O'Reilly on Data

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” Each step has been a twist on “what if we could write code to interact with a tamper-resistant ledger in real-time?” Hadoop’s value—being able to crunch large datasets—often paled in comparison to its costs. This technique simulates interactions in a complex system. The elephant was unstoppable.

Machine Learning 247

Machine Learning Testing Modeling Cost-Benefit 247

O'Reilly on Data

MAY 27, 2020

In the 2008 financial crisis, for instance, Wells Fargo bank staff were “steering” some black borrowers toward costly subprime mortgages, even when those borrowers had sterling credit, and would have qualified for a mortgage on far more favorable terms. How can those costs be minimized?

Risk 355

Risk Testing Measurement Reporting 355

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

If you've read my first book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, you know that I've advocated this strategy since 2008! There are four reasons, again from Web Analytics: An Hour A Day, from 2008 (!): Hence, over time, though the costs were reasonable, I've become shy about these resources as a source of value/quality.

Key Performance Indicator 133

Key Performance Indicator Metrics Reporting Marketing 133

Domino Data Lab

JANUARY 6, 2019

I’ve been teaching data science since 2008 privately for employers – exec staff, investors, IT teams, and the data teams I’ve led – and since 2013, for industry professionals in general. Guess who benefits most by that? Lately I’ve been developing curriculum for a client for their new “Intro to Data Science” sequence of courses.

Data Science 56

Data Science Machine Learning Reporting Visualization 56

John Wheeler

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In addition, 73% of the 760 IRM client interactions in 2019 were business leader focused1. Unlike the 2008-2009 Great Recession that was financially-centered in its origin and resolution, the COVID-19 crisis is operationally-centered. It will remain as a new way of conducting business in a cost-optimized, more efficient environment.

Marketing 110

Marketing Risk Management Risk Digital Transformation 110

Ontotext

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In 2008, we received a small round of funding and focused on bringing this technology to the market. GraphDB 10 brings smarter and simpler cluster architecture enabling, among other benefits, best in class resilience and reduced infrastructure costs. His secondary objective was to ensure the U.S.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Sales Cost-Benefit Marketing 52

Ontotext

DECEMBER 30, 2022

In 2008, we received a small round of funding and focused on bringing this technology to the market. GraphDB 10 brings smarter and simpler cluster architecture enabling, among other benefits, best in class resilience and reduced infrastructure costs. His secondary objective was to ensure the U.S.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Sales Cost-Benefit Marketing 52

Jen Stirrup

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Microsoft offers Data Mining at no extra cost as part of SQL Server 2005 and 2008, which is geared towards the average Excel user. Reduction of customer churn has a number of business benefits: the lifetime value of the customer might be increased, and as an adjunct, marketing spend can be targeted more effectively.

Data mining 52

Data mining Predictive Analytics Cost-Benefit OLAP 52

Domino Data Lab

AUGUST 22, 2019

[Note: In more technical machine learning terms, the cost function of the skip-gram architecture is to maximize the log probability of any possible context word from a corpus given the current target word.] A major benefit of fastText. Interactive bokeh plot of two-dimensional word-vector data. this chapter. Example 11.9

Deep Learning 111

Deep Learning Modeling Metrics Testing 111

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. Three cool benefits: 1. You get a confusing little thing, but the visualization is interactive. Short story #2: Predictive Modeling, Quantifying Cost of Inaction. Short story #1: Treemaps, Sunbursts, Packed Trees, Oh My! Let's look at some more.

Visualization 143

Visualization Slice and Dice Predictive Modeling Metrics 143

Jet Global

APRIL 5, 2021

The three-statement financial model allows you to explore how your company will perform under multiple circumstances and visualize how different decisions can interact to impact the future of the company. It is typically used to predict future revenues, expenses, and capital costs. A cost-saving initiative within a company.

Modeling 98

Modeling Forecasting Metrics Finance 98