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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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Analytics

Alexandre Sapia

Alexandre SapiaSeptember 24, 2020 0

Como lidar com as novas complexidades do score de crédito

A intensidade do choque sobre a economia mundial em decorrência da pandemia do COVID-19 ainda precisa ser determinada. Conforme os negócios desenvolvem, seus próprios entendimentos sobre como eles podem ser afetados, dois elementos constantes em todas as avaliações são incertezas e complexidade. O futuro depende de diversos fatores, incluindo políticas

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Analítica avanzada, una de las tecnologías que ayudan a la reactivación de las empresas en Colombia… y en toda Latinoamérica

Javier Alexander Rengifo

Javier Alexander RengifoSeptember 23, 2020 0

Analítica avanzada, una de las tecnologías que ayudan a la reactivación de las empresas en Colombia… y en toda Latinoamérica

Ser más eficiente gastando menos recursos Vender más (aún en estos tiempos) Tener unido a los equipos de trabajo, a pesar de las distancias Mantener seguro el entorno TIC de la empresa ahora desde casa Tomar las decisiones correctas en medio de escenarios de incertidumbre Afectación directa a la producción

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Banking | Communications | Government | Manufacturing | Retail

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

Suneel GroverSeptember 23, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Automated explanation and supervised segmentation

One of the wonderful aspects about my client-facing role at SAS is the breadth of audiences that I get to work with. No matter where you fall on this list: Data engineer. Business or marketing analyst. Citizen data scientist. Data scientist. Statistician. Executive. One topic is certain: We all love

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Analytics

Stu BradleySeptember 23, 2020 0

The future of financial services with SAS Analytics on Azure

Learn how SAS and Microsoft aim to meet FinServ’s evolving analytics demands through a new strategic partnership.

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Analytics

Byoung-Jeong ChoiSeptember 23, 2020 0

[AutoML 시리즈 2] SAS AutoML 주요 기능 AtoZ

기업이 데이터 기반의 의사결정을 하기 위해서는 AI를 특정 영역이 아닌 분석 라이프사이클 전반으로 확대하고, 이 라이프 사이클은 의사결정 프로세스와 연결돼야 합니다. 개방된 플랫폼에서 분석 시간을 줄이고, 그 결과를 운영시스템에 빠르게 적용해 더 큰 비즈니스 가치를 실현할 수 있어야 합니다. 지난 시리즈에서는 모델링 작업을 위한 피처 자동 생산과 자동 튜닝 정도로

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 22, 2020 0

See how data can be used to improve the world

Five years ago, 193 countries joined forces and formed the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. These goals, which are commonly referred to as the Global Goals, serve as a universal promise—an ambitious pledge to build a better future for people and planet by 2030. This year marks the final 10-year

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Ewa HryciukSeptember 22, 2020 0

Analytical competence needed to drive innovation in Poland

Innovation is currently an extremely desirable feature for every country. However, a ranking published by the European Commission shows that Poland is struggling to create an environment that supports development. Development and innovation need people with competence in new technologies, such as analytics. Last year’s Modelling for Business conference showed

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Kristoffer Nilsson

Kristoffer NilssonSeptember 21, 2020 0

Innovation accelerators need strong analytics architecture to drive scale

What analytics architecture is needed to support an accelerator? I have recently been working with my colleague Jussi Martikka to extract lessons from the City of Helsinki’s AI Experimentation Accelerator work. We used the steps of the accelerator process to define the analytics architecture needed. This was a useful way

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinSeptember 21, 2020 0

Regression with inequality constraints on parameters

A previous article discussed how to solve regression problems in which the parameters are constrained to be a specified constant (such as B1 = 1) or are restricted to obey a linear equation such as B4 = –2*B2. In SAS, you can use the RESTRICT statement in PROC REG to

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Analytics

David WendtSeptember 18, 2020 0

Help jij Notilyze aan een Computable Award?

Misschien heb je het al gehoord: SAS partner Notilyze is genomineerd voor de Computable Awards 2020 in de categorie Services! Met deze prijzen erkent het vakblad Computable bedrijven, projecten en personen die zich het afgelopen jaar hebben onderscheiden in de ICT. SAS is trots dat Notilyze is genomineerd, en het

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Analytics

Mike GillilandSeptember 18, 2020 0

Usage of forecasting in organizations

The practice of business forecasting falls well short of the potential exhibited in academic research and forecasting competitions. Chris Chatfield* noted this in a 1986 editorial in the International Journal of Forecasting, where he called on statisticians to find a better way of communicating the better use of existing methods

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Analytics

Francois Jaussaud

Francois JaussaudSeptember 18, 2020 0

Mes Frankenstein, ou apprendre de ses erreurs et les corriger

Je m’appelle Franck. Je suis consultant. Depuis 2003, j’accompagne de grands établissements pour renforcer leurs dispositifs de lutte contre le blanchiment et le financement du terrorisme en déployant des progiciels. 17 ans sont passés, ils fonctionnent toujours. Problème : ils sont devenus des monstres ! Je prends conscience de ma

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Analytics | Data for Good

Josh MorganSeptember 17, 2020 0

Mental health and criminal justice connections studied in innovative California program

Getting people with mental health conditions the help they need is a top priority for many Californians, according to a recent California Health Care Foundation report. In 2004, Golden State voters approved the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). Enacted into law in January 2005, MHSA has generated approximately $15 billion

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Management

Examining test sample under a microscope

Jim HarrisSeptember 16, 2020 0

Digging into coronavirus testing terms: What you need to know

In the third post of his series, Jim Harris looks at types, terms and timing of coronavirus tests.

