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AI Has an Uber Problem

O'Reilly on Data

As Bill Janeway noted in his critique of the capital-fueled bubbles that resulted from the ultra-low interest rates of the decade following the 2007–2009 financial crisis, “ capital is not a strategy.” Venture capitalists don’t have a crystal ball.

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Reimagining Time-Aware Modeling with Eureqa

DataRobot

Traditionally, science has advanced in many cases by having brilliant researchers compete different hypotheses to explain experimental data, and then design experiments to measure which is correct. Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data, Science 03 Apr 2009: Vol. So What is Eureqa? References. Schmidt, M.,

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Understanding Simpson’s Paradox to Avoid Faulty Conclusions

Sisense

In 2009, researchers suggested that Simpson’s paradox may occur more often than commonly thought. Another study showed using experimental studies that the paradox might occur, and that people are often poor at recognizing it. How common is Simpson’s paradox ? See “ How likely is Simpson’s paradox?

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The Lean Analytics Cycle: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act

Occam's Razor

By late 2009, that experiment was a success, too; they'd climbed back up to 4.5 Advanced Analytics Big Data Digital Analytics Web Analytics Web Insights Web Metrics actionable analytics business optimization experimentation and testing key performance indicators' million users, with strong engagement.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 9

Domino Data Lab

They also require advanced skills in statistics, experimental design, causal inference, and so on – more than most data science teams will have. Instead, teams should take sufficient time to: build simpler models that retain predictive power while being more understandable. evaluate the effects of models on human subjects.

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5 + 4 Actionable Tips To Kick Web Data Analysis Up A Notch, Or Two

Occam's Razor

Or the Bulletin of Experimental Treatment for AIDS. Will take you off on a completely different line of inquiry, all from adding June 2009 to look at June 2010. . * SFAF helps prevention through information sharing and providing services. One key way of doing this is providing forms and information as downloads. Better context right?

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6 Case Studies on The Benefits of Business Intelligence And Analytics

datapine

They’re about having the mindset of an experimenter and being willing to let data guide a company’s decision-making process. This company was originally founded in 2009 as a black car-hailing service in San Francisco. What Are The Benefits of Business Intelligence? A great use case of this benefit is Uber.