley Kubrick. Ce dialogue a marqué l’histoire du cinéma de Science-Fiction. CARL, IA de

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Analytics

Olivier PenelOctober 6, 2020 0

For a more resilient future, organizations will need analytics

By Sarah Gates, Analytics Platform Strategist at SAS, and Olivier Penel, Data & Analytics Strategic Adviser at SAS Today, organizations of all types are having to change their perspective – of how to do business, of how to collaborate with remote employees, of how to best engage with customers and

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Analytics

Bruno MaiaOctober 5, 2020 0

Construindo o Lego da transformação digital

A junção de quatro tecnologias – computação em nuvem elástica, Big Data, Inteligência Artificial (IA) e Internet das Coisas (IoT) – está mudando fundamentalmente a maneira como os setores público e privado operam, mas a realidade é que a maioria das empresas enfrenta enormes desafios para acompanhar as tendências, conceitos

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Brazilian Portuguese

Analytics | Students & Educators

Mimi StapletonOctober 1, 2020 0

Show off your coding skills AND make the world a better place!

This is the decade of action. The United Nations urges this current generation to end extreme poverty, win the race against climate change and conquer injustice and gender inequality. But how do people take action when many are working and learning from home? How can individuals put the Sustainable Development

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Close up of young male doctor using digital tablet

Marcel YammineSeptember 30, 2020 0

SAS and Cerner: Powering COVID-19 Track & Respond Dashboards

A blog article by Ali Alajme , Director of Health Information Systems, Ministry of Health & Prevention Bashar Balish, Senior Director & Client Leader - Cerner Middle East & Africa Marcel Yammine, General Manager, Gulf and Emerging Markets (GEM) - SAS Digital transformation of the healthcare sector has seen

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Internet of Things

Analítica, operadores de telecomunicaciones y 5G

Javier Alexander Rengifo

Javier Alexander RengifoSeptember 30, 2020 0

Analítica, operadores de telecomunicaciones y 5G: una combinación necesaria

En la actualidad, la industria de las telecomunicaciones enfrenta uno de los mayores desafíos de su historia y al mismo tiempo una de las mejores oportunidades. Se trata de la transición a la quinta generación de las comunicaciones móviles, la tecnología 5G, la cual ya está presente en al menos 40 países,

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Communications | Government

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 28, 2020 0

The Poisson-binomial distribution

The Poisson-binomial distribution is a generalization of the binomial distribution. For the binomial distribution, you carry out N independent and identical Bernoulli trials. Each trial has a probability, p, of success. The total number of successes, which can be between 0 and N, is a binomial random variable. The distribution

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