You Don’t Need a Golden Ticket to Win With Analytics
Inter-league baseball offers a good excuse for another example of analytics from the wide world of sports (and entertainment) where…
Why Are There Irrational Business Decisions?
I recently attended a presentation by Dr. Franck Schuurmans, a guest lecturer at the Wharton Business School and a consultant…
The opportunity for opportunity analytics
Some time ago Neil Raden and I did some research on analytics. It was clear as we did this that…
Keeping count of people (and things)
I learned while researching The Numerati that the Chinese have 11 different spellings for Osama Bin Laden. (Maybe it's up…
The analytics of soccer
Imagine this, soccer fans. It's a zero-zero tie in the 89th minute of the England-US match of the World…
The Future of Soccer is in its Analytics
The Soccer World Cup, watched by billions around the world, is estimated to bring $12.5B to South Africa and contribute…
Why Can’t We Just Use Prediction Markets?
Prediction markets were all the rage a few years ago, two of the most notable being the Iowa Electronic Market…
Horse Racing’s Triple Crown – Just like Business Analysts*
The Belmont horserace, third leg of the USA’s prestigious Triple Crown races, was this past week-end. It made me think…
PMML support is growing rapidly. From down under and into the stars!
Back in November 2009, I reported on PMML and Open Source Data Mining, highlighting the support open source tools offered…
The “Right” Degree of Automation
Social media monitoring and measurement is hard. Knowing what to do with the data, how to respond and how to…
