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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Ilanite Keijsers

Ilanite KeijsersNovember 10, 2021 0

Humans and AI join forces to fight deforestation

The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest on our planet. Nowhere else in the world can we find more animal and plant species. Unfortunately, we lose on average 800 square kilometres of forest every day to deforestation for logging, agriculture or road construction. But there is still hope for our

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Analytics

Ines RiestraNovember 9, 2021 0

Data science for public safety: Preventing gender-based violence

Analytics offers huge potential to transform raw data into operational intelligence. It provides new insights into old or new problems. This is crucial in business – but it is even more important for tackling big societal issues, such as domestic violence or human trafficking. I recently had the opportunity to

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Analytics | Data for Good

Caslee SimsNovember 9, 2021 0

Can evidence-based policing change the narrative about public safety?

Multiple burglaries were reported over a three-week span in a specific area of Delaware. Delaware State Police used their institutional knowledge augmented by analytics and were able to bust the burglary ring after matching surveillance footage and public records to an address and photo description. In the past, the only option

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Oliver SheerinNovember 8, 2021 0

Part 1: Marketing analytics is broken. Could intelligent automation fix it?

"According to Gartner, “over 50% of senior marketing leaders are unimpressed with the results they receive from marketing analytics investments” – yet most companies expect to increase these investments over the next few years. How can we avoid throwing good money after bad?" By Oliver Sheerin, Senior Customer Intelligence Advisor,

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinNovember 8, 2021 0

The normal approximation and random samples of the binomial distribution

Recall that the binomial distribution is the distribution of the number of successes in a set of independent Bernoulli trials, each having the same probability of success. Most introductory statistics textbooks discuss the approximation of the binomial distribution by the normal distribution. The graph to the right shows that the

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

10 cambios basados en datos que pueden hacer las empresas para impulsar su reactivación

José Mutis O.November 5, 2021 0

10 cambios basados en datos que pueden hacer las empresas para impulsar su reactivación

En varios de los países latinoamericanos, los gobiernos nacionales y departamentales han venido presentando diversas agencias analíticas y nuevos centros de monitoreo especializados en estas últimas semanas. Esta es una muestra más de cómo lo ocurrido en este último tiempo ha hecho que se tenga mucho más presente la inteligencia

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Luiz MalereNovember 5, 2021 0

A hora e a vez dos cientistas de dados

Uma das profissões mais cobiçadas e bem remuneradas atualmente é a de Cientista de Dados. Grandes empresas de telecomunicações, instituições financeiras e redes de varejo estão formando times com estes profissionais, e o movimento não é restrito às grandes corporações. Empresas médias também estão sedentas em busca de cientista de

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Olivier PenelNovember 5, 2021 0

How to Get Started With Responsible AI

In my previous article, “The Vital Ingredients of Responsible AI,” I described the principles that underpin the need to develop AI systems that factor in the human factor, and not only contribute to business outcomes but also protect individuals, society and the environment. While it’s difficult to argue with those

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Analytics | SAS Administrators

Erik PearsallNovember 4, 2021 0

SAS Enterprise Session Monitor - Obsessing over Observability

Think about what a modern implementation of SAS looks like for a customer. Programmers rely on robust environments to run the models and programs that answer business questions. These environments can be different for platforms like SAS® 9 and SAS® Viya®. They can be deployed across distributed servers, either on

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Olivier PenelNovember 2, 2021 0

The vital ingredients of responsible AI

In my previous article, “The Business Imperative for Responsible AI," I covered the main business drivers for responsible AI. Beyond the greater good and social responsibility, responsible AI is emerging as a key factor for successful AI adoption. In this article, I will describe the main ingredients of responsible AI:

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization

Mark DemersNovember 2, 2021 0

How analytics helps move organizations to a 'new normal'

Industries including sports and entertainment, travel, manufacturing, education and government benefit from analytical insights In the United States and other parts of the world, there are signs. Record automobile traffic. Surging demand for workers. And a continued push to vaccinate. The pandemic and its effects are still very much with

