O'Reilly on Data

JUNE 16, 2020

But when making a decision under uncertainty about the future, two things dictate the outcome: (1) the quality of the decision and (2) chance. This essay is about how to take a more principled approach to making decisions under uncertainty and aims to provide certain conceptual and cognitive tools for how to do so, not what decisions to make.

Uncertainty 273

Uncertainty Testing Risk Reporting 273

Jet Global

AUGUST 31, 2022

Prior to 2015, a number of MNEs pursued tax planning strategies that effectively transferred profits from higher-tax jurisdictions to lower-tax countries, thereby eroding the tax-bases of the higher-tax jurisdictions. To avoid the headaches of audits or hefty fines, break the cycle of manual reporting. Prioritize policy over numbers.

Software 52

Software Reporting Forecasting Management 52

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

JULY 11, 2017

Forecasting (e.g. Time series data are having something of a moment in the tech blogs right now, with Facebook announcing their "Prophet" system for time series forecasting (Taylor and Letham 2017), and Google posting about its forecasting system in this blog (Tassone and Rohani 2017).

Forecasting 64

Forecasting Statistics Modeling Software 64