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Michelle WellsOctober 23, 2020 0

Uncovering the truth about sharks with analytics

[Editor's note: This post was co-authored with Fritz Lehman, COO of Zencos] In 1976, the blockbuster movie Jaws was the number one grossing film. Why? Because it had a great villain – the great white shark. The movie told a vivid (and all too familiar) story about plans gone awry

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Mary OsborneOctober 22, 2020 0

Anatomy of a swing state

Every presidential candidate has a list of states they’re expected to win, but there are always states that are too close to call because they have similar numbers of registered voters for each of the two dominant political parties: Democrat and Republican. It’s in these “swing” states that candidates invest

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Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Decomposition of a convex polygon into triangles

Rick WicklinOctober 21, 2020 0

Generate random points in a polygon

The triangulation theorem for polygons says that every simple polygon can be triangulated. In fact, if the polygon has V vertices, you can decompose it into V-2 non-overlapping triangles. In this article, a "polygon" always means a simple polygon. Also, a "random point" means one that is drawn at random

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