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

Occam's Razor

We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. Sometimes, we escape the clutches of this sub optimal existence and do pick good metrics or engage in simple A/B testing. Online, offline or nonline.

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Our quest for robust time series forecasting at scale

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Our team of data scientists and software engineers in Search Infrastructure was already engaged in a particular type of forecasting. Quantification of forecast uncertainty via simulation-based prediction intervals. We conclude with an example of our forecasting routine applied to publicly available Turkish Electricity data.