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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Mike F. SmithDecember 14, 2017 0

Coming soon to a grid near you: certainty amid confusion

The paradigm in which we have all lived in an electrified world is changing. The convergence of technology, changing business models, and increasing customer expectations means the way utilities have operated for the last 100+ years must change. Further, this change must embrace where the operations side of the business

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

SAS KoreaDecember 14, 2017 0

제 2의 인터넷 ‘블록체인’으로 헬스케어 사기 탐지 혁신

블록체인, 전 세계를 뒤흔들다 최근 전 세계를 분 단위로 뒤흔들며 폭발적인 관심을 끌고 있는 화젯거리가 있습니다. 바로 비트코인(bitcoin)을 필두로 급팽창 중인 가상 화폐(virtual currency) 시장입니다. 이달 초 미국에서는 비트코인을 구매하기 위해 모기지(주택담보대출)를 빌리는 등 극단적인 투기 양상까지 나타나며 논란을 일으키기도 했는데요. 그 가운데 산업별 전문가들은 가상 화폐의 기반 기술인 블록체인(blockchain)에 주목하고 있습니다. ‘제 2의

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeDecember 14, 2017 0

Was bringt die Zukunft? Auswertung von Risiko-Szenario-Pfaden

Die Abbildung einer möglichen zukünftigen Situation ist eine Kernaufgabe des Risiko-Managements. Dazu werden unterschiedlich komplexe Modelle mit möglichen Szenarien durchgerechnet. Hierbei erhält man pro Szenario und Vorhersage-Zeitpunkt ein Ergebnis. Bei mehrperiodischen Vorhersagen (z. B. bei Kredit-Portfolien oder Lebensversicherungen) gibt es pro Szenario einen Ergebnis-Pfad. Im Folgenden zeige ich, wie man mit

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Banking | Insurance

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 13, 2017 0

Timeline of all the U.S. presidents

I was recently reading the Wikipedia page about the U.S. presidents. There was a table with a lot of interesting data, but I thought it would be much easier to get a handle on the information if there was also a timeline graph. So, of course, I set out to

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Students & Educators

DataViz Meetup HD

Thomas KeilDecember 13, 2017 0

Wenn mehr als zwei Data-Science-Studenten zusammenkommen … Meetups als Plattform für Networking und Austausch

Meetup ist ein Online-Social-Networking-Service mit einem kleinen Unterschied zu Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn & Co. Das Format ist dazu gedacht, Face-to-Face-Treffen zu interessanten Themen zu organisieren. Die Offline-Welt ist also ein elementarer Bestandteil. Selbstorganisiert und thematisch vielfältig Gruppen gibt es zu fast jedem Thema: Bücherclubs, Socialising, R-Nutzer, Unternehmer oder künstliche Intelligenz

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Analytics | Data Management

Coworkers examine data for their data-driven business

Jim HarrisDecember 13, 2017 0

How a data-driven business supports analytics goals

Jim Harris says a data-driven business can make decisions faster, using better data, with more transparency about results.

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Analytics

SAS Analytics Experience 2017

GastbeitragDecember 13, 2017 0

Was kommt raus, wenn man Liebe, Mathe und KI kombiniert?

Liebe und Mathematik: Auf den ersten Blick gibt es wohl keine zwei Welten, die weiter voneinander entfernt sind. Hannah Fry hat auf der Analytics Experience in Amsterdam das Gegenteil bewiesen: Mathematik kann das Geheimnis einer glücklichen Partnerschaft aufdecken und sogar eine Scheidung vorhersagen. Im Gespräch geht die Dozentin für „Mathematics

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Analytics

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezDecember 13, 2017 0

Del Blockchain, el Bitcoin y las Petromonedas a la Analítica de SAS

No cabe duda que la tecnología Blockchain está llamada a ser una de las grandes revoluciones en el mundo en los próximos años. Se ha llegado a afirmar que hará por las transacciones lo que internet ha hecho por la información y las comunicaciones; va a cambiar definitivamente la forma

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Banking | Communications | Education | Energy & Utilities | Government | Health Care | Hospitality

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonDecember 12, 2017 0

Who was the oldest US president?