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Analytics | Risk Management

Michael RabinSeptember 16, 2020 0

Transforming Actuarial Work With Better Risk Modelling and Dynamic Pricing

Whenever I talk to actuaries across EMEA, they are very consistent in the many anchor points they see for actuarial modernization in order to be future-proof. In this article, I would like to share some of them. Anchor points for actuarial innovation The most time-consuming task is, of course, getting

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

Suneel GroverSeptember 16, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Enriching analysis with device usage data

Over the last 20+ years, global society has adopted digital devices at scale, and consumer interaction behaviors continually evolve and mature. As analysts, we're uniquely positioned to notice worldwide trends, country-specific nuances and localized market behaviors that can have significant impact on our brand's business goals. This global scope is

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 16, 2020 0

Restricted least squares regression in SAS

A data analyst recently asked a question about restricted least square regression in SAS. Recall that a restricted regression puts linear constraints on the coefficients in the model. Examples include forcing a coefficient to be 1 or forcing two coefficients to equal each other. Each of these problems can be

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Markus GrauSeptember 15, 2020 0

Which skills will dominate in the intelligent decisioning era?

The popular image of data scientists is very much a bit of a geek or nerd. However, that’s not strictly accurate. It may not be – as Harvard Business Review famously suggested – the sexiest job of the 21st century. But it is a long way from the perceived world

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Adriana RojasSeptember 15, 2020 0

“Los perfiles híbridos, que combinan la parte cuantitativa y de negocio, son muy atractivos para las empresas”

Las compañías son hoy más conscientes que nunca de la necesidad de basar su toma de decisiones de negocio en datos para que éstas sean lo más objetivas y fundamentadas posible. Esta tendencia está teniendo un impacto en la demanda de perfiles analíticos, capaces de interpretar los datos y extraer

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Gustavo Guerrero

Gustavo GuerreroSeptember 15, 2020 0

Operar desde la nube: más poder y agilidad

¿Por qué es hoy el mejor momento para migrar a la nube? Porque su conveniencia, ubicuidad y flexibilidad permiten que una organización siga operando sin interrupción en situaciones normales y extraordinarias, ya sea una crisis económica, política, natural o sanitaria como la actual. Pero también porque la nube ha alcanzado

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Banking | Energy & Utilities | Hospitality | Retail

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Machine Learning

Aline RiquettiSeptember 15, 2020 0

O aprendizado semissupervisionado é para o seu tipo de problema?

Os algoritmos de mineração de dados podem ser divididos em 4 grupos, a saber: aprendizado supervisionado, aprendizado não-supervisionado, aprendizado semissupervisionado e aprendizado por reforço. Embora os dois primeiros sejam vastamente conhecidos e implementados, os dois últimos não possuem a mesma popularidade. Mas, como veremos a seguir, isso não se deve

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Brazilian Portuguese

Analytics | Students & Educators

Cinzia Gianfiori

Cinzia GianfioriSeptember 11, 2020 0

1000/1000 SAS certification score? It’s possible!

To get 100% right at a test is something that does not happen every day. But it is achievable. There are different ways of getting a high score and here is one example. Laurent Barmaverain - a business intelligence and data science master's degree student at the university of Turin,

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Analytics

Mike GillilandSeptember 11, 2020 0

Preview of Foresight (Fall 2020)

After a day out shoveling snow from a freak early September storm, here is editor-in-chief Len Tashman's preview of the Fall 2020 issue of Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Preview of Foresight (Fall 2020) The Fall 2020 issue of Foresight—number 59 since inception in 2005—features the final installment of

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Analytics

Mike GillilandSeptember 10, 2020 0

Congratulations to Rick Wicklin for 10 Years of The Do Loop

Congratulations to Rick Wicklin for 10 Years of The Do Loop Rick Wicklin, author of The Do Loop I want to take a moment to congratulate my colleague Rick Wicklin on the 10th Anniversary of his blog, The Do Loop. Rick is Distinguished Researcher in Computational Statistics at SAS, and our

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 10, 2020 0

Iterative proportional fitting in SAS

I previously wrote about the RAS algorithm, which is a simple algorithm that performs matrix balancing. Matrix balancing refers to adjusting the cells of a frequency table to match known values of the row and column sums. Ideally, the balanced matrix will reflect the structural relationships in the original matrix.

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

Suneel GroverSeptember 9, 2020 0

SAS Customer Intelligence 360: Behavioral event tracking, targeting & engagement analysis

There's no question that we're all increasingly, and often exclusively, interacting with brands digitally. Consumers are now online through countless mechanisms – from laptops and mobile apps to AI-enabled voice assistants and sensor-based wearables. Engagement is diversifying in fascinating new ways. And when organizations can't see their customers interacting in

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence

Gustavo Guerrero

Gustavo GuerreroSeptember 8, 2020 0

Analítica en la nube: simplicidad, innovación y foco en el core business

La migración de una operación analítica a la nube abre un amplio abanico de ventajas para las organizaciones: procesamiento y análisis de datos para encontrar las respuestas a sus problemas de negocio más apremiantes, tomar las decisiones más informadas posibles, e identificar oportunidades para crecer, innovar y ser rentables. Les

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Analytics

Anne BelderSeptember 8, 2020 0

4 analytics use-case domains for municipalities to exploit

Local government gets some bad press. There is no doubt that some could be better, but many are strongly focused on delivering high-quality services for their citizens. However, these "good news" stories seldom make the press – even in local newspapers in slow weeks. Like most public sector organisations around

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