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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Customer Intelligence | Machine Learning

Jos van DongenSeptember 21, 2017 0

The second part of this series takes us to Rotterdam, main port of Europe and the residence of Veneficus, a 10-year young and ambitious boutique analytics firm. They have already scored accolades in the Dutch FD Gazellen Award for fast growing companies. In addition, they also won a ‘Best Employer’

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Analytics

Rainer SterneckerSeptember 21, 2017 0

Data Preparation – das „Stiefkind“ im Datenmanagement?

Datenaufbereitung, Datenintegration, Datenqualität, Datensicherheit – all das hört sich nach Pflichtprogramm für die IT an und ist längst nicht so sexy wie Hype-Themen à la Data Science, Internet of Things oder Artificial Intelligence. Dass Datenmanagement im Businesskontext aber einen mindestens ebenso großen Stellenwert hat – sei es für die Optimierung

German

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Analítica, el factor estrella en la ecuación de transformación del negocio bancario

Sandra HernandezSeptember 21, 2017 0

Analítica, el factor estrella en la ecuación de transformación del negocio bancario

Caminar por la calle y que su celular le dé una notificación de alguna promoción especial de ese almacén que le gusta, que está solo a algunos pasos de usted y en el que utilizando la tarjeta de crédito de su banco puede comprar a cero interés, no es un

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 20, 2017 0

Amusement park attendance (could Wikipedia be wrong?!?)

How do the North American amusement parks compare in popularity? If this question was to come up during a lunch discussion, I bet someone would pull out their smartphone and go to Wikipedia for the answer. But is Wikipedia the definitive answer - how can we tell if Wikipedia is wrong?

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinSeptember 20, 2017 0

Fisher's transformation of the correlation coefficient

Pearson's correlation measures the linear association between two variables. Because the correlation is bounded between [-1, 1], the sampling distribution for highly correlated variables is highly skewed. Even for bivariate normal data, the skewness makes it challenging to estimate confidence intervals for the correlation, to run one-sample hypothesis tests ("Is

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Analytics

Alison BolenSeptember 19, 2017 0

How Cleveland Clinic and Cox Automotive are transforming with analytics

Healthcare, like many industries, is in the midst of a paradigm shift, says Chris Donovan, Executive Director of Enterprise Information Management & Analytics for the Cleveland Clinic. "Historically, healthcare was really about intervention, and about taking care of you when you were sick and getting you better." That type of care

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Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good

Jill GressSeptember 19, 2017 0

Using data for good: It’s a matter of life and death

12 hours: That’s how quickly you can die from sepsis. Oh – you’ve never heard of sepsis? Not surprising. More Americans have heard of Ebola, a nearly non-existent condition in the U.S., than sepsis – a condition that affects more than 1.6 million Americans every year. Sepsis is the body’s

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Health Care

Analytics | SAS Events

Randy GuardSeptember 18, 2017 0

Analytics economy = data + analytics + collaboration

Have you heard the term “analytics economy” and wondered what it means? Or maybe you’ve wondered how your organization can use data and analytics to achieve economic gains. Now we have more than just data. We have accessible data, fueled by advances in compute power and connectivity, and interpreted by ever-more powerful

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Mary Beth MooreSeptember 15, 2017 0

Embracing analytics: A path forward for the intelligence community

The intelligence community needs to revamp its approach to analytics -- and that means creating an analytics strategy that will change the status quo. The challenges facing analysts are consistent throughout the strategic, operational and tactical levels of intelligence operations. The intelligence cycle (see diagram below) is a great teaching

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Analytics

Marco HeidelbergerSeptember 15, 2017 0

Modernisierung im Kreditrisiko - Einschränkungen durch starre Strukturen und Prozesse

Einschränkungen durch starre Strukturen und Prozesse Die Abläufe im Kreditrisiko basieren oft noch auf alten Strukturen und Prozessen. Das betrifft die Methodik und die darunterliegende Technologie, aber auch die organisatorischen Prozesse und Informationsaufbereitung für die Entscheidungsträger. Geschwindigkeit und Flexibilität sind gefragt Dabei werden die Anforderungen der Regulatorik, aber auch der

