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Small Businesses Use Big Data to Offset Risk During Economic Uncertainty

Smart Data Collective

However, there are even more important benefits of using big data during a bad economy. As a result, they will need to invest in data analytics tools to sustain a competitive edge in the face of growing economic uncertainty. They can use data mining tools to evaluate the average interest rate of different lenders.

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The trinity of errors in financial models: An introductory analysis using TensorFlow Probability

O'Reilly on Data

An exploration of three types of errors inherent in all financial models. At Hedged Capital , an AI-first financial trading and advisory firm, we use probabilistic models to trade the financial markets. All financial models are wrong. Clearly, a map will not be able to capture the richness of the terrain it models.

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What are decision support systems? Sifting data for better business decisions

CIO Business Intelligence

A DSS supports the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization in making better decisions by assessing the significance of uncertainties and the tradeoffs involved in making one decision over another. According to Gartner, the goal is to design, model, align, execute, monitor, and tune decision models and processes.

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Belcorp reimagines R&D with AI

CIO Business Intelligence

These circumstances have induced uncertainty across our entire business value chain,” says Venkat Gopalan, chief digital, data and technology officer, Belcorp. “As Belcorp operates under a direct sales model in 14 countries. The team leaned on data scientists and bio scientists for expert support.

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Enhance your Lending with Predictive Analytics

BizAcuity

Credit scoring systems and predictive analytics model attempt to quantify uncertainty and provide guidance for identifying, measuring and monitoring risk. The terms of such loans, including approval and receipt, are therefore most often contingent on the borrower’s credit score.

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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments. Experiments, Parameters and Models At Youtube, the relationships between system parameters and metrics often seem simple — straight-line models sometimes fit our data well. It is a big picture approach, worthy of your consideration.

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Variance and significance in large-scale online services

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Unlike experimentation in some other areas, LSOS experiments present a surprising challenge to statisticians — even though we operate in the realm of “big data”, the statistical uncertainty in our experiments can be substantial. We must therefore maintain statistical rigor in quantifying experimental uncertainty.