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Ariadna Zárate DelgadoJune 20, 2017 0

Una visión mejorada da a Nestlé la ventaja competitiva

A todos nos gusta ver nuestros productos favoritos con descuento, pero para que las organizaciones ejecuten una promoción, tienen que hacer mucho más que simplemente bajar los precios. Los costos reducidos llevan a un aumento de la demanda y a menos que esta se planifique con precisión, los fabricantes pueden

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Analytics | Internet of Things | SAS Events

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezJune 20, 2017 0

Transformación y economía digital, la disrupción empresarial de la que todos están hablando

Big Data y la economía digital son transversales a prácticamente cualquier actividad en la vida, desde una acción profesional que involucre un equipo de trabajo hasta ámbitos de la vida privada como el estado de salud, los movimientos financieros y las relaciones de pareja. No existen límites para la constante

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Analytics | Data Management | Data Visualization

Georgia MarianiJune 20, 2017 0

6 examples of data management, reporting and analytics in higher education

Today in higher education, savvy users expect to have the information they need to make data-informed decisions at their fingertips. As such, leaders in institutional research (IR) are under pressure to provide these users with accurate data, reports and analyses. IR has been tasked with transforming data and reports in

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 20, 2017 0

Tabs -vs- Spaces: Which coders make more money?

There have been several polarizing topics throughout history, such as religion & political affiliation. And for software developers there's one more biggie ... tabs -vs- spaces! Which group is right? Perhaps the opinion of the better programmers should have more weight(?) Is there a metric we can use to determine whether

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Analytics

Peter SnellingJune 19, 2017 0

Why our future prosperity demands smart borders

Following the UK General Election result where no political party secured a clear majority ahead of the Brexit negotiations, it’s fair to say there’s lots of uncertainty facing the UK government right now. This, and the more outward looking post-Brexit era we're facing, are just two reasons why I believe

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Analytics

Rick WicklinJune 19, 2017 0

How to find a feasible point for a constrained optimization in SAS

Most numerical optimization routines require that the user provides an initial guess for the solution. I have previously described a method for choosing an initial guess for an optimization, which works well for low-dimensional optimization problems. Recently a SAS programmer asked how to find an initial guess when there are

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Analytics

two politicians walking in government building

Trent SmithJune 16, 2017 0

How analytics and open source can improve government agility

It has been almost a year since then-U.S. CIO Tony Scott introduced the federal open source policy that called for agencies to share federally-developed software source code. The policy, more than anything, aimed to make agencies more agile. Instead of redeveloping the same programs the open source policy would allow

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Analytics | SAS Events

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezJune 16, 2017 0

Tecnologías emergentes en la era de la inteligencia artificial

El aumento de la penetración de la inteligencia artificial en el mundo de los negocios, de forma transversal a las diferentes industrias, ha permitido a las empresas entender y ejecutar prácticas más acertadas en su acercamiento y relación con el cliente al tiempo que optimiza los flujos de trabajo entre

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 15, 2017 0

Map: Median age by country

If countries have a similar median age, does that mean they are also similar in other ways? My best guess at an answer is - probably. Perhaps if we plot the data on a map, we'll be able to see the answer more clearly. I first started thinking about this

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Mike F. SmithJune 15, 2017 0

Utility analytics in 2017: Aligning data and analytics with business strategy

Regulations, corporate drivers, leadership and market influences have combined to produce a patchwork of uneven progress on initiatives such as distributed generation, customer choice, asset optimization and the industrial Internet of Things. These initiatives all rely on analytics to gain the most return on investment. To better understand organizational readiness

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezJune 14, 2017 0

Experimente las nuevas posibilidades: Precisión al ver con claridad

Ya no se trata de imaginar cosas. Cada día las empresas enfrentan miles de desafíos. Desde decisiones de negocio hasta procesos operativos, pasando por la manera de relacionarse con sus clientes o de preparar los informes de cumplimientos regulatorios o cuidarse de los ataques o fraudes. No son escenarios que

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Analytics

Miriam AudeloJune 14, 2017 0

SAS Visual Investigator, aliado estratégico para el sector Gobierno

El fraude y los delitos financieros cuestan a los gobiernos millones de dólares al año. Las agencias gubernamentales tienen que buscar más allá de los enfoques tradicionales para combatir estos crímenes cada vez más complejos y comunes. En este sentido y en beneficio de las entidades gubernamentales, la tecnología analítica