Donald Trump is pretty spry and energetic for an old guy - he's currently 71 years old, and seems to have more energy than I do (and I'm about 20 years his junior). But is he the oldest US president? Well, as with many questions ... it depends. Follow along

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Analytics

transformación digital

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezDecember 11, 2017 0

La transformación digital no se dará por decreto

La creación de un Viceministerio de Economía Digital adscrito al Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, ubica a Colombia en un nivel de liderazgo frente a la región, lo cual llevará al país a establecer bases importantes para la transformación de varias industrias y sectores económicos. Además, se podrán desarrollar

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Ariadna SolisDecember 10, 2017 0

Retail: la era de la personalización

Me gustaría que se situara algunos años atrás, cuando cursaba algún grado de primaria, su madre seguramente trataba de que llegara con bien a la escuela y que no perdiera las prendas, en especial el suéter que traía bordado su nombre, estoy completamente segura de que en alguna ocasión lo llegó

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Analytics | Data for Good | Machine Learning | SAS Events

Steve BennettDecember 8, 2017 0

How federal civilian agencies can improve outcomes with analytics

From national parks and healthcare to taxes and nutrition, federal civilian agencies feature an incredibly large and diverse set of missions. These agencies oversee almost every aspect of American life with an endless sea of projects, programs and general oversight. But, as Deloitte Consulting’s Mark Urbanczyk said during a recent

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Analytics

La analítica será un aliado clave en materia regulatoria para 2018

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezDecember 7, 2017 0

La analítica será un aliado clave en materia regulatoria para 2018

El panorama de regulaciones deberá ocupar un espacio especial dentro de las agendas de todo el sector empresarial de Colombia en 2018. Las organizaciones no solo deberán ocuparse de atender la normativa ya impuesta, sino los requerimientos de nuevas legislaciones en el país. El crecimiento y expansión de nuevas modalidades empresariales

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Analytics | Data Management

Helmut PlinkeDecember 7, 2017 0

Are you ready for the Chief Data Officer challenge?

The primary obstacle to becoming a data-driven business is that data is not readily available, leaving valuable insights unused in data silos. To overcome this hurdle, today’s companies are creating a new role: Chief Data Officers (CDO). Responsible for unlocking insights hidden in data silos, the CDO is tasked with

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Analytics

Jeremy RacineDecember 6, 2017 0

Bridging the Native American health disparity gap

Native American health continues to lag behind other populations in the US. In fact, the American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) population lives, on average, 4.4 fewer years than the rest of the US population, and is experiencing significant disparities in a variety of health indicators. The numbers reveal this stark

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips | Work & Life at SAS

Robert AllisonDecember 6, 2017 0

Yes - Wednesday is M&M day at SAS!

Some people might think it's an urban legend that SAS gives its employees free M&M's. Well, I'm here to tell you it's true! Every Wednesday at the Cary headquarters, a bucket of M&M's shows up in each of the break rooms. I'm only half-kidding in my suspicion that this is

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Felix LiaoDecember 6, 2017 0

4 reasons to kick start your analytics journey with SAS Visual Analytics

Are you struggling to kick start your organization’s analytics journey, especially when it comes to leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning techniques? If the answer is yes then you’re definitely not alone. Whilst most organisations today recognise the benefit of analytics and data science, many are still struggling to kick

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Analytics

Bias in regression for mean-imputed explanatory variables

Rick WicklinDecember 6, 2017 0

3 problems with mean imputation

In a previous article, I showed how to use SAS to perform mean imputation. However, there are three problems with using mean-imputed variables in statistical analyses: Mean imputation reduces the variance of the imputed variables. Mean imputation shrinks standard errors, which invalidates most hypothesis tests and the calculation of confidence

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Analytics | Data Management | Fraud & Security Intelligence

David KennedyDecember 5, 2017 0

How law enforcement can use analytics to combat the opioid epidemic

A steady drumbeat of news coverage makes one thing clear: Opioid abuse is rising and has reached epidemic levels throughout our country. Overdoses from the diversion and abuse of prescription opioids are one cause of the surge in deaths. Overdoses from heroin and other illicit synthetic opioids (such as heroin,

