Analytics

Gloria CaberoJune 13, 2019 0

Las 5 “íes” del liderazgo femenino

Sin duda, el liderazgo es una de las habilidades fundamentales que garantiza nuestro éxito en el mundo de los negocios, y como mujeres, siempre nos hemos visto en la obligación de respaldar cada uno de nuestros logros a través de un fuerte compromiso laboral. Sin embargo, ser una mujer trabajadora

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Banking | Education | Government | Health Care | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail | Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Héctor CoboJune 11, 2019 0

Analítica, un pilar fundamental de la innovación empresarial

Hoy en día, las organizaciones necesitan analítica de alto rendimiento para mejorar todos sus indicadores de negocio, ya no es un lujo: es una necesidad. La transformación digital y el análisis empresarial son una prioridad en la agenda de muchas empresas que buscan destacar en un mundo hiper competitivo que

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Banking | Energy & Utilities | Government | Health Care | Insurance | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | SAS Events | Students & Educators

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunJune 10, 2019 0

SAS코리아, 롯데홈쇼핑과 함께하는 ‘제 17회 SAS 분석 챔피언십’ 개최

SAS코리아, 롯데홈쇼핑과 함께하는 ‘제 17회 SAS 분석 챔피언십’ 개최  빅데이터·AI 알고리즘 활용한 ‘홈쇼핑 방송 판매실적 예측’ 주제로 공모 SAS 솔루션 및 분석 교육을 통한 실제 비즈니스 과제 해결…분석 전문성 제고 6월 30일까지 참가 접수…우승팀에 상금·교육·인턴십 가산점 등 다양한 혜택 제공 2019년 6월 5일, 서울 – 세계적인 분석 선두 기업 SAS(쌔스)코리아(www.sas.com/korea)가

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Analytics

Caroline HermonJune 10, 2019 0

Should you be banking on open source analytics?

Banks see open source as a hotbed of innovation – and a governance nightmare. Do the rewards outweigh the risks? Open source software used to be treated almost as a joke in the financial services sector. If you wanted to build a new system, you bought tried and tested, enterprise-grade

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Banking

Analytics

Tiffany CarpenterJune 7, 2019 0

Fast-tracking the evolution of banking with AI

How intelligent decisioning solutions can help you stay relevant in the era of digital banking Fierce competition, advances in technology, and consumer expectations for hyperpersonalised services are forcing the financial services sector to evolve. To adapt to rapid market developments, many banks and insurers are launching ambitious digital transformation projects.

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Banking

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Oita ColemanJune 7, 2019 0

Women competing in two beautiful games: Soccer and analytics

Soccer (or football) fans everywhere will turn their eyes to France over the next month to cheer on amazing women from 24 countries contending on the global stage. These women compete at the highest level in an area that for too long was viewed as a man’s game. In many

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Analytics

Ivan Fernando HerreraJune 6, 2019 0

Avances en la prevención del fraude en el sector financiero

El riesgo cibernético se ha convertido en una amenaza importante para el sistema financiero. Según la directora gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Christine Legarde, se estima que, en promedio, las pérdidas anuales de las instituciones financieras causadas por ataques cibernéticos podrían llegar a varios cientos de miles de millones de

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Banking

Analytics

Rodrigo AriasJune 6, 2019 0

Analítica para adelantarse a cada paso que dará el cliente: el futuro del comercio electrónico

La industria de comercio electrónico es probablemente una de las más dinámicas en términos de innovación tecnológica: cada vez que los usuarios interactúan con las aplicaciones y páginas web de las empresas, toda la información es continuamente capturada y representa la materia prima para que científicos de datos conviertan hábitos

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Retail

Analytics | Risk Management

Luis BarrientosJune 4, 2019 0

Para el sector financiero las soluciones de analítica son vitales en el cumplimiento de IFRS 9

Los orígenes de la crisis hipotecaria subprime en septiembre de 2008 se encuentran en una burbuja, en la sobrevaloración de activos (en este caso inmobiliarios) a través de bursatilizaciones hipotecarias en Estados Unidos. Esto vino a sumarse a un entorno de bajas tasas de interés y presiones por generar ganancias