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Analytics

Brittany BullardJune 14, 2017 0

Retail – more alive than ever

There's been a lot of talk in the media lately about the death of retail. Every week, it seems like another retailer announces the closing of stores, acquisitions or even going out of business. Many relate it to the growing competitive landscape with the convenience of online shopping and lure

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJune 14, 2017 0

Two ways to compute maximum likelihood estimates in SAS

In a previous article, I showed two ways to define a log-likelihood function in SAS. This article shows two ways to compute maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) in SAS: the nonlinear optimization subroutines in SAS/IML and the NLMIXED procedure in SAS/STAT. To illustrate these methods, I will use the same data

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Analytics | SAS Administrators

Mary Kathryn QueenJune 13, 2017 0

The Self-Service Import in SAS Viya 3.2

In SAS Viya 3.2, the Self-Service Import provides a mechanism for a user to import (copy) data into the SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS) environment. The data is copied as a .sashdat file into the selected CAS Library location when it is imported. Self-Service Import data can only be imported into

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunJune 13, 2017 0

kt wiz, ‘고객 경험 분석’으로 승리의 마법을 걸다! The Magic of Victory

지난 3월 31일 막을 올린 ‘2017 KBO 프로야구 정규시즌’이 어느새 중반부를 넘어섰습니다. 개막 두 달 만인 5월 30일 최소 경기 수 기준 역대 다섯 번째로 누적 관중 300만명을 넘어서며 식지 않는 인기를 과시하고 있는데요! 이처럼 수많은 관중들의 마음을 얻기 위해 그라운드 위 선수들의 치열한 경기 외에도 야구장 곳곳에서 다양한 시도들이

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Sports & Entertainment

Analytics | Data for Good

SAS KoreaJune 12, 2017 0

빅데이터 분석으로 그리는 사람과 동물이 상생하는 미래

‘세계 야생 동물의 날(World Wildlife Day)’에 대해 들어보셨나요? 지난 2013년, 국제 자연 보호 연맹(IUCN) 산하 ‘멸종위기에 처한 야생동식물종의 국제거래에 관한 협약(CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna)’의 170여개 체약국은 3월 3일을 멸종 위기에 처한 야생 동물·식물에 대한 관심과 대책을 촉구하는 기념일로 지정했습니다. 이에 따라

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Analytics | Programming Tips

Log-likelihood function for the binomial distribution

Rick WicklinJune 12, 2017 0

Two simple ways to construct a log-likelihood function in SAS

Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a powerful statistical technique that uses optimization techniques to fit parametric models. The technique finds the parameters that are "most likely" to have produced the observed data. SAS provides many tools for nonlinear optimization, so often the hardest part of maximum likelihood is writing down

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Analytics

Mike GillilandJune 9, 2017 0

FVA Analysis Tutorial at Analytics Experience 2017

Registration is now open for the SAS Analytics Experience 2017, being held September 18-20, in Washington, DC. (The Analytics Experience moves to Amsterdam, October 16-18 -- details on that event to follow.) For anyone interested in FVA analysis, Chip Wells and I will be delivering a half-day pre-conference training session

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Analytics

Adrián MontesJune 8, 2017 0

SAS Visual Analytics, un entorno único en SAS Viya

Ahora más que nunca, las personas quieren explorar los datos de su organización y utilizar la analítica, incluso si no poseen habilidades analíticas avanzadas. Al mismo tiempo, el personal de TI tiene más dificultades para satisfacer las constantes demandas de acceso y preparación de datos, además de gestionar las solicitudes

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Analytics | Internet of Things | SAS Events

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezJune 8, 2017 0

La transformación digital es un reto más mental que tecnológico

“Dejar de pensar en el pasado y empezar a crear el futuro es la base de toda transformación”. - Jim Goodnight No es casualidad que este mensaje que alimenta el espíritu de transformación y digitalización de los negocios en la actualidad sea también el de la analítica, esa ciencia que SAS

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Analytics

Alyssa FarrellJune 8, 2017 0

From gigawatts to gigabytes: What would you do with an improved energy forecast?

