All Blog Posts Tagged 'modeling' (89)

31 selected articles from top news outlets - last 30 days

Enjoy the reading! Articles from WSJ, Forbes, HBR, The Economist, NYT, MIT and many smaller, relevant media. In random order, though more recent ones are usually higher in the list.…

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Added by Vincent Granville on March 30, 2013 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Business Intelligence ROI Remains Elusive; A next-generation approach to “ease of use” may hold the answer

ROI on Business Intelligence was the topic of the March 6th, 2013 of the TDWI NYC Tri-State Chapter, on whose board I serve.

Keynote speaker Neil Raden, founder of CEO of Hired Brains Research, and author, with James Taylor, of Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions.…

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Added by Jaime Fitzgerald on March 29, 2013 at 3:56am — 1 Comment

Predictive Analytics Strategy

Predictive analytics is now sexy in the business world. While predictive analytics has many benefits and can help organizations gain competitive advantage, the hype may be causing false expectations. There is a mistaken…

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Added by Michael Walker on March 27, 2013 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Political Campaign Data Science

Yesterday, there was a meetup in Arlington on Political Campaign Data Science with a panel of four experts to talk about their work. As we have all heard, the 2012 Presidential election was steeped in data like never before, with the Obama campaign in particular using advanced analytical methods to target voters, and with Nate Silver and other polling aggregators providing fascinating insights into the dynamics of the campaign. Sasha Issenberg,…

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Added by Janet Dobbins on December 19, 2012 at 10:51am — 1 Comment

Data Fundamentals

Becoming a data and evidence driven organization provides significant competitive advantage. Speed and accuracy of insight, delivered across any device including smart phones and tablets, means organizations can make better, faster decisions. The goal is for the entire organization become data…

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Added by Michael Walker on September 26, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Predictive, Descriptive, Prescriptive Analytics

The goal of Data Analytics (big and small) is to get actionable insights resulting in smarter decisions and better business outcomes. How you architect business technologies and design data analytics processes to get valuable, actionable insights varies.

It is critical to design and build a data warehouse / business intelligence…

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Added by Michael Walker on September 19, 2012 at 11:57am — No Comments

Eight Levels of Analytics for Competitive Advantage

Optimization answers the question: How do we do things better? What is the…

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Added by Michael Walker on September 6, 2012 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Fraud detection in Medicaid / Medicare

Medicaid is a USA government run healthcare program for the poor, elderly and disabled, which is jointly funded by the states and the federal government

Medicaid has been the top priority on many state budgets. Considering the huge investments from both government as well as states, there are whole lot of malpractices to grab this money.

Experts estimate…

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Added by Sandeep Raut on June 29, 2012 at 8:24am — No Comments

Connecting with the Social Analytics Experts

Social Media Tips for Analytics Professionals

From Text and Data Mining to Market Research and Social Media Consulting, few are more influential than today’s guests. In advance of the West Coast Text Analytics Summit (Nov. 10-11, San Jose), Text Analytics News caught up with four analytics leaders who are helping…

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Added by Vincent Granville on December 2, 2011 at 8:39am — No Comments