German

Banking | Insurance

Analytics | SAS Events

Larry LaRussoSeptember 14, 2017 0

How to learn from The Dream Team of experts at Analytics Experience 2017...even if you're not going

You might not know it by looking at me (I’m rounding up when I tell people I’m 5’8”) but I’m a huge basketball fan. I’ve been following the sport since I was 10, coaching it for the last decade and playing on teams throughout my life, still dedicating my winters

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Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events

Trent SmithSeptember 13, 2017 0

Using government data for good: Hear leaders share analytics stories

The government has an unfathomable amount of data -- and it grows more and more each year. This puts agencies in a unique and important position to use that data for good. Whether it be improving government operations, solving some of the nation’s biggest challenges or empowering citizens in new

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Internet of Things

Cornelius KimmerSeptember 13, 2017 0

Edge Analytics - So kommt Analytics in den Truck (Teil 3) HEUTE: Konfiguration der Software

ODER: Wie erstelle ich ein Edge Analytics Case auf Basis von SAS ESP, SAS Streamviewer und eines Modelltrucks? Das beschreibe ich in Teil 3. Rückblick: Im ersten Teil wurden die Idee und der Inhalt der SAS Streaming-Analytics-Demo beschrieben. Im zweiten Teil sind die einzelnen technischen Komponenten sowie die Software aufgelistet. Im

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Manufacturing

Analytics

Invertir en gestión y análisis de datos será decisivo para las empresas colombianas

Sandra HernandezSeptember 12, 2017 0

Invertir en gestión y análisis de datos será decisivo para las empresas colombianas

Big Data se ha convertido en la nueva moneda de los negocios en el mundo. Transformar los datos en información, la información en conocimiento y el conocimiento en oportunidades, es una cadena de valor que la mayoría de las empresas en el mundo ya siguen, pero que en Colombia ni siquiera

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Analytics

Sandra HernandezSeptember 12, 2017 0

Las experiencias centradas en el cliente con la analítica

Hasta hace un tiempo las estrategias de crecimiento de una empresa estaban basadas en el alcance de los productos, el fortalecimiento de la fuerza de ventas y en responder a los avances que pudiera introducir la competencia. El marketing era de lejos el rey en esta etapa. Después vino la

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Analytics | Data for Good

Students boarding school bus from city sidewalk

Shannon HeathSeptember 12, 2017 0

How did one school system save money, improve local traffic and make students happier? With fewer bus stops and better bus schedules

Every fall, highways, backroads and neighborhood streets nationwide take on a noticeable yellow hue, as school buses carefully and methodically transport students back to school. In some areas, including Boston, this massive transportation exercise can present a number of challenges. Boston Public Schools (BPS) provided transportation for 25,000 students via

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 12, 2017 0

Where do hurricanes strike Florida? (110 years of data)

With Hurricane Irma recently pummeling pretty much the entire state of Florida, I got to wondering where past hurricanes have hit the state. Let's get some data, and figure out how to best analyze it using SAS software! I did a bit of web searching, and found the following map

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Government | Insurance | Travel

Analytics | Data Management

Businessman working on self-service data preparation

Phil SimonSeptember 12, 2017 0

3 new outcomes you can expect from self-service data preparation

Phil Simon weighs in on the value of getting your own hands dirty using self-service data prep.

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Analytics

Leo SadovySeptember 11, 2017 0

SAS Viya: What’s in it for me, the business?

