To sample or not to sample...
Ideally, we would know the exact answer to every question. How many people support presidential candidate A vs. B? How many people suffer from H1N1 in a given state? Does this batch of manufactured...
View ArticleTo sample or not to sample... Part 2
In my previous post To sample or not to sample, we discussed how sampling can be used to scale down a large dataset for exploratory mining, as well as to produce train and test datasets. One type of...
View ArticleTo sample or not to sample... Part 3
This post continues "To sample or not to sample..."Part 1 and Part 2. In Part 1, we looked at the general motivation for sampling. In Part 2, we looked at simple random sampling. In this post, we...
View ArticleTo sample or not to sample... Part 4
This post continues "To sample or not to sample..."Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. In Part 1, we looked at the general motivation for sampling. In Part 2, we looked at simple random sampling without...
View ArticleOracle Data Miner 11g Release 2 Update: Now Extension to SQL Developer
News: The Oracle Data Miner 11g Release 2 New "Work Flow" GUI is now being packaged as an Extension to SQL Developer and will be available to external customers as part of the SQL Dev. 3.0 next...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Probability
This entry is based on material from the book "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker.Yogi Berra famously said that "it is hard to make predictions, especially about the future". However, as Pinker says,...
View ArticleMissed Oracle Open World 2010? Visit the Virtual Collateral Rack
You missed Oracle Open World this year? Shame on you! You want to access the presentations, demos, data sheets and white papers? You can now access the Virtual Collateral and download them. Visit...
View ArticleEffective Hypertensive Treatment using Oracle Data Mining in Saudi Arabia
A new paper referecing the use of Oracle Data Mining studying the effective use of hypertensive treatment in Saudia Arabia has recently been published. See link and abstract below. Journal of...
View ArticleOracle Data Mining a Star Schema: Telco Churn Case Study
There is a complete and detailed Telco Churn case study "How to" Blog Series just posted by Ari Mozes, ODM Dev. Manager. In it, Ari provides detailed guidance in how to leverage various strengths of...
View ArticleOpenWorld 2011 Call for Papers: Deadline March 27
OpenWorld 2011 is now open for the public to submit session proposals, especially submissions that include Oracle Data Mining, the new SQL Developer 3.0/Oracle Data Miner GUI, Exadata, Oracle Business...
View ArticleHow to Deploy an Oracle Data Miner 11gR2 Workflow Model
You've been using Oracle Data Miner have explored your data, built and evaluated a few ODM models and now you would like to automate and or deploy your model(s). There are several options from the...
View ArticleRecorded Oracle Data Mining Demo and Presentation
I recently delivered an Oracle Data Mining demo and presentation that was recorded for Bio-IT. You may have to register with some simple identification information, but you will be able to see and...
View ArticleOracle Fusion Human Capital Management Application uses Oracle Data Mining...
Oracle's new Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) Application now embeds predictive analytic models automatically generated by Oracle Data Mining to enrich dashboards and manager's portals with...
View ArticleSAIL-WORLD article - America's Cup: Oracle Data Mining supports crew and BMW...
Originally printed at http://www.sail-world.com/UK/Americas-Cup:-Oracle-Data-Mining-supports-crew-and-BMW-ORACLE-Racing/68834America's Cup: Oracle Data Mining supports crew and BMW ORACLE Racing...
View ArticleBuilding Predictive Analytical Applications using Oracle Data Mining recorded...
I did a Building Predictive Analytical Applications using Oracle Data Mining recorded webcast for IOUG earlier this week. If this interests you, you can either watch the streaming presentation and...
View ArticleOracle Announces Availability of Oracle Advanced Analytics for Big Data
Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle Advanced Analytics for Big Data Oracle Integrates R Statistical Programming Language into Oracle Database 11g REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - February 8, 2012 News...
View ArticleEvaluating Oracle Data Mining Has Never Been Easier - Evaluation "Kit" Available
Now you can quickly and easily get set up to starting using Oracle Data Mining for evaluation purposes.Just go to the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and follow these simple steps.Oracle Data Mining...
View ArticleNEW 2-Day Instructor Led Course on Oracle Data Mining Now Available!
A NEW 2-Day Instructor Led Course on Oracle Data Mining has been developed for customers and anyone wanting to learn more about data mining, predictive analytics and knowledge discovery inside the...
View ArticleRecorded YouTube-like presentation and "live" demos of Oracle Advanced...
Ever want to just sit and watch a YouTube-like presentation and "live" demos of Oracle Advanced Analytics/Oracle Data Mining? Then click here! (plays large MP4 file in a browser)This 1+ hour long...
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