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Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Econometrics and Free Software. This blog post will not have any code, but will document how I went from hosting appson shinyapps.io to hosting shiny apps on my own server, which is a Raspberry Pi 4B with 8 gigs of ram.First of all, why hosting apps on a Raspberry Pi? And why not continue on shinyapps.io?Or why not get one of hose nifty droplets on DigitalOcean? Well for two reasons; one is that I wantedto have full control of the server, and learn some basic web dev/web engineering skills that I lacked. These servicessimplify the process of ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Diego Lopez Yse. Do you think your actions are the result of your own free choices? What if those actions are the inevitable and necessary consequence of antecedent states of affairs? What does this mean for your free will? In a deterministic world where there’s an exclusive future for all our actions, digital users can become more predictable and monetizable than ever. In fact, by using creative designs and deceptive strategies, companies can create deterministic worlds and exploit the fact that human behaviour is hardwired to choose the path of least ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Sergey Lukyanchikov. InterSystems IRIS – the All-Purpose Universal Platform for Real-Time AI/ML Author: Sergey Lukyanchikov Challenges of real-time AI/ML computations We will start from the examples that we faced as Data Science practice at InterSystems: A “high-load” customer portal is integrated with an online recommendation system. The plan is to reconfigure promo campaigns at the level of the entire retail network (we will assume that instead of a “flat” promo campaign master there will be used a “segment-tactic” matrix). What will happen to the recommender mechanisms? What will happen to data ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: George Pipis. [This article was first published on R – Predictive Hacks, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here) Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't. Few words about Thompson Sampling Thompson Sampling is an algorithm for decision problems where actions are taken in sequence balancing between exploitation which maximizes immediate performance and exploration which accumulates new information that may improve future performance. There is always a trade-off between exploration and exploitation in all Multi-armed bandit ... Read More

Feed: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Upcoming Titles. Author: O'Reilly Media, Inc.. by Matthew MacDonald Released September 2020 Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 9781492074168 Explore a preview version of WordPress: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition right now. O’Reilly members get unlimited access to live online training experiences, plus books, videos, and digital content from 200+ publishers ... Read More

Feed: The Connector by Workato. Author: Jon Gitlin; More than 4 in every 5 adults in the U.S. have a smartphone. It’s become our platform of choice when it comes to checking the news, browsing our social media feeds, streaming videos—and for many, working. Marketers are no exception to the latter, especially as the number of platforms they’ve come to rely on offer constantly-improving applications. So which marketing apps stand ahead of the pack? The exercise is near impossible to perform, but here are 5 companies whose apps offer a ton of value!  1. Buffer The software platform offers a ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: Laura Swales. [This article was first published on RBlog – Mango Solutions, and kindly contributed to R-bloggers]. (You can report issue about the content on this page here)Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't.ShareTweetWe would like to evaluate how business restrictions impact the commercial usage of R. To do this, we would love to hear your thoughts. We have created a short survey, which should take one minute of your time.Complete the survey. Thank you!The post R – Risk and Compliance Survey: we need your help! ... Read More

Feed: AWS Public Sector Blog. Author: Teresa Carlson. Due to COVID-19, schools quickly shifted to remote education to meet students’ needs and wrap up the school year. But with a new school year upon us and social distancing measures still in place, many classes will not gather in traditional classroom settings. Millions of students are now learning in their homes. And public sector leaders are creating new models to ensure learning is sustainable and accessible to all. These changes certainly carry their own set of challenges, but they also open new possibilities for the coming school year.Amazon Web Services (AWS) ... Read More

Feed: Alation. Author: Raja Perumal. Raja Perumal Alation, data and analytics, data catalog, data collaboration, data management, Looker September 17, 2020— Today, we are excited to announce our collaboration with Looker. Looker provides a modern platform for data & analytics used by more than 2,000 customers. By using Alation with Looker, you can easily find and understand trusted data to use for creating powerful data experiences. Alation provides one place to search & discover data and surface intelligent suggestions that point to the most relevant, trusted information and guidance on how to use it. With Alation, Looker users can always ... Read More

Feed: erwin Expert Blog – erwin, Inc.. Author: Michael Adjei. Replace manual and recurring tasks for fast, reliable data lineage and overall data governanceIt’s paramount that organizations understand the benefits of automating end-to-end data lineage. Critically, it makes it easier to get a clear view of how information is created and flows into, across and outside an enterprise.The importance of end-to-end data lineage is widely understood and ignoring it is risky business. But it’s also important to understand why and how automation plays a critical role.Benjamin Franklin said, “Lost time is never found again.” According to erwin’s “2020 State of ... Read More