Analytics | Data Management

David PopeNovember 1, 2018 0

Why SAS?

I've worked at SAS for over 27 years and have often been asked: What does SAS do? or Why should I choose SAS? It all boils down to one question: Why SAS? While there are many approaches to answering this question, I recently came up with three short, yet powerful,

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Sandra HernandezOctober 31, 2018 0

La analítica inspirando acciones extraordinarias

Vivimos en un mundo cada vez más digitalizado, donde sacar provecho a los miles o millones de datos que se producen a cada instante se ha convertido en una necesidad para las empresas. Hacerlo de forma ágil y efectiva es su principal objetivo. En este escenario, las soluciones de analítica

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Communications

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 31, 2018 0

Tracking Trump's approval rating

President Donald Trump - people seem to either love him or hate him. Which makes for an interesting data-analysis topic ... tracking Trump's approval rating. Follow along as I explore some data! I'll start with what I consider the 'best' approval-rating graph I've found so far. Here's a screen-capture of

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Government

Analytics

Georgia MarianiOctober 31, 2018 0

Teaching analytics: Advice from two experts

What skills will students need in order to pursue a lucrative career in analytics? I recently interviewed two professors to find out. In my first post, the professors discussed the importance of teaching and learning analytics. Today, we'll hear their top advice for students studying analytics, such as: get a

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Analytics | Data Management

Frederik VandenbergheOctober 31, 2018 0

How to deploy your models with SAS Model Manager to Hadoop

How do you deploy your model so that business processes can make use of it? This post explores how SAS Viya applications can directly add models to a model repository, and specifically focuses on how to deploy them with SAS Model Manager to Hadoop.

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Steffen StahlOctober 30, 2018 0

Erstes SAS User Group Meetup: „Am besten gehen die User am nächsten Tag zur Arbeit und legen direkt los“

Vor ein paar Wochen hat das erste deutsche SAS User Group Meetup in Berlin stattgefunden. Dort hatte ich die Gelegenheit, mit Igor Khorlo, Senior Statistical Programmer bei Syneos Health Deutschland und Gründer der SAS User Group Germany (SUGG), über seine Motivation zu sprechen, die Gruppe ins Leben zu rufen –

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German

Analytics

Mike F. SmithOctober 30, 2018 0

The digital utility era is now: Charging ahead with EV analytics

Note: Today’s utility industry is in upheaval. All of the assumptions the business has run on have been turned on their heads. This post is the second in a three-part series looking at how analytics are helping utilities navigate this challenging landscape and find new opportunities for improvements in operations,

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Risk Management

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunOctober 30, 2018 0

새 금융규제로 떠오른 ‘FRTB’, 효율적인 시장 리스크 관리 전략과 구축 방안은?

FRTB(Fundamental review of the trading book)는 은행의 시장 리스크 관리 방식을 바꿀 것입니다. 바젤은행감독위원회(BCBS)가 FRTB를 발표하고 이 기준에 따라 전세계적으로 시장 리스크를 측정해 공시하도록 한 것인데요. 대다수 은행은 2020년 12월 데드라인과 바뀌고 있는 요구 사항을 보며 ‘기다려야 한다’는 결론을 내리고 있지만, 그저 기다리기만 하는 것은 위험한 전략이 될 수 있습니다. 금융

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Korean

Banking

Analytics

Marcia Elaine WalkerOctober 29, 2018 0

Screaming analytics. Let your safety data whisper.

GAHHHHHHHHH! My screams filled the office hallways on a Sunday afternoon. In agony, I hopped to the ice machine to find relief for my crushed toe. Moments before, while hanging my shiny new patent plaque on the wall, it dropped six feet and landed on my big toe joint. Since

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Manufacturing

Analytics

Andreas GöddeOctober 29, 2018 0

Digitalisierung, Transformation und Mensch-Maschine-Kooperation: Innovation skalieren

Erst kürzlich habe ich mich mit Thomas Gartzen, Geschäftsführer des European 4.0 Transformation Center, unterhalten. Dabei ging es neben Innovation Labs auch um Change Management und darum, wie sich ein analytischer Ansatz in Unternehmen umsetzen lässt. Andreas Gödde: Thomas, kann man sagen, dass jetzt alle Unternehmen Softwareunternehmen sind? Thomas Gartzen:

