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Frank H. McCourt, Jr. and Michael J. Casey Frank H. McCourt, Jr. and Michael J. Casey
Updated on March 12, 2024

What If We Lived in an Open Data Economy?

In an excerpt from their latest book, our experts imagine a world where we’re in control of our own online experience.

Okan Yenigün Okan Yenigün
Updated on March 11, 2024

DBSCAN Clustering Algorithm Demystified

Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) is a clustering algorithm used to define clusters in a data set and identify outliers. Here’s how it works. 

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Bushra Anjum & Ken Hu Bushra Anjum & Ken Hu
Updated on March 05, 2024

How to Build an Agile Framework for Machine Learning Projects

Machine learning projects can get unwieldy without a clear framework. Our experts explain how they built one based on the Agile methodology.

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Willy Sennott Willy Sennott
Updated on February 28, 2024

Here’s How to Take Your FinOps Game to the Next Level

What is advanced FinOps, and how can you achieve it?

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Pau Blasco Roca Pau Blasco Roca
Updated on February 15, 2024

Life Stats: A Data Science Experiment

After collecting life stats data for a year, here’s what you can learn by applying data analysis like correlation studies, time series analysis, Fourier transform and more.

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Jan-Willem Middelburg Jan-Willem Middelburg
Updated on February 02, 2024

Got Big Data? You Need a Big Data Strategy.

A Big Data strategy helps your organization use Big Data efficiently.

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Shivam Chaudhary Shivam Chaudhary
Updated on January 24, 2024

Why 1.5 Is Used in the IQR Rule for Outlier Detection

The 1.5 IQR rule determines that any data point that’s 1.5 IQR points below the first quartile of data or above the third quartile is an outlier. Here’s why it’s 1.5 times IQR.  

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Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar
Updated on January 18, 2024

A Guide to HashMap in Java With Examples

HashMap is a popular data structure in Java that uses the Map interface and a hash table to provide efficient access and manipulation of data based unique keys.

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Ahmed Yahya Khaled Ahmed Yahya Khaled
Updated on January 17, 2024

Data Transformations in R

Data transformation is the process of cleaning and organizing data from one format into another. Here’s how to do it in R.

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Jeremy Zhang Jeremy Zhang
Updated on January 17, 2024

Importance Sampling Explained

Importance sampling is an approximation method that uses a mathematical transformation to take the average of all samples to estimate an expectation. Here’s how to do it.   

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