by Nate Watson | Jan 30, 2012 | News
CAN is helping one of our clients improve their asset management strategy, by building predictive models to determine when heavy equipment is most likely to fail. CAN’s asset management models will allow our client save hundreds of thousands of dollars each...
by Nate Watson | Jan 23, 2012 | Featured Posts, News
Using mean absolute error, CAN helps our clients that are interested in determining the accuracy of industry forecasts. They want to know if they can trust these industry forecasts, and get recommendations on how to apply them to improve their strategic planning...
by Nate Watson | Jan 18, 2012 | News
My name is Branden Collingsworth. I interned at Contemporary Analysis this summer, and joined the team full-time January 2nd, 2012 as a data scientist. As a data scientist I use tools from econometrics, statistics, operations research, and data mining to solve our...
by Nate Watson | Jan 17, 2012 | News
Our data scientists download hundreds of datasets from the phenomenal database of economic research known as FRED. FRED is maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and provides open access to economic indicators, employment variables and business trends. ...
by Nate Watson | Jan 16, 2012 | News
I get asked why in the prime of my career I went back to working for a startup company, run by young talent, in a field on the cutting edge of analytics. It was because, for the first time, I felt like an owner had a vision I could get behind. He wanted to be...
