The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

by THOMAS OLAVSON Thomas leads a team at Google called "Operations Data Science" that helps Google scale its infrastructure capacity optimally. ln this post he describes where and how having “humans in the loop” in forecasting makes sense, and reflects on past failures and successes that have led him to this perspective.

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Forecasting Data Science Statistics Uncertainty 113

Jet Global

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Financial planning has always been vital to businesses in order to make sound, long-term decisions. Companies use forecasting to make critical investments, plan for covenant compliance, and even decide on future mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategies. The past few months have shown the benefits of continuous planning.

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Forecasting Finance Business Driver Key Performance Indicator 98

Alation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It’s been one year since we’ve started publishing the Alation State of Data Culture report, and uncertainty still remains the only sure thing. Yet, through it all, organizations that rely on, and invest in, building a data culture have consistently outperformed those who don’t. Ignore Data at Your Peril. It’s obvious.

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Reporting Uncertainty Data-driven Data Governance 69