Better customer service, better results with predictive analytics
I recently hosted a webcast for Smart Data Collective titled “Putting Customer Value to Work: What Predictive Analytics Can Do…
Bing Visual Search Beta
Bing launched a Visual Search beta today that is fun to play with. The name may be a bit misleading…
Visualizing Hierarchical Cluster Models
The blog Getting Genetics Done features tips for analyzing genomic data, such as this recent post on hierarchical clustering with…
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours…
Analysts don't usually quote predictive model performance. Data Mining within each industry is different, and even within the telecommunications industry…
Micro vs. Macro Information Retrieval
The Probably Irrelevant blog has been quiet for a while, but I was happy to see a new post there…
The Map is not the Territory
“The word is not the thing, the map is not the territory” is a key principle of General Semantics and…
Beyond the Buzz: The Quiet Thunder of Active Data Warehousing
That cicada buzzing sound you hear in the high-tech media around data appliances may lead some to believe that this…
Indicators & KPIs
In a recent Wired magazine article “American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins” (the original was in the Las Vegas…
Fantasy League Data Quality
For over 25 years, I have been playing fantasy league baseball and football. For those readers who are not familiar…
Machine Learning in R, in a nutshell
Josh Reich has created a concise R script demonstrating various machine-learning techniques in R with simple, self-contained examples. For example,…