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinNovember 1, 2021 0

Fit a mixture of Weibull distributions in SAS

A previous article discusses how to use SAS regression procedures to fit a two-parameter Weibull distribution in SAS. The article shows how to convert the regression output into the more familiar scale and shape parameters for the Weibull probability distribution, which are fit by using PROC UNIVARIATE. Although PROC UNIVARIATE

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Analytics

Foresight Cover

Mike GillilandOctober 29, 2021 0

The last of the BFD

It has been my great pleasure writing this blog for the past 12 years, with over 370 posts. In doing so, I have enjoyed the support of my exceptional SAS managers over this time: From Anne Milley and Renee Nocker way back when it started, to Susan Kahler and David

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Analytics

Mike GillilandOctober 29, 2021 0

Intermittent Demand Forecasting (new book by Boylan and Syntetos)

I've never been much of a fan of forecasting approaches to intermittent demand. In situations like intermittent demand (or other areas where we have little hope of reasonably accurate forecasts), my thinking is "why bother?" If we can't expect to solve the problem with forecasting, we need a different approach.

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Analytics

Victoria SilvaOctober 27, 2021 0

Retail Summit 2021 traz debate acerca do uso do analytics e de dados em grandes empresas

Em bate-papo entre Antonio Grasso, CEO do Digital Business Innovation SRL, e Andrew Fowkes, head of retail centre of excellence do SAS, na palestra “How top retail brands use Data & Analytics”, os especialistas discutiram sobre como as principais marcas de varejo usam a análise de dados para engajar os

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Victoria SilvaOctober 27, 2021 0

Especialistas de mercado discutem sobre o futuro tecnológico do setor de varejo no Retail Summit 2021

Em painel de encerramento no evento, os executivos Paulo Sérgio Silva, fundador e diretor-executivo da Rock On Advisors; Marcos Hamsi, vice-presidente de TI da Martin-Brower, e Marcos Peron, head de TI da AMPM/Ipiranga, discutiram sobre o futuro do setor varejista frente às novas tecnologias e a transformação digital, com moderação

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Machine Learning

Alice CorreaOctober 27, 2021 0

Executivo da Via Varejo fala em palestra no Retail Summit 2021 sobre a transformação digital no setor

Com metáforas interessantes, comparando dados e tecnologia com fazendas e foguetes, Kendji Wolf se orgulha dos algoritmos e das conquistas na Via Varejo. Atualmente a companhia conta com a Via Hubby, que administra toda parte tecnológica da empresa, como sistemas, arquitetura e dados. O executivo abre um parênteses para reflexão:

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud | Customer Intelligence | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Alice CorreaOctober 27, 2021 0

Executivos falam sobre tendências para o setor de varejo no Retail Summit 2021

Vitor Vicente, head de vendas para telecom e varejo do SAS, e Eduardo Yamashita, diretor de operações do Ecossistema Gouvêa, abrem o SAS Retail Summit Brasil falando sobre as tendências para o setor de varejo. Vicente explica que a visão do SAS permeia a estratégia da digitalização em três grandes

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Internet of Things

Caslee SimsOctober 27, 2021 0

How wearable technology has improved access to health care

The convergence of digitalization, AI and machine learning that has been integrated into wearable devices has become a boon for many industries, particularly health care. When Fitbit launched its first wearable device in 2009, it clipped on a user’s clothing and utilized an internal motion detector to track the wearer’s

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinOctober 27, 2021 0

Interpret estimates for a Weibull regression model in SAS

It can be frustrating when the same probability distribution has two different parameterizations, but such is the life of a statistical programmer. I previously wrote an article about the gamma distribution, which has two common parameterizations: one that uses a scale parameter (β) and another that uses a rate parameter

