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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Experiments, Parameters and Models At Youtube, the relationships between system parameters and metrics often seem simple — straight-line models sometimes fit our data well. To find optimal values of two parameters experimentally, the obvious strategy would be to experiment with and update them in separate, sequential stages.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 6

Domino Data Lab

In Paco Nathan ‘s latest column, he explores the role of curiosity in data science work as well as Rev 2 , an upcoming summit for data science leaders. Welcome back to our monthly series about data science. and dig into details about where science meets rhetoric in data science. Introduction.

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To Balance or Not to Balance?

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

By IVAN DIAZ & JOSEPH KELLY Determining the causal effects of an action—which we call treatment—on an outcome of interest is at the heart of many data analysis efforts. In an ideal world, experimentation through randomization of the treatment assignment allows the identification and consistent estimation of causal effects.

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Assembly required: 8 myths about knowledge management debunked

CIO Business Intelligence

Data was plentiful yet deriving meaning through open dialogue remained elusive. Nevertheless, the ongoing challenge of adapting to the strategies of terrorists and rogue states persists, especially as the volume of data flooding military intelligence capabilities has surged.