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Banking

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Santiago FainsteinJune 3, 2019 0

Una perspectiva analítica e inteligente: el mejor recurso contra el crimen

En materia de seguridad pública, las estadísticas no sólo tendrían que utilizarse para registrar tragedias, fallas incomprensibles o riesgos latentes -víctimas, bienes destruidos, montos robados, delincuentes capturados, zonas de alta incidencia criminal (lugares donde se vende droga, por ejemplo), entre otras situaciones que lastiman a la sociedad. El simple registro

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Government

Analytics

Aneshan RamalooJune 3, 2019 0

Artificial Intelligence in Retail: The Inside View

The hype around artificial intelligence has never been higher – and retail is one industry where it has a chance to make a major impact on profits. But as hype and misunderstandings continue to build, it's become harder than ever to keep sight of the true disruptive potential of AI. I

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Retail

Analytics

GastbeitragMay 31, 2019 0

SAS Viya trifft auf Open Source und Deep Learning

Wie lassen sich leistungsstarke Analytics und Open Source miteinander vereinbaren? Diese Frage beantwortet unser Gastautor Alexander Buchwald von der mayato® GmbH.   Open Source und kommerzielle Software waren nicht immer die besten Freunde. In Zeiten digitalen Wandels sind jedoch agile Softwareentwicklung und maximale Flexibilität gefragt. Darauf müssen sich Softwarehersteller jeder Couleur

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMay 30, 2019 0

Visualize interaction effects in regression models

Knowing how to visualize a regression model is a valuable skill. A good visualization can help you to interpret a model and understand how its predictions depend on explanatory factors in the model. Visualization is especially important in understanding interactions between factors. Recently I read about work by Jacob A.

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Analytics

Mike F. SmithMay 29, 2019 0

Analytics rocks at Ameren

Note: This is the second post in a series featuring analytics leaders in the utility industry. St. Louis is home to Anheuser Busch, the legendary Cardinals baseball team, and Ameren, where analytics rocks. More on this later. Ameren is a large investor-owned utility that serves St. Louis and the surrounding

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data Visualization

Gregor HerrmannMay 29, 2019 0

So klappt’s mit der Migration von Business Intelligence & Co.

Business Intelligence (BI) begleitet uns schon seit geraumer Zeit – und zwar in ganz unterschiedlichen Ausprägungen. Und das Thema wird immer wichtiger und verändert sich im gleichen Maße, wie Unternehmen den Wert datengetriebener Entscheidungen erkennen. Damals und heute BI war in „jungen Jahren“ geprägt von teuren, komplexen Systemen, die sich

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German

Analytics

Francesco MiddeiMay 28, 2019 0

How machine learning drives image recognition for proactive asset maintenance

It can be hard to get a handle on what artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will actually do. We all understand – in theory, at least – that they could change the way we live and work. In most cases and for most of us, however, the precise

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMay 28, 2019 0

The Theil-Sen robust estimator for simple linear regression

Modern statistical software provides many options for computing robust statistics. For example, SAS can compute robust univariate statistics by using PROC UNIVARIATE, robust linear regression by using PROC ROBUSTREG, and robust multivariate statistics such as robust principal component analysis. Much of the research on robust regression was conducted in the

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Analytics

Peter LundqvistMay 24, 2019 0

Creativity + curiosity + competition = amazing analytics

By now it’s no secret that all kinds of organizations are using analytics to take on some of their biggest opportunities. But what about all the opportunities that have the potential to address important human issues that we have overlooked for one reason or another? Those are exactly the types

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Analytics

Elliot InmanMay 24, 2019 0

Pondering statistical significance in a world without .05

The latest edition of The American Statistician is dedicated to proposals for living in a post p<.05 world, a world in which a statistical test with a result  of “p<.05” is no longer given the importance it has previously been afforded. Decent, honorable researchers once discussed such things only in

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Josh MorganMay 22, 2019 0

Can we evaluate whole person suffering?

