If you live in a big city, you are more likely to catch flu but less likely to die of a heart attack or be diagnosed with diabetes, say public health scientists. The science of allometry, the study of the relationship between body size and shape, is more than 100 years old. It dates to
Senior executives are increasingly demanding that the talent development function provide actionable insights for driving better business results through targeted improvements in the management and development of people. Talent analytics is increasingly expected go far beyond traditional...
These unfounded beliefs about budget skills, technology, and technology fit can lead you astray. Big data analytics is one of the major trends every company is told it must jump on for competitive advantage, even survival. As...
Machine learning — supervised and unsupervised — tracks data patterns that help businesses build improved predictive models and make smarter IT decisions. Our data center machines, due to all the information we feed them, are getting smarter....
It’s the disrupter behind the disruptors and the decade’s ‘sexiest’ industry. But data science is more than a buzzword. From stock trading to facial recognition, data science is behind the wheel of countless solutions once driven by...
Data science is a powerful tool for business. With a number of practical uses and successful use cases in companies from Amazon to P&G, it’s hard deny the impact of data science methodologies on the bottom line. ...
Imagine someone who has five errands to run on a nice little Saturday. Five tasks means there are 120 different ways to sequence and complete those tasks, once you factor out the numbers. Now think of a...
One of most effective risk management philosophies is to work smarter, not harder, implementing holistic tools, such as predictive analytics to ensure it is minimized. More often than not, companies implement blanketed management programs, applying the same...
Hit on 16 and stay on 17—that’s the extent of blackjack strategy for many players. But even basic strategies of the game say there are times when hitting on 18 is the smartest play—such as when the...
Analytics is a hot topic in sports today. Pro teams and leagues are on the look out for new ways to use analytics for a plethora of decision making instances — from improving the fan experience and...
