Connecting the Dots: Misunderstood Dimensional Models
One of the debates one hears when designing a data warehouse is that it should be normalized. Specifically, they say…
‘Trustworthy Cyberspace’: Federal R&D Priorities
In December 2011, the Executive Office of the President’s
Models Behaving Badly
I just read a fascinating book review in the Wall Street Journal Physics Envy: Models Behaving Badly. The author of…
Definitive Report on Decision Management Systems Platforms coming in 2012
2011 has been a great year for market awareness of Decision Management as an approach and of the value of…
How to Share Bad Project News
In the spirit of the holiday season, I just wanted to bring some levity to the blog. I’ll leave it…
Analytics BS: 3 Questions to Spot It
There’s a lot of junk analytics around. Some analyses look sophisticated, but are simply incorrect. Others may be mathematically correct,…
Course: Financial Data Modeling and Analysis in R
The University of Washington is holding a web-based course which will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn…
Black Box Analytics
Organizations are now aware of the significant contribution that predictive analytics brings to the bottom line. Solutions, once viewed with…
Master Data Management: Does an Effective Solution Exist?
by Brenda SomichDespite being a term that has only reached popularity in the last decade, Master Data Management (MDM) is…
Predictive Modeling Tools for Analytic Teams
The other session I got to see at FICO World was a panel discussion on analytic modeling tools with representatives…