As we honor Mental Health Month, there are many calls to reduce suffering. Seems reasonable, right? It’s even in California’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), where public systems are called to “reduce subjective suffering.” And as we broadly focus more on outcomes in health, measuring suffering (and hopefully its reduction)

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Visualization

Patricia NeriMay 22, 2019 0

Analysis of Movie Reviews using Visual Text Analytics

This blog shows how the automatically generated concepts and categories in Visual Text Analytics (VTA) can be refined using LITI and Boolean rules. I will use a data set that contains information on 1527 randomly selected movies: their titles, reviews, MPAA Ratings, Main Genre classifications and Viewer Ratings.

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Analytics

Tiffany CarpenterMay 22, 2019 0

Open banking: Threat or opportunity?

Redefining banking in a financial services market where your biggest competitor may be Amazon or Google, not a traditional bank. Open banking may not have made much of an impression on consumers yet. But it’s a topic that the industry cannot afford to ignore. Tier one UK banks are already

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Banking

Analytics

David AnnisMay 22, 2019 0

Establish the benefits of analytics before investing in a solution

Analytics can bring tremendous value to a business. However, investing in an analytics solution is often easier said than done. The key challenge is demonstrating the value of analytics without first investing in technology and resources. The solution? Take a results-based approach to establish the value of analytics by using

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Government

Analytics | Data Visualization

Rick WicklinMay 22, 2019 0

Gershgorin discs and the location of eigenvalues

The eigenvalues of a matrix are not easy to compute. It is remarkable, therefore, that with relatively simple mental arithmetic, you can obtain bounds for the eigenvalues of a matrix of any size. The bounds are provided by using a marvelous mathematical result known as Gershgorin's Disc Theorem. For certain

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Analytics | Data Management

Iván LópezMay 21, 2019 0

¿Ya está su empresa en línea con las nuevas tendencias de protección de datos?

Desde el primero de mayo, la GDPR (Reglamento General de Protección de Datos de la Unión Europea) pasó a ser de cumplimiento obligatorio. Eso significa que todas las organizaciones que manejan datos de ciudadanos europeos (sin importar dónde estén ubicadas) deben cumplir con los más altos estándares de transparencia y

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Banking | Communications | Government | Insurance | Retail

Analytics | Machine Learning

SAS ColombiaMay 20, 2019 0

3 ejemplos inspiradores de la Analítica en Acción compartidos en #SASGF

Para quienes trabajamos en el mundo de la analítica, nos resulta cada vez más sencillo explicar cuál es el impacto social de nuestro trabajo y por qué el desarrollo de esta ciencia -que tomamos profesionalmente- es un tema que nos apasiona tanto. Nosotros sabemos que la analítica es capaz de cambiar el

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Spanish

Education | Health Care

Analytics

Andy DaviesMay 20, 2019 0

Keeping the public safe with analytics

Analytics has an important role to play in supporting the police to keep our communities safe, and I believe the benefits can be far-reaching. In my previous three posts, I discussed the role analytics can play in policing, reviewed the required data and highlighted a police force that is currently

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Government

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMay 20, 2019 0

Critical values of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

Recently I wrote about how to compute the Kolmogorov D statistic, which is used to determine whether a sample has a particular distribution. One of the beautiful facts about modern computational statistics is that if you can compute a statistic, you can use simulation to estimate the sampling distribution of

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English

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Sandra HernandezMay 15, 2019 0

Una nueva experiencia de cliente y de innovación de marca basada en Inteligencia Artificial, Internet de las Cosas y analítica avanzada

Profundizar en las expectativas de los clientes se ha convertido en el interés y, de paso, en el mayor desafío para los responsables de las iniciativas de marketing en todo el mundo.  Gartner, la reconocida empresa consultora y de análisis de mercados, dice que aquellos líderes de mercadeo que son capaces de incorporar tecnologías exponenciales en el

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Communications

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinMay 15, 2019 0

What is Kolmogorov's D statistic?

Have you ever run a statistical test to determine whether data are normally distributed? If so, you have probably used Kolmogorov's D statistic. Kolmogorov's D statistic (also called the Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic) enables you to test whether the empirical distribution of data is different than a reference distribution. The reference distribution

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