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Analytics

Leticia Medeiros

Leticia MedeirosOctober 26, 2021 0

Aliança entre SAS e Martins apoia a transformação digital da rede atacadista

Nilton Mayrink, CIO e head de vendas B2B/BSC no Martins Atacadista, iniciou sua apresentação no SAS Retail Summit 2021 trazendo uma contextualização dos desafios do setor varejista no País. Responsável pela área de tecnologia e vendas digitais da empresa, o especialista trouxe dados relevantes relacionados à dimensão do Brasil no

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence

Leticia Medeiros

Leticia MedeirosOctober 26, 2021 0

SAS Retail Summit 2021 traz diretora do Rappi para abordar a ascensão dos “superapps” durante a pandemia do coronavírus

Ana Szasz, diretora de Data & Insights do Rappi, iniciou sua apresentação abordando a ascensão dos superapps, como são conhecidos os aplicativos que atuam como um “centro comercial projetado dentro de uma plataforma digital”, como explicado pela executiva, durante o cenário pandêmico em que o mundo se encontra há quase

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data for Good | Data Management

Cinco maneras en que la toma de decisiones inteligentes puede ayudar a reducir los costos empresariales

Ivan Fernando Herrera

Ivan Fernando HerreraOctober 26, 2021 0

Cinco maneras en que la toma de decisiones inteligentes puede ayudar a reducir los costos empresariales

Que alce la mano el líder, la empresa o la organización que no esté presionado en estos momentos por reducir sus gastos y costos de operación. Hemos hablado en varias oportunidades del impacto y el alcance que tiene la alianza establecida por SAS y Microsoft para llevar la analítica a

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Analytics

Paul GittinsOctober 25, 2021 0

SAS Viya 4 on OpenShift - old dogs and new tricks

If my experience is anything to go by, there’s a sizeable number of customers that still have SAS workloads running on IBM mainframes. Now I have tremendous respect for S/390 (I can still navigate TSO/ISPF et al. and started my IT career programming in PL/AS on MVS and VM), but

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Management

Iniciativas de datos abiertos

Ivan Fernando Herrera

Ivan Fernando HerreraOctober 24, 2021 0

Iniciativas de datos abiertos, una buena forma de impulsar la inteligencia analítica en los países

“En la era digital, la economía de los datos se está convirtiendo en el nuevo ´oro negro´ que aceita el motor del crecimiento económico. Los datos, masivos y abiertos, son esenciales para mejorar la confianza de los ciudadanos en sus estados y hacerles partícipes de la acción pública, facilitando el

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Olivier PenelOctober 24, 2021 0

The business imperative for responsible AI

With the steep rise of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption across all facets of society, ethics is proving to be the new frontier of technology. Public awareness, press scrutiny and upcoming regulations are forcing organizations and the data science community to consider the ethical implications of using AI. The need for

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Olivia OjedaOctober 22, 2021 0

A conversation with Rijkswaterstaat: How SAS is helping keep the Netherlands safe

Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) is the Netherlands main agency for design, construction, management and maintenance for waterways and infrastructure. Their mission is to promote safety, mobility and quality of life in the Netherlands. They are the masterminds behind some of the most prestigious water projects in the world. In a recent panel

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Analytics

Foresight #63 cover

Mike GillilandOctober 21, 2021 0

Preview of Foresight #63 (2021-Q4)

Following is editor Len Tashman's preview of the 2021-Q4 issue of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Preview of Foresight #63 (2021-Q4) FORESIGHT HALL OF FAME Adopting the idea from other journals that recognize outstanding contributions to the field through best paper awards, we are pleased to announce that

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Analytics | Cloud | Data Management

Lindsay Marshall

Lindsay MarshallOctober 21, 2021 0

Keeping your data safe and secure in the SAS Cloud

Companies look to the SAS Cloud and SAS Managed Application Services experts to ensure improved time to value for their analytic solutions. A large part of that value is keeping your data safe and secure in the SAS Cloud because let’s face it: Analytic solutions are only as good as

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