Predictive Model Deployment and Execution Made Easy with PMML
Developed by the Data Mining Group (DMG), an independent, vendor led committee, PMML provides an open standard for representing data…
Budgeting Time on a Modeling Project
Within the time allotted for any empirical modeling project, the analyst must decide how to allocate time for various aspects…
Protecting Public Data
Public data, the data that government makes available to the public, is at risk. Wait a minute, what about all…
Ending the American Community Survey: Privacy is Not the Issue – by Virginia Carlson
How do we as a nation know who we are, what areas are prospering, who is in trouble, where we…
5 Rules for Better Sales Analytics
Sales performance isn’t just about sales numbers and sales activities. Sure, trends in sales success are deeply tied to sales…
Numbers Everyone Should Know
Some of you have seen me build simple models to do a reality-check on architecture (see here, for example). Here…
Step Into the Smarter Planet Time Machine! For a little Friday…
Step Into the Smarter Planet Time Machine!For a little Friday Fun, try one of these three settings: Step Into the…
Data Visualization’s Final Frontier
Back story Back story35 years ago a mathematics theorist-teacher named Al Inselberg was thinking, "enough of placing data variables on…
Evolving the Formula 1 Racer
Since the first Formula 1 auto race in 1950, the drive for faster lap times, more reliability, and changes in…
In Praise of Industry Models
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.—Carl Sagan