Utilities can save as much as $10 million a year for every one percent improvement in forecast accuracy by optimizing asset utilization and trading strategies. Changing energy markets and an influx of data from the smart grid are providing more opportunities to reap value from energy forecasting. Improving energy forecasts

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Analytics

Joanna GolaJune 7, 2017 0

10 Commandments of Applied Econometrics or how not to sin when working with real data – Part 4

In the third post of the 10 Commandments of Applied Econometrics series we discussed the issue of data exploration. Today, I will present the next commandments: keep the solutions simple and use model validation. Keep the models sensibly simple Striking the right balance between simplicity and sophistication: the models created should be neither

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics

David DowningJune 7, 2017 0

From government digitalisation to wholesale transformation

In a world that never stands still, especially in the post-Brexit whirlwind the UK will soon be entering, it’s imperative that government is agile and responsive. More importantly, how can this capability be arrived at without breaking the bank? The UK Government recently released its Transformation Strategy 2017 to 2020.

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Analytics

Peter Pugh-Jones

Peter Pugh-JonesJune 7, 2017 0

Don’t trip up on the edge of innovation

Innovation used to happen in structured cycles. The new invention was often a planned event and the domain of a select few departments within an organisation. But in today's always-on economy enterprises need to innovate on a continuous basis to keep up with new players that base their entire businesses

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Analytics | Machine Learning

Makoto Unemi (畝見真)June 6, 2017 0

SAS言語派集まれ！SAS StudioからSASのAIを使ってみよう！

5月23日に開催されたSAS Forum Japan 2017では、通常のセッション枠とは別に、「スーパーデモ」と題して、各種SAS製品やソリューションのデモが紹介されました。通常セッションの休憩時間はもとより、セッション時間中でも多くの方々が「スーパーデモ」エリアに集まり、食い入るようにデモも見られていました。その中で、私が実施したデモ内容をご紹介します。 SASのAI機能は、SAS言語のみならず、Python, R, Java, Luaなどの汎用プログラミング言語からも活用可能ですが、このデモでは、SAS Studioを使用し、SAS言語でSASのAI機能を活用したモデル作成を行いました。詳細（スライド版）に関しては、以下をご覧ください。（SlideShareに公開済み） SAS言語派集まれ！SAS StudioからSAS Viyaを使ってみよう！ from SAS Institute Japan 詳細（デモ版）に関しては、以下をご覧ください。（YouTubeに公開済み）今なら無償でSAS Viyaを試用することができます。詳細は以下のブログを参照してください。 SAS Viyaを体感してみよう！～SAS Viya無償試用版利用ガイド～

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Analytics | Students & Educators

Nadja YoungJune 6, 2017 0

Equity in education: Devoted teachers challenged me to succeed

Two colleagues and I, all former educators, have dealt with education equity gaps both as children and professionally. This is the second post in a series about our experiences. I encourage you to read the first entry, Equity in education: I was a statistic. Many people think of education equity

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Education | Government

Analytics | Internet of Things | SAS Events

Sandra Hernandez

Sandra HernandezJune 6, 2017 0

Digitalización empresarial: los casos más transformadores reunidos en la 3ra. Convención Latinoamericana de Analítica

En periodismo hay un viejo dicho: ‘Que un perro muerda a un humano no es noticia. Pero si un humano muerde a un perro eso sí es noticia’. Algo parecido fue lo que sucedió con WannaCry hace algunas semanas. El mundo entero se alarmó por el poder del ataque informático

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Analytics

InterviewJune 6, 2017 0

Gastinterview - Risikomanagement im Immobilienbereich der Union Investment Gruppe

Die accantec group ist Sponsor des SAS Forums in Bonn am 29. Juni 2017. Im heutigen Gastinterview mit der Union - IT Services stellt accantec ein Instrument zur Risikoquantifizierung für Immobilienfonds vor. Das Gespräch führte Mirjam Hartmann von der accantec group mit Jörg Follmann von der Union IT-Services. Weitere Informationen zu

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Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJune 2, 2017 0

How to 'stack the deck' for a better graph!

To stack the deck means to cheat or to fix something so a desired outcome is achieved. This term originated in card games, but can also be applied to other things. And here, I apply it (both metaphorically and literally) to creating a better graph! I recently saw the following

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Government | Manufacturing

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