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Analytics

Cinco novedades en materia regulatoria que vienen para Colombia el próximo año

SAS ColombiaDecember 5, 2017 0

Cinco novedades en materia regulatoria que vienen para Colombia el próximo año

Para nadie es un secreto que los asuntos regulatorios estarán entre los temas que mayor atención demandarán en el sector empresarial en Colombia en 2018, pues con la entrada de nuevos jugadores en industrias clave de la economía, reglamentar su actividad es primordial y las soluciones analíticas y de

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Analytics

Mario Alberto Zamarripa

Mario Alberto ZamarripaDecember 4, 2017 0

La inteligencia artificial, ya no es ciencia ficción

En los años setenta el género se volvió muy relevante, se estrenaron filmes espectaculares, la televisión tocaba los temas tecnológicos, los programas de radio no se cansaban de reportear todo lo que producía la industria y, sobre todo, las personas comenzaron a expandir su mente. Cintas icónicas de la época

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Analytics

Iván LópezDecember 1, 2017 0

Del club al brexit: inicio de un gobierno digital

El divorcio comercial más hablado (brexit) tiene algunos conflictos de intereses por ambas partes, la Unión Europea trata de conseguir que Irlanda del Norte siga siendo un puerto de libre comercio y los británicos se niegan, no dejarán que su territorio quede fuera de sus manos. Tratar de aperturar esta

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

SAS KoreaDecember 1, 2017 0

데이터 분석, 푸에르토리코 허리케인 재해 복구에 힘을 싣다

100년만의 최악의 허리케인, 푸에르토리코를 덮치다 지난 9월 20일, 북대서양과 카리브해 사이에 있는 미국 자치령 푸에르토리코(Puerto Rico)에 초강력 허리케인 마리아(Maria)가 상륙했습니다. 마리아는 시속 185마일(295㎞) 이상의 최고 단계인 5등급 허리케인으로 100년만의 최악의 피해를 남겼습니다. 더욱이 일명 괴물 허리케인이라고 불린 5등급 허리케인 어마(Irma)에 이어 단 2주만에 불어 닥친 재해로 340만 주민들은 엄청난 충격에

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Analytics

Greg HeidrickDecember 1, 2017 0

Fashion students learn about omnichannel merchandising and retail analytics

Until recently state-of-the-art for trade area analytics still meant analyzing historical store sales by location, together with some Nielsen market data to select merchandise assortments and allocation. Contrast that with the upcoming holiday season where retailers know where and how demand is initiated, and use that new understanding to create

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Analítica tiempo real banca móvil

Ariadna SolisNovember 30, 2017 0

El marketing en, ¿tiempo real?

Podemos remontarnos hace un poco más de cien años, con un personaje icónico en la historia de la física Albert Einstein, quien realizó la teoría de la relatividad tocando como principal fundamento: el tiempo. ¿Usted se ha preguntado qué es el tiempo? La mayoría contesta que es el transcurso de

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 30, 2017 0

Let's analyze Trump's tweets

Since Trump became the US president, many people have noticed that he posts a lot of tweets. While some people choose to analyze and critique the content of those tweets, I was more curious about something a little less controversial - the timing and frequency. Follow along as I dig into

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Communications | Government

Analytics

David PopeNovember 30, 2017 0

Why SAS programmers love SAS, revisited

There are so many reasons why SAS programmers love SAS -- as a matter of fact, I wrote a blog on it back in 2012. I now realize that I could've written a whole series, not just a single post. And with the recent publishing of my first book, Big Data

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Analytics

Georgia MarianiNovember 29, 2017 0

Education Analytics: Why choose SAS as a partner

In this education analytics series of blog posts, we have been on a journey to learn how education customers are turning their data into insights to be a more data-informed and analytical organizations. In my first five posts in the education analytics blog series, we learned how education customers are using SAS,

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 29, 2017 0

When and where have they legalized 'it'?

Whether or not to legalize marijuana is a hotly debated topic these days. And no matter which side of the debate you're on, I think you will be interested in seeing several ways to visualize which states have legalized marijuana, and when ... Their Version Here's the original graph that

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Government | Health Care | Retail | Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 27, 2017 0

What's the most likely location for Amazon's HQ2?

The most highly anticipated business announcement this fall is probably the location for Amazon's second headquarters (dubbed HQ2). Amazon plans to spend $5 billion on their HQ2, and employ about 50,000 people in high-tech jobs. They received 238 proposals before their October 19 deadline, but haven't announced a winner yet.

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