A New Strategy of Model Building in PROC LOGISTIC With Automatic Variable Selection, Validation, Shrinkage and Model Averaging
[ Source: SAS Institute ]
January 2008-
This paper is a further development of the work wherein the researchers proposed an approach to model building for prediction based on the combination of stepwise logistic regression, information criteria, and the best subset selection. The approach inherited some strong features of the three components mentioned, in particular it helped to avoid the agonizing process of choosing the ""Right"" critical p-value in stepwise regression. At the same time automatic selection procedures are often criticized severely ....
GAP Analysis: The Case for Data Services
[ Source: JBoss ]
May 2008-
Data services gather and integrate data from many different sources in real time, bridging gaps to create consolidated information views while hiding data source complexity from applications. A data service approach makes data access and integration scalable by streamlining development and maintenance, whether applications speak Web services, SQL, or both.
This white paper is a GAP Analysis for the case of Data Services. It reviews the need for data services, anatomy of a ....
Emerging Security Threats Demand Comprehensive Infrastructure Monitoring
[ Source: FireScope ]
January 2008-
A multi-billion dollar cyber crime industry is changing the security landscape. Targeted external and internal attacks that steal intellectual property, customer data, and money are on the rise - impacting corporations’ bottom lines and their reputations with customers. Malicious code is entering the environment more rapidly than patches can be deployed and through avenues that network perimeter monitoring can’t detect. Today’s targeted security threats evade detection by single-point security solutions and traditional network monitoring. This ....
Data Visualization Tools Help Traders Achieve Best Execution in Today’s Ultra-Fast Moving Markets
[ Source: Panopticon Software ]
May 2008-
Security traders today face two major challenges: the markets in which they operate have become highly complex and ultra-fast, while at the same time the fiduciary duty of best execution is viewed more seriously than ever. Wayne Wagner explains how data visualization applications help traders achieve best execution by informing them of developing situations quickly enough to prevent sub-standard executions. Advanced data visualization software platforms have emerged in recent years as solutions ....
Considering Third-Generation Discovery: Two Approaches For Evaluating eDiscovery Offerings
[ Source: Orange Legal Technologies ]
December 2008-
With the many products and services available in the marketplace today, the need to be able to uniformly contrast and compare electronic discovery offerings continues to grow. Even though more and more vendors are providing pricing comparison tools that can help in considering their offerings, there continues to be a need for comparison frameworks to help electronic discovery professionals systematically evaluate offerings beyond pricing and through the lens of additional factors to include capability, delivery ....
Sustainable Government: Five Ways ECM Can Help You To Be Lean, Clean, And Green
[ Source: Optical Image Technology - DocFinity ]
April 2009-
Government has a tremendous responsibility to lead by example. Nowhere is this truer than in its efforts to lead the way with sustainable business. This article shows how government agencies can operate their agencies in efficiently, be environmentally proactive, save money, and improve constituent services by managing documents and work digitally with ECM.
How To Unleash Data Potential In Times Of Credit Crunch
[ Source: Rajat Sharma ]
March 2009-
In the wake of the current credit crunch, and the failures of both Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, banks are worrying more and more about tracking their spending and making ends meet, trying to achieve profitable accounts while at the same time turning around riskier customer ventures. The nation’s banks are increasingly facing the credit crunch due to the sub-prime loan debacle. While financial stability and a surplus economy might be a mere vision of ....
Three Blind Men and an Elephant- The Power of Dashboards
[ Source: Tableau Software ]
March 2009-
Stephen Few, Principal of Perceptual Edge, reveals how dashboards make it easy to shift from one perspective to another while exploring and analyzing data, and pursuing every question that arises during the process.
Business people struggle every day to make sense of data, stumbling blindly, touching only small parts of the information, and coming away with a narrowed comprehension.
In this paper you'll learn how dashboards increase data comprehension through:
• Greater ....
Burt's Bees Builds Sales With SOLYS Demand Data Solution
[ Source: LumiData ]
August 2009-
This case study outlines the challenges of assessing demand data in a timely fashion. The paper shows how the SOLYS demand data solution has helped Burt's Bees Target team save time, increase volume, improve supply chain management, optimize promotions, and improve internal and external communication.
Next Generation Information Visualization
[ Source: Centrifuge Systems ]
June 2008-
The analysis problem today is very significant. Analysts of all types are overwhelmed with data which continues to grow at alarming rates. Traditional business intelligence tools are not able to satisfy the analysts need to interactively explore the data. As a result, these tools and current data visualization products are too hard to use, too static (they lack interactivity), too disconnected from the immediate needs of business users and too isolated. Interactive, visual exploration and ....