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Robert AllisonFebruary 6, 2015 0

Geographical hotspot visualization of election data

I'm ramping up my visualization skills in preparation for the next big election, and I invite you to do the same! Let's start by plotting some county-level election data on a map... To get you into the spirit of elections, here's a picture of my friend Sara's dad, when he was

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Government

Analytics | Learn SAS

Stephen MistlerFebruary 5, 2015 0

Solving Sudoku with SAS/IML – Part 2

Part 1 of this topic presented a simple Sudoku solver. By treating Sudoku as an exact cover problem, the algorithm efficiently found solutions to simple Sudoku problems using basic logic. Unfortunately, the simple solver fails when presented with more difficult Sudoku problems. The puzzle on the right was obtained from

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaFebruary 4, 2015 0

Seis tendencias que se imponen con la analítica de las cosas

¿Ha oído el viejo dicho, "sus ojos son más grandes que su estómago"? Esta es otra forma de decir que su apetito puede causar que usted llene su plato con más comida de la que en realidad puede comer. Actualmente, eso es lo que ha pasado con la combinación de

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Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersFebruary 3, 2015 0

Event stream processing: Do you need it?

Staying competitive in a big data world means working fast and making decisions even faster. You need to assess conditions, approve access, stop transactions and reroute activities quickly so you can seize opportunities or prevent problems. With increasing data volumes from the Internet of Things (Cisco predicts that fifty billion

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonFebruary 3, 2015 0

Which North Carolina state park is trending?

North Carolina is one of those lucky states that has a huge variety of scenic destinations, such as mountains, piedmont, coastal plains, beaches, and 'outer banks' islands. We have state parks in all of these areas, but can you guess which state park has been trending the most during the past

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Sports & Entertainment | Travel

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 30, 2015 0

Is Google Fiber coming to your city?

Google recently announced that they will be adding Google Fiber high speed network and TV to my area. This was great news, because it will give us more choices ... and a little competition among providers tends to make them all 'try harder' to please the customer. :-) I was curious what other

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Communications

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 29, 2015 0

Eating liver and prepping data: How are they similar?

This week, I finally ate some liver, for the first time in over 20 years - and I realized it's a lot like prepping data (which I'll explain in this blog post). Here are a few of the similarities: They're both good for you. Thinking about them makes you go

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

SAS ColombiaJanuary 28, 2015 0

Combata el fraude con inteligencia analítica

Salvar el sistema financiero de su empresa de un posible colapso, es una razón de peso para comenzar a implementar normas, sin embargo esta no debería ser su única motivación para hacerlo. Al incluir una regulación en su organización usted tendrá mucho que ganar ya que la tecnología y los

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Analytics | Data Management | Internet of Things

Leo SadovyJanuary 27, 2015 0

Creating value on the IoT – It ain’t about you

The Internet of Things is going to be driven by innovative business models as much as by innovative technology. In order to ground the following discussion, I found it helpful to create this visual depiction of the IoT that defines and distinguishes the key elements that enter into these business models.

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 26, 2015 0

Thinking about retiring in another country?

Have you ever thought about retiring in another country, where your money might go further? Well here's some quantitative data to help you make an informed decision! ... First, to get you in the mood, here's a picture of my friend Erik checking out the prices at a pedal-powered food

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Travel

Analytics | Internet of Things

Mike HitmarJanuary 26, 2015 0

The intersection of the Internet of Things and manufacturing

Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with James Haight of Blue Hill Research regarding the Internet of Things and how it is and will impact manufacturers. We also dipped our toes into other topics, including text analytics and the interesting combination of all these trends. The conversation was captured

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Internet of Things

Bryan SaundersJanuary 26, 2015 0

Getting started with equipment monitoring!

By now, we have all heard about the Internet of Things (IoT), or the Industrial Internet. Across industries, organizations are attempting to instrument and measure all critical business systems and assets in an effort to drive improved production and service delivery. It is estimated that by 2020, companies will spend

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Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJanuary 24, 2015 0

ATM Replenishment: Forecasting + Optimization

Why do people steal ATMs? Because that's where the money is!!! While the old "smash-n-grab" remains a favorite modus operandi of would-be ATM thieves, the biggest brains on the planet typically aren't engaged in such endeavors (see Thieves Steal Empty ATM, Chain Breaks Dragging Stolen ATM, An A for Effort). And of

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 22, 2015 0

What's the solar power potential in your area?

