Hidden Decision Trees – A Better Approach to Scoring
Hidden Decision Trees is a statistical and data mining methodology (just like logistic regression, SVM, neural networks or decision trees)…
Dr. House, the computer?
One of the most important of my book chapters, which I will write this month, grapples with the prospects for…
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott talks about BI
Business Intelligence is top of mind for Microsoft Corporate Vice President and CIO, Tony Scott. Watch as Bruno Aziza gets…
Smart Systems for Future Communities
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.” Winston Churchill made…
Sociable BI: Could ‘Tableau’ Become a Verb?
Tableau visual data-analysis software embodies sociable BI, business intelligence that prizes accessibility, ease-of-use, and power, with a strong measure of…
Extend the Possibilities of BI
I initially bought a Nintendo Wii thinking it would be a fun gaming console to entertain the kids. Little did…
Where to start with business rules
I was working on my chapter for the forthcoming SAP BPM book (Applying Real-World BPM in an SAP Environment) and…
A New Fun Feature for Our Community, from Stephen Baker
As some of you may realize, SmartDataCollective is part of a stable of eight, influencer/community sites moderated, or as some…