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German

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Sandra HernandezOctober 26, 2018 0

La ciencia de datos como eje de la formación gerencial del futuro

El universo de los datos es una realidad que está evolucionando más rápido de lo que muchos esperaban. Su impacto en los negocios ha sido tal, que la gran mayoría de las empresas están implementando o pensando en implementar soluciones de analítica que les permitan consolidar toda la información que

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Life Sciences

Analytics | SAS Events

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunOctober 26, 2018 0

‘SAS 애널리틱스 익스피리언스 2018 밀라노’, 데이터 분석의 혁신을 공유하다

음식, 패션, 그리고 풍부한 문화유산으로 유명한 이탈리아의 경제 중심 밀라노는 오랜 역사를 바탕으로 개방과 혁신이 공존하는 ‘인큐베이터’ 도시인데요. 이탈리아에서 기술의 발전을 이끌고 있는 밀라노에서 10월 22일부터 24일까지 사흘간 유럽 최대 규모의 분석 컨퍼런스 ‘SAS 애널리틱스 익스피리언스(Analytics Experience) 2018'가 개최됐습니다. 이번 SAS 애널리틱스 익스피리언스에는 1,200명 이상의 전 세계 산업별 비즈니스 리더와 분석

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Korean

Analytics

Iván LópezOctober 25, 2018 0

La gestión de datos, el pilar fundamental de las empresas data-driven

Los objetivos que deben concretar los líderes de las áreas de negocio de una organización son tan variados como importantes: mejorar la experiencia de sus clientes, elevar la rentabilidad, reducir los costos al tiempo de hacer más eficiente la cadena de producción o cumplir con las regulaciones que rigen a

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Retail

Analytics | Data Management

David LoshinOctober 24, 2018 0

Trust in the data: Ensuring quality analytics (continued)

How should a data trust process work? David Loshin elaborates.

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinOctober 24, 2018 0

Bootstrap regression estimates: Case resampling

If you want to bootstrap the parameters in a statistical regression model, you have two primary choices. The first is case resampling, which is also called resampling observations or resampling pairs. In case resampling, you create the bootstrap sample by randomly selecting observations (with replacement) from the original data. The

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Analytics

Heather HallettOctober 23, 2018 0

I am a recovering ICU nurse

I've been recovering for 15 years now, after a lengthy career caring for critically ill patients. Now, I’m part of a team at SAS that’s working to transform health care – and that's important to me because of something that happened when I was an ICU nurse. It changed my

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Government | Health Care

Analytics

Mike GillilandOctober 22, 2018 0

October 23 webinar: how demand planning will benefit from machine learning

Applying machine learning approaches to forecasting is an area of great research interest. Progress is being made on multiple fronts, for example: In the M4 Forecasting Competition, completed earlier this year, the top two performers utilized machine learning with traditional time series forecasting methods. At the link you'll find full

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Analytics

Andreas GöddeOctober 22, 2018 0

Kultur, Erwartungen und Geschäftsmodelle: So sieht Innovation 4.0 aus

Innovation Labs gibt es schon seit einiger Zeit in allen Varianten. Einige gehören zu großen Unternehmen, andere zu Forschungsinstituten. Die RWTH Aachen hat ein solches Innovation Lab, das European 4.0 Transformation Center (E4TC), ins Leben gerufen und sucht Unternehmen, die sich daran beteiligen. Wie genau ein solches Innovation Lab funktioniert,

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German

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 22, 2018 0

Which state has the oldest US Legislators? - Pick your graph axes carefully!

Have you noticed a lot of graphs popping up lately, about politicians, voters, and elections? ... Well of course - it's an election year! If you follow my blog posts, then you're probably a bit "smarter than the average bear" when it comes to scrutinizing graphs. And election graphs election

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Ivan Fernando HerreraOctober 19, 2018 0

Es el momento de combatir la corrupción con analítica

Las técnicas creadas a partir del Big Data han revelado múltiples aplicaciones que han servido para poner sobre la mesa los fraudes y las filtraciones masivas de información sobre temas relacionados con, por ejemplo, paraísos fiscales y evasión de impuestos. A Latinoamérica, según reportes divulgados por Global Financial Integrity, la

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Banking | Communications

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence

Gustavo GutmanOctober 19, 2018 0

¿Cómo enfrentar la recesión a partir de los datos?

