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Analytics | Internet of Things

Leo SadovySeptember 26, 2017 0

Will the IoT live up to the hype?

Will the IoT live up to the hype? Yes. A most resounding YES. In fact, it will exceed the hype, because we don't even know all the IoT possibilities yet. We don’t know what we don’t know, and that lack of imagination limits even our hype. Where we are with

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Analytics

Experimente sus nuevas posibilidades con analítica

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezSeptember 26, 2017 0

Experimente sus nuevas posibilidades con analítica

Hacer un acercamiento a ciegas con un cliente, esperar meses para decidir lanzar o no un producto o gastar semanas e incontables horas hombre en levantar estadísticas que permitan identificar potenciales mejoras en productividad son historias selladas y enterradas. El mundo de los negocios se mueve hoy al ritmo de los

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Analytics | Risk Management

Hartmut KömmeSeptember 25, 2017 0

Risikomodellierung: ein Blick unter die Motorhaube

Modelle im Risikomanagement sind essenziell. Sie helfen uns dabei, das Risiko eines Unterfangens auf Basis weniger Einflussgrößen vorherzusagen. Die Kunst der Modellierung besteht nun darin, die wichtigsten Faktoren zu bestimmen und einen komplexen Zusammenhang vereinfacht so abzubilden, dass die Aussagekraft relevant ist. Das heißt, modellbasierte Prognosen sollen möglichst nahe an

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonSeptember 25, 2017 0

The 'virtual wall' along the US/Mexican border

Recent news reports indicate that the number of illegal immigrants apprehended along the US/Mexican border has dropped significantly since Trump took office. So, even though Trump hasn't had time to build a physical wall, perhaps there's a virtual wall in place now (built from the change in attitudes)? I've seen

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Government | Travel

Analytics

Anne-Lindsay BeallSeptember 25, 2017 0

How data is helping save the world’s most endangered mammals

When an extremely rare aye-aye lemur named Agatha was born undersized at the Duke Lemur Center earlier this year, there was immediate cause for concern. There are only 23 captive aye-ayes in the US, and the wild population is at “very high risk of extinction” according to the International Union for

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization

Thomas Bodenmüller-DodekSeptember 25, 2017 0

Blogparade: MyParadise Found – Finden Sie Ihr persönliches Paradies!

Blogparade startet: Vor Kurzem wurde ja bereits der analytisch beste Ort der Welt gefunden und gekürt. Dazu hat SAS aus fast 150.000 Orten in rund 200 Ländern jede Menge Daten gesammelt und mit modernsten Machine-Learning-Verfahren ausgewertet. Rund 100 sogenannte Prädiktoren, also mögliche Einflussgrößen auf „paradiesische“ Verhältnisse, spuckten West Perth aus

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 25, 2017 0

Simulate multivariate normal data in SAS by using PROC SIMNORMAL

My article about Fisher's transformation of the Pearson correlation contained a simulation. The simulation uses the RANDNORMAL function in SAS/IML software to simulate multivariate normal data. If you are a SAS programmer who does not have access to SAS/IML software, you can use the SIMNORMAL procedure in SAS/STAT software to

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert RufSeptember 22, 2017 0

#Schönwetterfahrer – oder was man im Urlaub über Datenvisualisierung lernen kann

Datenvisualisierung – Manchmal braucht man einfach extrinsische Motivationsfaktoren, um andere Wege zu gehen. Die Zweiradreisenden unter uns kennen und schätzen die besondere Art der Fortbewegung (ohne Blechdach) mit all ihren Vor- und Nachteilen. Eine begrenzte Gepäckkapazität, fehlende Klimatisierung, größere Unfallgefahr usw. sind Faktoren, mit denen man dabei leben muss. Was

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Analytics

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezSeptember 22, 2017 0

Analítica, machine learning, inteligencia artificial, computación cognitiva ¿Cuál es cuál?

Las vemos a diario en Twitter, nuestro feed de noticias en Facebook, en foros de LinkedIn o en los principales medios de negocios, tecnología y tendencias que consumimos. Todas son tecnologías capaces de transformar los negocios, la manera en que tomamos decisiones y varias de las más importantes actividades de

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

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

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezSeptember 21, 2017 0

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

84412925 - business team investment trading do this deal on a stock exchange. people working in the office. 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

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Analytics | SAS Events

Anjelica CummingsSeptember 21, 2017 0

How 20 girls turned into 40,000 programmers

Reshma Saujani, of Girls Who Code, doesn’t have the background you’d expect for the person leading an organization whose mission is to inspire, educate and equip young women with computing skills to pursue 21st-century opportunities. She’s not a coder or computer science graduate, and she grew up terrified of math

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

Jos van DongenSeptember 21, 2017 0

Dutch Data Science, part 2: Veneficus

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

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

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

Sandra Hernandez

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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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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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

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

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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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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Internet of Things

Event Stream Processing IoT

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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Analytics

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

Sandra Hernandez

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

experiencia cliente analítica

Sandra Hernandez

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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