Have you ever wondered whether the area where you live is a good location for producing solar power? Let's create a SAS map to help find out! To get you in the right frame of mind, here is an awesome picture of some Arizona sunshine, that my good friend Eva

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Data Management

SAS ColombiaJanuary 21, 2015 0

Lo que usted debería saber sobre analítica y Hadoop

Esta es la experiencia de Felix Liao, Gerente de Soluciones de Data Management de SAS para Australia y Nueva Zelanda. Nuestro personaje hizo un viaje hace poco por toda Australia visitando algunos clientes para conversar con ellos sobre las tendencias de Analítica y Hadoop. Además de quedar gratamente sorprendido con

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Myles HannonJanuary 20, 2015 0

Panning for corporate gold requires gold standard skills

We now live in the era of ‘big data’, where data and its analysis have become crucial to the modern economy. In fact, "big data is the new 'corporate gold'," according to Mark Wilkinson, managing director of SAS UK & Ireland. A recent study by Cebr found that companies in

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Analytics | Work & Life at SAS

Steve PolilliJanuary 20, 2015 0

2014 media coverage explores who uses SAS and how

It’s that time of year again when we look back and consider how accurately and extensively the SAS story was covered in the media over the past year. It’s not always a simple or predictable story, but it is usually interesting. Consider some of these threads: How did companies or

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 19, 2015 0

Millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers in 2015

To get into the mood for this blog post, you should first listen to the music video of The Who singing My Generation... I guess everybody has 'their generation' and here in the U.S. the most famous generation has been the Baby Boomers. Many companies have tried to design products they

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Health Care

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Mike GillilandJanuary 16, 2015 0

FVA Interview with Jonathon Karelse

In December the Institute of Business Forecasting published the first of a new blog series on Forecast Value Added. Each month I will be interviewing an industry forecasting practitioner (or consultant/vendor) about their use of FVA analysis. The December interview featured Jonathon Karelse, co-founder of NorthFind Partners. Among his key

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Catherine TruxilloJanuary 16, 2015 0

Learn how to maximize your data with SAS and Hadoop

Outside, the Cary, NC sky is gray and winds are blowing freezing rain, but a group of statisticians at SAS are channeling warm green hills and the soft, gold light of a California evening. Team conversations alternate between distributed processing, PROC IMSTAT and how many pairs of shorts to pack.

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 15, 2015 0

Using SAS analytics to monitor blog posts

As a blogger, I often wonder whether my blog posts are 'successful' - and being a graph guy, I like to visually analyze the data, to try to answer that question. The most common measure of a blog post is probably the number of times it was viewed, so I guess

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaJanuary 15, 2015 0

Tres tips para innovar con Big Data

No es un secreto que las empresas están aplicando cada vez más soluciones de Big Data para tomar las decisiones de negocio adecuadas. Sin embargo, corren el riesgo de caer en prácticas monótonas por desconocimiento y por no atreverse a usar nuevas estrategias que, en muchos casos, podrían evitarles riesgos

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 14, 2015 0

Don't let difficult graph legends get your goat

Is this blog post about techniques to use on difficult graph legends, or is it about goats? The answer is both! But first, to get you into the proper mood, here is a picture my friend, Mark, took of some cute goats. And some links to YouTube videos about goats

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Analytics | Learn SAS

Stephen MistlerJanuary 13, 2015 0

Solving Sudoku with SAS/IML – Part 1

Sudoku solvers have been written in SAS using a variety of methods (e.g., the DATA step, PROC SQL, and PROC CLP). Surprisingly, SAS/IML appears to have been overlooked for this purpose. On a challenge from a coworker, I wrote this blog post to demonstrate the flexibility of SAS/IML in the

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Analytics

Leo SadovyJanuary 13, 2015 0

Diagnosis: Your data is not “normal”

“Let’s assume a normal distribution …” Ugh! That was your first mistake. Why do we make this assumption? It can’t be because we want to be able to mentally compute standard deviations, because we can’t and don’t it that way in practice. No, we assume a normal distribution to simplify

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 12, 2015 0

Using SAS to help locate the 100 best restaurants in the US

I recently read an article that listed the 100 best restaurants in the US - but the article didn't have a map. I decided to use my SAS skills to change that! When it comes to restaurants, I eat out a lot (and by 'a lot' I mean I never

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Hospitality | Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data Management

Stuart RoseJanuary 8, 2015 0

What keeps an insurance CEO awake at night?

I cannot speak from experience, but predominately an Insurance CEO has three primary objectives: Grow the business Reduce expenses Ensure compliance. Let’s individually consider each of these objectives in more detail. Grow the Business How does an insurance company grow from a $2bn to a $3bn organization? Essentially, insurance has

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaJanuary 7, 2015 0

Nueve tendencias que se impondrán en este 2015

El inicio de año siempre es ideal para evaluar qué no ha funcionado tan bien como nos gustaría, hacer un inventario para saber qué tenemos y que nos falta, comprobar algunas hipótesis que teníamos pendientes, ampliar nuestra perspectiva sobre lo que está aconteciendo en el mundo y por qué no,

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJanuary 5, 2015 0

Most common New Year's resolutions

Can you guess the 5 most common New Year's resolutions? Compare your guesses to the survey results!... Being a data meister, I'm always on the lookout for seasonal data. I recently did a Web search for "new year's resolutions" and found an interesting article on the You Gov UK website.

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Analytics

SAS ColombiaDecember 31, 2014 0

Emprendedor: ¿Realmente necesita una estrategia de salida?

Los jóvenes emprendedores que quieren dominar el discurso de éxito en dos minutos necesitan: Describir una necesidad insatisfecha del mercado Explicar y demostrar cómo está calificado para satisfacer esa necesidad Tener o conseguir los fondos para invertir y poner a andar su negocio Describir planes definitivos que permitan la

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