En situaciones donde la reducción de costos es un imperativo y las empresas carecen de presupuestos óptimos, los datos se vuelven aún más importantes de lo que eran antes de una recesión de datos. Priorizar libera resultados reales, y analizar la información de manera correcta se convierte en un punto clave. Determinar y definir qué clientes tienen mayor probabilidad

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Communications

Analytics

Patricio CarrileroOctober 18, 2018 0

El que mucho abarca poco aprieta (adaptado a la era analítica)

El popular dicho español ‘El que mucho abarca poco aprieta’ ha cobrado gran relevancia en la era del análisis de datos. Cuando los data scientists, data analysts, y analistas en general realizan modelos para predecir comportamientos, tendencias, patrones, etc. se enfrentan ante el desafío de abarcar lo suficiente para apretar

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonOctober 17, 2018 0

DNA and your family tree ... 6-10 generations back

Any of you who are even slightly into politics, or have followed any news lately, have probably seen something about the DNA test Elizabeth Warren took to prove/disprove her Native American ancestry. The test indicates she might have had a Native American ancestor 6 to 10 generations ago. That's a

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Life Sciences

Analytics | Data for Good

Alison BolenOctober 17, 2018 0

3 wildfire predictions from a recent SAS hackathon

What can you learn about wildfires when you provide a room full of analysts with 7 years of US wildfire data and the tools they need to analyze it? A lot. At a recent data dive, we split 35 data scientists into 9 teams, provided multiple data sets containing information

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Analytics | Data Management

SAS KoreaOctober 17, 2018 0

데이터 분석 프로젝트를 성공적으로 시작하기 위한 체크 리스트 10가지

필자는 데이터 전문가와 엔터프라이즈 시스템 컨설턴트로서 오랜 경력을 쌓아왔으며, 저자와 대학 교수로서 교육 활동도 진행하고 있습니다. 그 동안 200여 개의 개인, 50개 이상의 그룹을 위한 데이터 분석 프로젝트를 감독하면서 수많은 분석 프랙티스를 연구해왔는데요. 중요한 한 가지는 분석 프로젝트를 성공적으로 시작하기 위한 단 하나의 청사진은 존재하지 않는다는 것입니다. 하지만 다양한 성공 또는 실패

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinOctober 17, 2018 0

Parameter estimates for different parameterizations

In a recent article about nonlinear least squares, I wrote, "you can often fit one model and use the ESTIMATE statement to estimate the parameters in a different parameterization." This article expands on that statement. It shows how to fit a model for one set of parameters and use the

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Analytics

Luis BarrientosOctober 16, 2018 0

Aplicar lo aprendido y establecer un ecosistema a medida, claves para cumplir con IFRS 17

El tiempo sigue corriendo y las empresas aseguradoras de diferentes latitudes se están preparando para cumplir con un nuevo estándar contable que entrará en vigor en enero de 2021: IFRS 17. International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 establece los principios para el reconocimiento, medición, presentación y revelación de los contratos

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Spanish

Banking

Analytics

Scott NalickOctober 15, 2018 0

The supply chain of things: IoT in supply chain

What if you could automatically detect supply chain anomalies as they happen, or even predict them in advance? You'd be able to take timely corrective action and help maximize revenue, margins, customer satisfaction and shareholder value. There's no question: Supply chain planning and execution is complex. From design and sourcing, to

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Rhett ScheelOctober 15, 2018 0

Bühne frei für KI und Machine Learning im Gesundheitswesen!

Krankenversicherung und neue Technologien – geht das zusammen? Auf alle Fälle! Und das User-Group-Treffen „Analytik in der Krankenversicherung“, das kürzlich in Leipzig stattfand, hat es unter Beweis gestellt. Diese von den Gesundheitsforen Leipzig ausgerichtete Veranstaltung ist ein sehr informatives Forum, auf dem sich analytische Fachexperten aus der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV)

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German

Health Care | Insurance

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinOctober 15, 2018 0

Get the unique values of a variable in data order

There are several ways to use SAS to get the unique values for a data variable. In Base SAS, you can use the TABLES statement in PROC FREQ to generate a table of unique values (and the counts). You can also use the DISTINCT function in PROC SQL to get

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