If you’ve got SAS running within your organization, which is likely considering that over 90 percent of the largest global firms have SAS, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about SAS® Viya™, which drives many of the latest enhancements of the SAS platform. But amidst all the talk about microservices

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

GastbeitragSeptember 11, 2017 0

6 Gründe warum für Reisebloggerin Kerstin Beck das australische Perth das Paradies ist

Haben Sie sich schon einmal gefragt, wo das Paradies liegt? Wo sich der Ort mit der größten Lebensqualität der Welt befindet? Auf Reisen entdecken wir ab und zu Orte, von denen wir denken, dass sie dem Paradies sehr nahe kommen. Aber ob sich diese Wahrnehmung auch ohne rosarote Urlaubsbrille mit

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 11, 2017 0

Symbolic derivatives in SAS

Did you know that you can get SAS to compute symbolic (analytical) derivatives of simple functions, including applying the product rule, quotient rule, and chain rule? SAS can form the symbolic derivatives of single-variable functions and partial derivatives of multivariable functions. Furthermore, the derivatives are output in a form that

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Analytics

Ariadna Zárate DelgadoSeptember 8, 2017 0

Un futuro más sano gracias a la analítica

La lucha contra el VIH no es sinónimo de reportes interactivos o cuadros de mando, probablemente tampoco se ligue a servicios de comida para pacientes con cáncer o servicios de asistencia médica. CrescentCare ha hecho esfuerzos importantes para mejorar los servicios de salud, una pieza elemental en este esfuerzo es

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Health Care

Analytics

Sandra HernandezSeptember 8, 2017 0

4 características de un líder en la era del Big Data

No haber nacido en la era de la conectividad ha dejado de ser una excusa válida. Tendencias como las del Big Data, Analytics, Cloud o Mobile están redefiniendo los negocios en la actualidad y poco importa si se trata de un líder de la vieja guardia o si tiene la

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 8, 2017 0

What cities are in Hurricane Irma's path?

As Hurricane Irma makes its way through the Caribbean, and heads towards the United States, the big question on everyone's mind ... is the hurricane going to hit my city? Or, as some people like to say, "should I buy milk & bread?" Let's analyze & map some data to

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Government | Travel

Analytics

Sandra HernandezSeptember 8, 2017 0

Analítica en tiempo real, la oportunidad para aumentar los servicios de la banca móvil

Imagínese estar en un centro comercial y que le llegue un mensaje a su celular en el que le digan que pagando con su tarjeta de crédito por los próximos 15 minutos podrá disfrutar de los mejores descuentos del fin de semana en el almacén que tiene al frente, este

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 7, 2017 0

How rare are Category 5 hurricanes?

I suppose we've all been watching Hurricane Irma rip through the Caribbean like a giant buzzsaw blade, with wind speeds over 180mph. This is one of those rare Category 5 storms. But just how rare are Category 5 hurricanes? According to the Wikipedia page, hurricanes with wind speeds >=157mph are

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Government | Insurance

Analytics | Machine Learning

Kamil KonikiewiczSeptember 6, 2017 0

Straszne historie o Data Science i Machine Learning

W ostatnim czasie zalała nas bezprecedensowa fala popularności tematyki Data Science/Machine Learning. Mnóstwo szumu w mediach społecznościowych, tłumy na meetup-ach i konferencjach, popularność profilowanych studiów podyplomowych – to zaledwie kilka jej przejawów.

Polish

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

SAS KoreaSeptember 5, 2017 0

지오로케이션(geolocation), 위치 정보를 이용한 은행 서비스 혁신

은행 산업의 경쟁 환경 변화 지난 4월, 국내 최초 인터넷 전문 은행 ‘케이뱅크’는 출범 사흘 만에 신규 계좌 가입자 수 10만 명을 돌파하며 화려하게 데뷔했습니다. 1992년 옛 평화은행 이후 25년 만에 탄생한 신규 은행으로 은행권은 물론 세간의 이목을 집중시켰는데요. 이어서 7월에는 인터넷 전문 은행 2호 ‘카카오뱅크’가 오픈 8시간 만에 10만 계좌,

Korean

Banking

Analytics

Sandra HernandezSeptember 5, 2017 0

Con analítica, empresas buscan fidelizar a millennials y centennials

No se sorprenda si su empresa de telecomunicaciones es la que decide el próximo teléfono que usted debe comprar o la aerolínea, el siguiente destino de sus vacaciones: las ofertas que más le convienen, el producto ideal o el servicio que debería contratar es información que ya está en sus

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