Modeling Auction Data
As global investments become more decentralized, a growing number of assets are being auctioned off to the highest bidder, rather than relying upon traditional sales mechanisms. For governments and private ...
Measuring Health Care Outcomes
Just as innovations in science are crucial to improving health care outcomes, so are the resource allocation decisions that determine the most cost-effective course of treatment. At the intersection of ...
Economic Analysis of Legal Problems
As legal concepts have evolved over recent decades, statistical techniques have come to play an increasingly important role in providing evidence for litigation. One of the greatest values that legal ...
Advances in Optimization Techniques
The solution to many industrial problems can be understood through the lens of optimization: proper optimization techniques provide a solution in terms of inputs into a process to help businesses ...
Coding Languages
The Various Uses of XML
XML, or Extensible Markup Language, forms the basis for a variety of data-sharing formats, which are common across a variety of applications, including web-based feeds (RSS) as well as vector graphics and application-specific uses. Designed by the W3 Consortium, XML is considered the standard language for a wide variety of modern web applications. The language...
Data Integration
Enterprise Information Integration
One of the most daunting challenges facing business organizations is centralizing data sources. Often times, sales data from customers is delivered in a different format than supply data from vendors, while macro-level market data is provided by 3rd parties according to their own data formatting standards. The solution to this challenge, known as Enterprise Information...
Data Mining
Advances in Business Intelligence Software
In order to make forward-looking decisions on pricing and product offerings, a growing number of companies are turning to business intelligence software to help automate real-time data collection and analysis. Previous generations of business technology tools relied upon independent spreadsheets, which were reviewed by analysts to come up with proposals for management;...
Semantic Web
The Direction of Semantic Search
As web technologies evolve, many leading analysts are looking beyond “Web 2.0” and asking “what’s next?” If Tim Berners-Lee is to be believed, the web will evolve according to semantic relationships, which will provide for near universal data-sharing across various applications and sites, breaking down the previous-generation “walled garden”...
STATA Analytics Software
Review by: Data Editor
For analysts who want a single package to perform a variety of statistical analyses, STATA provides complete management, graphing and modeling for large...
