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External Data Supports More Accurate Planning

David Menninger's Analyst Perspectives

I recently completed the latest edition of our Business Planning Buyers Guide, which reviews and assesses the offerings of 14 providers of this software. One of the points that I look at is whether and to what extent the software provider offers out-of-the-box external data useful for forecasting, planning, analysis and evaluation.

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Automating the Automators: Shift Change in the Robot Factory

O'Reilly on Data

What would you say is the job of a software developer? A layperson, an entry-level developer, or even someone who hires developers will tell you that job is to … well … write software. They’d say that the job involves writing some software, sure. But deep down it’s about the purpose of software. Pretty simple.

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Top 10 Analytics And Business Intelligence Trends For 2020

datapine

That being said, business users require software that is: Easy to use. Tools have started to develop artificial intelligence features that enable users to communicate with the software in plain language – the user types a question or request, and the AI generates the best possible answer. Agile and flexible.

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Predictive Analytics Supports Citizen Data Scientists!

Smarten

To accomplish these goals, businesses are using predictive modeling and predictive analytics software and solutions to ensure dependable, confident decisions by leveraging data within and outside the walls of the organization and analyzing that data to predict outcomes in the future.

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Proposals for model vulnerability and security

O'Reilly on Data

The objective here is to brainstorm on potential security vulnerabilities and defenses in the context of popular, traditional predictive modeling systems, such as linear and tree-based models trained on static data sets. Inversion by surrogate models. they can train their own surrogate model.

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How to Become a Machine Learning Engineer

KDnuggets

A machine learning engineer is a programmer proficient in building and designing software to automate predictive models. They have a deeper focus on computer science, compared to data scientists.

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Affordable, Simple Predictive Analytics Software!

Smarten

The foundation for predictive analysis is a great predictive analytics tool, and features and function that include assisted predictive modeling. We encourage you to Contact Us to find out how Assisted Predictive Modeling can help you to plan and forecast with confidence.