by Nate Watson | Mar 13, 2017 | News
Machine Learning and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Methodology <<This article is meant to be the technical document following the above article. Please read the following article before continuing.>> “The past may not be the best predictor of the...
by Nate Watson | Mar 13, 2017 | News
Contemporary Analysis (CAN) and Cabri Group and have teamed up to use Machine Learning to predict the upsets for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. By demonstrating the power of ML through our results, we believe more people can give direction to their ML projects....
by Nate Watson | Aug 14, 2013 | News
After writing my previous post, “How Often Should You Update Predictive Models”, it was appropriate to followup with a post regarding the consequences of not updating predictive models. Predictive models use the patterns in historical and transactional...
by Nate Watson | Aug 13, 2013 | Featured Posts, News
Everyday new information is being created in your business. Your customers are buying more, subscribing or unsubscribing, and before you know it your customers today are seemingly different than the customer you had the day before. As these new patterns emerage its...
by Nate Watson | Aug 8, 2013 | Featured Posts, News
Its common to see predictive analytics as a sort of “crystal ball” for your business. This crystal ball image makes for great marketing. Unfortunately, predictive analytics is not a crystal ball. It will not provide the correct prediction every time. Its...